Handmade christmas gifts--whatcha think?

[Seneschal]

Well, the bags themselves weren't handmade; I got plain black bags and some ribbons and buttons and modified them. I had to rip the stitches out of the straps to modify the straps and re-sew them, put the ribbons and buttons on and then painted them.

Unfortunately, the photographs aren't a good representation of the colors; the purple, silver, and blue I used are reflective and shiny, and so I had to find a way to photograph them with light to show the color but not make it all glow white. The second bag was especially difficult, so I just provided more pictures to show the colors better.

Snow leopard bag:








Xenomorph bag:












Sorry for how many there are--like I said, I couldn't get the colors right. They're to be shipped to Australia to a couple old friends---you like? I was thinking about making more of them, for custom orders, since I enjoy doing them. Only I'd be making the bags themselves by hand, because these are fairly simple.

OH!!! And here's a size comparison, so you can see how big they are.

[Mindibun]

Ooh, that's very creative! I really like them.

[WickedBalls]

Good job!

[AndrewGeibel]

I wish I had that kind of talent. Very impressive!

[katiadarling]

Wow! Super cool! I wish I was creative and artistic!

[Seneschal]

Thank you! They're really fun to make. Except for the part where the heavy denim was too thick for the sewing machine to reattach the straps...and I had to do it by hand. Thank you all for the kind comments!

[Taz]

WOW - those are awesome.

[RichardA]

SWEET!

I will take one of the alien ones!!!!!

[Melicious]

Oooh. Pretty. I wonder what you could do with balls or other herps.

[JLC]

Those are gorgeous! I especially love the snow-leapord one! I'd be very proud to carry a bag like that around! You're very talented!!