Gorgeous Day of the Dead fabric for your dream bag!

Just in, a beautiful new Day of the Dead fabric called Jardin de Los Meurtos. Day of the Dead bags continue to be one of my best sellers, especially Day of the Dead diaper bags. I ship them all over the world!
Contact me if you must have something made from this beauty. I just shared it on Facebook and already have a taker! 

Horses, drawstring bags, and you!

I wanted to share this awesome horse print with you today. I have quite a few horse fabrics, some of which you can see here

This is a Suebee drawstring bag. These simple bags are very popular with my customers. They use them for everything from knitting bags to storage in the bathroom, carrying golf balls and going out for the evening!


They are perfect gifts, and work great as reusable wrapping too!
Of course, if you would like something custom made with a horse fabric, I am happy to do that.  Contact me anytime!

Border Collie bags!

I love this fabric! Our first dog was a border collie mix. He was the animal that made us so crazy about dogs. This fabric has a great selection of border collie faces on it, and makes the best bags for border collie lovers.

I always have Scooter zip bags and Raven coin purses in stock. It also makes a great wallet on a string as you can see in this picture of a happy recipient of a Christmas gift, made just for her

A Raven coin purse

A Scooter zip bag

If you would like to have a border collie purse, messenger bag, case for your Kindle, or iPad, this is the place to get it.  Contact me for a custom order, as my regular customers will tell you, custom orders are my specialty!

Karen

Custom bag and customer service feedback!

I am delighted to share with you an awesome photograph of one of my customers, and her kind words about the bag I made for her.

"Dear Karen,

Well, it's been six months so I guess I'm recovered from my vacation! Truly sorry about how long this review took. What prompted me was that an administrative assistant at my doctor's office asked me "Where did you get that great bag?" and then asked me to email her your info. (Which I did before sending this!)

Below is a picture of me and Big John, one of the trail horses I ride, and my lovely new bag. While I treasure the bag for its beauty, quality and serious bang-for-your-buck, the experience working with you was equally delightful. You turned the process of getting a custom bag into a collaborative creative adventure. I'd say "Could the bag have interior pockets?" You'd say "Sure! how big?" I'd say, "Could it be similar to a bag I already have?" You'd say, "Sure! Just send me pictures of your old bag with measurements." I am now forever spoiled by your "Sure!"

Thank you so very much for such a delightful bag.

Sincerely,

Laura "

Happy New Year and many thanks!

I am officially back to work today, after a wonderful, and lengthy, break for Christmas and New Years.
2011 proved to be my best year yet. Thanks to all my fantastic customers. Many are new, and are taking a chance on buying from some woman in Colorado who makes nice bags, LOL! But to those who return to buy over and over again through the years I have sold my bags on line, it's because of you that I am successful. Your trust in me mean so much. I am humbled by the kind comments I receive, not only about the quality of my products, but the customer service I provide as well. Those comments, and the photographs you send, help new customers feel comfortable buying my bags, and asking for a custom order. I can't tell you how many people comment on how helpful the photographs are, as they try to decide which bag to order.
So thanks to you all, and here's to an amazing 2012 for all of us!

Happy Holidays, thanks, and see you in 2012!

Wow, my orders in the last couple of months have been epic! I have had no time to make much new inventory for the shop, and have spent most of my time shipping and making custom orders. That's why you haven't seen much of me in this blog space!

I want to thank all of you who continue to come back and buy more of my bags. I am honored that you choose to spend your hard earned money on my bags, when there are so many other options. Thanks, as well, to all the new customers who have decided to buy from me this year.

Every year, at this time, I think of all the people who will be opening a beautifully wrapped package to discover one of my bags inside. It's great to think of that happening, on Christmas Day, all over the world.

I am now officially on vacation. All packages are shipped, promised custom orders made, and most shops closed. The main shop is still open but I won't be shipping, or answering emails, until Jan 2nd. Thanks for all your support this year. It has been a great one! Have a fantastic holiday break and all the best for the New Year. See ya then! Karen

Free shipping Black Friday through Cyber Monday!

To all my American readers, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
All in stock items, in the shop, will ship for free when purchased from Friday Nov 25th 2011 through Monday Nov 28th 2011
Karen

Knitmare on Elm Street, Contigo and Japanese waves Britta Totes

When I first began making my own bags my fabric choices were based on my own taste. I liked flowery fabrics and green. LOL! I knew I was going to have to expand those tastes if I was going to make bags that other people would want to buy. So I forced myself to look beyond flowers and green. Little by little I picked fabrics I would never have considered for myself. Someone pointed me to Day of the Dead and now those prints are a solid part of my line. I was shown the Asian style prints and now they are one of my favorites, and I have many customers who love them too.
My tastes have become eclectic. I can't say I love everything I buy, but, I work hard to find prints I think my return customers will like. Plus I offer such a wide range of fabrics, and colors, that I am sure most people will find at least one, or two, that they love.


These three Britta Shopper Totes illustrate a bit of that range. I am really drawn to quirky prints these days, and this Knitmare on Elm Street Britta, sure fits the bill.
The look on the kid's face, and the book the skeleton is holding, "quick and easy knitting projects" crack me up!

 This bag, made with fabric called Contigo, has a love story behind it

From Wikipedia: The Legend of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl

In Aztec mythology, Iztaccíhuatl was a princess who fell in love with Popocatépetl, one of her father's warriors. The emperor sent Popocatépetl to war in Oaxaca, promising him Iztaccíhuatl as his wife when he would return (which Iztaccíhuatl's father presumed he would not). Iztaccíhuatl was falsely told Popocatépetl had died in battle, and believing the news, she died of grief. When Popocatépetl returned to find his love dead, he took her body to a spot outside Tenochtitlan and kneeled by her grave. The gods covered them with snow and changed them into mountains. Iztaccíhuatl's mountain is called "White Woman" (from the nahuatl iztac "white" and cihuatl "woman") because it resembles a woman sleeping on her back, and is often covered with snow. (The peak is sometimes nicknamed La Mujer Dormida ("The Sleeping Woman").) He became the volcano Popocatépetl, raining fire on Earth in blind rage at the loss of his beloved.

 

And finally, I think I gasped out loud when I found this print. Waves are often found in Japanese prints, and this one, is especially gorgeous. This bag sold before I could even put it into the shop. No wonder, it's stunning. Expect to see more Brittas in this print, in the green colorway here, and a deeper blue as well.

11/15/11

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Zoe's Bag Boutique has a Google+ page

Google+ now allows businesses to have pages like Facebook.  Click here to find me there . If you are a fan of Google+ I hope you'll stop by and say hello!

Day of the Dead messenger bags, purses and other bags

The Day of the Dead, or Dia le los Muertos, takes place on November 1st and 2nd. It is celebrated around the world, but in Mexico it is a national holiday. I am fascinated by this celebration. It is so colorful, and, while it is honoring those departed, it has a sense of joy that is contagious. The fabrics that are made to honor the day are brightly colored and full of life, even though the motifs are skulls or skeletons!
The fabric with the sugar skulls is one of my most popular, and I sell bags made with it year round.

The same print is available with larger skulls that have glitter. It works wonderfully on the messenger bags

Here's a purse made with Fiesta de los Muertos. see what I mean? They are having a great time!
                        

                           

You can find the Day of the Dead themed bags in my shop here. As always custom orders are encouraged. 


Karen
11/1/2011