A Little Excited

I have to say, today I am a little excited. I've spent most of the day photographing and listing items in my very own web shop hosted on Big Cartel. And.... I now have my own domain name www.iheartcharlie.com.au

I've only listed a few items but I'm so excited that I have to share it with you

yet another step towards the iheartcharlie empire.
and now I'm off to list some more items :0)

Montage Press

The Montage Collective pop up shop in Fremantle is open for business and was featured in todays edition of Habitat in The West Australian.

If you are in the area pop in and see it for yourself

Great ideas come from small things

After a weekend of creating journals  I've come up with some great ideas. It all started with a simple idea from my sister, cut a strip of fabric gather it and stitch it down.... here's the result

I added some buttons and my own artistic license to the idea and voila ..........The Tuxedo Ruffle A6 visual journal slip cover.

This got me thinking about the gathering strips so I tried another one with different denim... that wasn't as successful so out came the quick un-picker and I headed off in the direction of pleats but this time with a twist, I added a zippper and the Zip It A5 visual journal slip cover with fully functional cover pocket was born.

I followed the path I was already on and the Pleated Denim A6 Visual Journal cover was created

Then finally the pleated panel evolved into a pin tucked pocket  for the final cover of the weekend

The Belt Up A6 visual journal cover, the pin tucked  panel is a pocket and I've added the button and belt closure for a little added detail.

All of this had led to some great ideas for bags. I've just finished a new tote bag. Which idea do you think was my inspiration?

All will be revealed soon.............

iheartcharlie retail launch

The latest designs from iheartcharlie were recently launched at 'love the beast' in Margaret River. These are some of the latest Tote bags and Pouches available.

Tote Bags:

 

April Messenger

Darcy Pink

           Darcy Chocolate

   Jennifer

      
 

Gerty

  

  Valentine (dark blue)

 

Valentine (light blue)

 

                           Harriet                           

Pouches:

 

Pouches in order of appearance :- Amelia , Dotty, Fanciful, 

April, Marnie & Valentine

All of these designs have been individually hand crafted by me. I love what I do and take great pride and care I all my creations. They are all designed as one of a kind or limited additions.

New designs will be appearing soon in my etsy shop.

love the beast

 

Last Friday saw the opening of a new shop in Margaret River. love the beast is the creation of Susan Elton. This amazing store will stock the work of Australian designers, artists and craftspeople. I'm ecstatic that she has chosen to stock the creations of iheartcharlie. I captured a few photos at the opening party to share with you. 

This is one of my favourite parts of the shop... check out those awesome hand bags and journals.

Another favourite fixture is this one. The window in the old door is the perfect space to display those iheartcharlie pouches

I can't claim any credit for these very cute critters.

 

And introducing the very talented Mr Oliver Hull.

 The lady herself, Susan Elton, thanking all those who helped her with the fit out.

Bag Addiction

I love handbags.... actually I love big handbags. They're so useful for storing and carrying some of the contents of your life. No matter what the bag size I always seem to be able to manage to fill it. I usually start out with very good intentions when I get  new bag, "this time I'll only carry the bare essentials". But before you know it I'm out of control and the bag is full again..... I love to collect them

Occasionally my bag fetish extends to making them. This week has been one of those weeks, I've been busy sewing bags. I've made a promise to myself that they will not end up in my collection and that they will be sold in my Etsy shop.

This is the first of the bags. It's created using off cuts from previous projects. The outside is hemp denim and it has an interior lining of a brown stripe poly cotton blend. It has a pin tuck detail on the front and a centre seam on the back.  It's a good size you can fit the essentials and a few extras in it. This one is listed in my store iheartcharlie.etsy.com

This is number 2, it's the same style bag but this time with pleats all the way around and it has a band.  This one will be Etsy listed soon.

Number 3 still in my head I share it with  you when it comes to fruition.