My first ribbon purse custom order from the last craft show was a success! A lady who visited my booth at the previous craft show asked about the availability of a smaller ribbon purse. I was away from our booth at the time, but hubby told her I could make a smaller size. (Which, of course, I can!)
She looked me up at the next craft show and placed her order for two smaller ribbon purse/bags for her two granddaughters, who are sisters. The sisters were to get Kindle Fires for Christmas and grandmother wanted them to have matching bags to hold them. The only complication was how to differentiate the bags from each other if they were alike! We decided to try a monogram of the girls' initial of their first names. I told her I would experiment with some scrap ribbon and see what I could do. As seen here, the monograms turned out great!
Grandmother requested purples for the color combination. I had run out of enough purple ribbon to make the bags "purply," so I went out and purchased the floral and the solid ribbons. I thought the combination turned out looking really nice. I always try to put together a combination of ribbon colors and patterns that are eye-catching.
This is an inside view of the Kindle Fire bag. The pocket was made large enough for a box of crayons, so the girls could include a coloring book in with their Kindle Fire.
Both ribbon bags have the same bow out of sheer ribbon that has glittered circles printed on the top side. The glitter seemed to fall off as I was working on the ribbon, so I sprayed a heavy layer of starch on the surface and let it dry overnight. That took care of the glitter! I rubbed it and shook it and it wouldn't fall off. I like to hand-sew a pin back on each ribbon bow so the owner may remove it, if desired.
I enjoyed working on these ribbon bag holders for the young girls' Kindle Fires. They certainly won't see any other holders for Kindle Fires like these anywhere!
