Hey there, I have finally completed the course. Here's a new vid about it and I made sure to have the PROPER pronounciation! ;-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5ZaSTRZAJHQ.html
Holy moly girl. What a great idea. I have tons of bags in my closet. Everything from Vera Bradley to Coach. I’m about to go to town turning them into travel notebooks. Lol. I have spent a fortune on chic sparrow, foxy fix and I have 3 on the way from television trainwreck. Depending how making them turns out I may just have to sell a couple of the ones I already have on eBay. Thanks for sharing your idea.
I have been wondering about this for a long time. I think it's a great idea! What tool did you use to cut the leather? Could you please do a process video on it? Thanks so much!
Sorry for the delay! I have a broken arm, so it's put a damper on any tutorials. I hope to have something up mid-February, after the cast comes off. :-)
I'm making my own TN from start to finish and was undecided on the exterior. This makes me excited. I see awesome purses all the time that don't actually work for me as purses. Great idea! I do want to say one thing, just because I noticed. It's Liz Claiborne, not Clair-borne. There isn't an "r". Not trying to be rude, in fact I like when people correct me because sometimes I don't know I'm saying something wrong.
AWESOME! Would love to see your TN. Thanks for pointing out the mispronunciation. I never noticed that! Much like I have said "sherbeRt" my whole life until I found out it's actually "sherbet." Apparently I like to add random "R's" wherever possible. ;-)
Misti, I finally finished the course. Here's a video explaining it and you'll note I pronounced it PROPERLY! ;-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5ZaSTRZAJHQ.html
You would have gone nuts going through all my mom’s treasures. We have found some wonderful vintage items. Nothing high end but just absolutely charming. It’s so cool to discover all the kisslock purses, evening clutches, etc. My girls and I are having a ball. Not sure if I can bring myself to turn any of them into TN covers, but I might…. TFS.
Awww . . . I can relate to going thru your mom's treasures. There are several purses that I haven't converted because they are too special--the same with books for junk journaling. So perhaps leave the purse as is, and make a journal to fit into it. Then you have the best of both worlds! 🙂
lovely vid. when u got to the 80's bags back up a decade. The cream was soooo popular for spring in the early to mid 70's and was a day bag, not used after 6 pm, and the 60's bag was dead on as a day to late evening, no later than 8pm. it is how we stored bags too. morning shopping, afternoon til 6 pm on the town, and then evening bags and clutches from 8 pm on. those bags would absolutely be lovely w their own notebooks made specifically for them and look wonderful sitting on a vanity for morning thoughts and evening conclusions as we called them decades ago. ty for sharing..
as an aside ,,,, with each season's replacement, our diary's were stored in the purse, stored on a shelf along with the appropriate gloves which often held small perfume bottles in the palm area or dried flower heads or perhaps leaves of the season as these memories were private, delicate and delicious. shoes were often receptacles for larger bottles of fragrant bath oils, romantically linked scarfs while hats held gifted jewelry from broken relationships that would be improper if worn for at least 2 years. this small closet would be key locked as it also held pricy jewelry not to be left laying around. This feminine world was not associated to class or monetary values. It was values we were raised with .... whether Woolworth, higher priced leathers (Couch was one) or trips to New York, San Francisco, Chicago for appropriate wear. As a child of the very early 50's I was raised in a world where money was available and was not available depending on circumstances yet values were priceless. my closet is still operational while a locked trunk is the receptacle for special memories now. purses, shoes and hats have left after the required decade of storage while diaries, scarves and trinkets line the trunk, dwindling as purged every decade. You are working with a world that no longer has a place and will fade from everyday life while still vibrant in much higher tax brackets will continue as will European traditions are kept. Thanks, again, for the vid.
Gail, you will start looking at purses in a whole different way. Am half-way thru filming the first 4 TNs, but will be adding to the class because I have a LOT of purses. Will let you know when the course is up. :-)
Oh my god i was waiting for a video like this in ages . I have always wonderd if there was another way of reusing leather purses into tn and here it is oh thank you so very much for tge idea.:))
Hi! I watched this video and another one where the woman does the deconstruction (a 2-part series IIRC and she mentioned having gotten the idea from another RU-vid video, which I am certain was you). So you inspired me to do something like this; I opted to pillage the hell out of my local Thrift Stores instead of eBaying, and I came up with some real treasures, both genuine leather and some very fine faux-leather. Originally I just thought to do like you did, keeping the "bottom" of the purse as the "spine" of the TN cover, but I found I didn't like the way it looked. Partly it was that the bottoms were much more scuffed; partly that the stitching keeping the "bottom" together with "front" and "back" panels was often visibly worn or stained. Also it didn't "match" my aesthetic vision for a TN cover. So now, based on your idea and some of the things that the other RU-vidr did, I am deconstructing the purses to get "raw" material to make the covers, picking out the seams until I just have the pieces of the purse. Some pieces are big enough to make a Wide/Cahier-sized TN just on their own; other will be fine for smaller TN covers. Additionally, I can piece some back together, turning the stitching into a decorative feature, instead of trying to hide it, but that will be for later, when my sewing skills have come along further. My latest foray to a thrift store (St. Vincent DePaul) netted me a Tommy Hilfiger bag, in a color very close to Foxy Fix's Butterscotch. It is in such excellent condition that I can't fathom why it was donated, but their loss was my gain, and at an incredibly low price too. Now, I just have to steel myself to deconstruct it so I can utilize my way.
WOW, Suzanne! I am just seeing your comment and HOW EXCITING!! I just got a Ralph Loren for $3 for the next part in my series where I pillage leather purses instead of using the "spine." I will be sure to credit you when I mention pillaging in the course! ;-) Here's a link to the new vid explaining the course: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5ZaSTRZAJHQ.html
@@LedgerAndLace Wow, that is so cool, especially the Ralph Lauren purse you got. Your course is going to be great! And I'm thrilled you'll be using "pillage" in the video. ♥️♥️♥️
That last bag looks like something the Queen would carry when you see her on TV. Or even like the sort of handbags my Mum used to have when I was a little girl growing up in the 1950s and 60s. You’re right, it would be a crime to cut it up. I wonder if you could get any money for those older bags at an antique sale? It’s surprising the sort of things some people collect, and how much they are often prepared to pay for them (‘one mans junk is another mans treasure’...)
It does look like that, doesn't it? It's definitely very well made! I should get really organized and do SOMETHING with the ones I don't want to cut into! Thanks for watching! :-)
@@LedgerAndLace happy new year to you too! And really I didn't mean to offend you! I love her creativity and so if I see similarities then that says something about you 😉 Keep up the good work! Have fun! 🙋🏻♀️
Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have that red and black plaid one on my dresser lmbo! I can’t believe it!! I know what I’m doing tonight. I never saw a notebook in the purse. What a complex mind God has given you child
I loved the video. I too collect purses to alter. I have yet to do so though. I have altered passport covers etc. This looks like fun and you have some great finds! What do you do with them once they are altered? I can't keep stockpiling stuff for me. All the best, Terrie
Hi Terrie! Thanks so much! I use them or give them away or sell them. I'm definitely not buying anymore right now. To borrow a phrase from Abby at Purple Cottage Crafts, there's enough in my "Hoard Vault!" ;-)
Maybe this has already been asked and answered, and as I went to the comment section I thought maybe I'm not totally crazy, but are you and Nik the Booksmith related? You both sound so much alike! Really enjoyed your video!
Bahahahaha! My boss watched one of Nik's videos and said, "No wonder you like her. She's just like you; INTELLIGENT scatterbrain." Thanks for watching! :-)
Very cool idea! I'm wanting to see if a TN would work for me but don't want to make one or buy one. Several of the things you showed are actually bible cases and I love the idea of repurposing. Even before your video ended I grabbed an old too-large wallet, my seam ripper and got started. Thank you!
Ok - goodness - if I could give you 10 thumbs up on this or maybe a super thumbs up - I would! Sometimes the obvious needs to be said - great job and thank you
A really good idea. I'm glad I found your video again. I needed to know how you cut them. TFS. The last purse you show is one or like one I remember seeing first lady Jacquelyn Kennedy and Queen Elizabeth carry in the 60's. Even my grandmother. She called it my going to church purse, and don't forget the matching shoes. Have a good day.
Bonnie, here's a peek at the purses I did for the new course: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5ZaSTRZAJHQ.html (I did NOT use any going to church purses, tho). ;-)
Love these purses. I've been looking for some to make out of journals too but u seem to know where to look. I haven't been able to find the right A6 size. Would love to see a follow up on your new makeovers.
Very interesting video; thanks! Here's a tip for you for defunking bags or boxes that reek of tobacco: baking soda. Take a cupcake paper and fill it with baking soda. Now place the paper into the stinky item and put said item into a quiet spot and forget about it for about 6 weeks (could be longer). The tobacco smell will be gone. I have used this technique many times with success on cigar boxes. Hope this is helpful for you.
Hey Cari, sorry for the delay. I don't bind the signature into the book. I use elastics, so that they are removable and replaceable. I have a new course on Teachable. Here's a video explaining it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5ZaSTRZAJHQ.html
