This style and shape is what I really love. Maybe one day...
Your Bally looks great! I love the floral shoulder strap, too.
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This style and shape is what I really love. Maybe one day...
Your Bally looks great! I love the floral shoulder strap, too.
The composition of your first photo is so appealing! Perfect coordination of bag, scarf and pen. It´s a plesure to look at!
@dcooney4 You must be very disciplined to consider doing this painting when you already know it will be tedious and backbreaking. I couldn´t ever do this. As soon as any piece of artwork -painting or drawing- comes with tedious vibes attached my creativity dries up completely. I´m totally unable to follow orders. If it doesn´t grow inside me and bursts out in a trance like state I simply can´t paint. My spouse has been harassing me with an idea for a childrens´book (car related) for years and I simply cannot do the illustrations he wants, because he expects his very clearly formulated and sketched ideas to "only be transferred into illustrations" by me, all the details in exactly the way he wants them are crucial. Sorry, not possible! Years ago when he first handed me the story line and a rough spreadsheet of the illustrations I started and did a few the way I felt them. He had one look and then rattled off the list of technical details I left out or didn´t show clearly enough... bucket of cold water (technical details will never ever matter to me!), all flames dead!
Me, too. Strappy jeans blue suede sandals that were so well made not even I could destroy them!
It is so difficult for me to make something for a person if they request it. It becomes a chore instead of a delight. After I made my first quilt, my sister asked me to make her one. I tried but never could get motivated to finish it. I ended up giving her the quilt I had already made. After that, the only quilts I made were baby sized.
Thanks dc!
Thanks for your kind words. The dimensions of the Bolide 31 are:
Width: 12.2”/31 cm
Height to top of bag zipper: 9.5”/24 cm
Height to top of handle: 14”
Depth: 5”/12 cm
Length of strap to centre of connector clips: 35”
Your question about the strap made me reflect, I believe the strap is designed as a shoulder strap. I am not tall, I can throw it on as a crossbody bag. Some people don’t like to do that because the strap is thin, it is a shorter strap and because the handles are rigid/don’t fold over.
Hope it helps.
I love the idea of 9 bags for the ninth month. Can I play? It was interesting to see what I carried:These are great stats - Which 9 bags did you carry? Was there a favorite of the 9?
Those kind of bargains can't be beat!
Was the premium the Gucci?
I would love to see a bag or SLG you've painted - if you find the time - and good luck on the massive painting for your brother!
Those booties sound darling!
I appreciate your remembering my cross stitch! I did not end up putting it on the bag. I sent it off to a trusted H bag rehabber - she was super interested in doing it, but wanted to see it first and see if it was doable. After she received the bag, and looking it over - she decided it was going to be too much risk/time/cost, so she sent it back. And I got to thinking about it - I love the bag as it is, adding the cross stitch to it might have changed the bag to more of a special occasion bag and make it one I didn't carry much.
It would have involved trimming the cross stitch too, I'd have to cut some of the stitches… making me worry I'd destroy my work.
I haven't done anything with it yet. I don't want to make a pillow out of it - I may frame it. That way I wouldn't damage it and I could hang it somewhere I could see if often. It is a memento of my trip to Paris with a friend, I did all the work during SIP and it was a marvelous distraction from all my C-19 worries - so it does mean something to me!
Thank you hon for remembering! I'm glad to see you're back!
1. BV Nodini crossbody in amaranth (dark rasberry red)
2. Massaccesi mini satchel in red (Valerie)
3. Massaccesi bucket bag in purple (Diva)
4. Massaccesi work tote in black(Modena)
5. Balenciaga First in black
6. Arayla tote in purple
7. Arayla Harlow (hobo) bag in caramel
8. Arayla Market tote in navy blue
9. Hermes Trim in chocolate
If it was for anyone else other than my brother I would have told them no. He has always been very supportive of my art. I even suggested since he is so far away that he try a local artist. Truly I think he could do it himself as it is to be almost like a museum backdrop. He is a good enough artist to do demonstrations at various colleges from time to time.
I get how you don’t want to commit to doing a book . That is a lot of illustrations on a subject you are not interested in.
It is a gorgeous bag. The depth is not as wide as my Lv alma was I think , which is a good thing. Crossbody it would be way to short for me. Probably a good thing as I am trying to stay away from higher end bags till Covid stuff is over.Thanks dc!
Thanks for your kind words. The dimensions of the Bolide 31 are:
Width: 12.2”/31 cm
Height to top of bag zipper: 9.5”/24 cm
Height to top of handle: 14”
Depth: 5”/12 cm
Length of strap to centre of connector clips: 35”
Your question about the strap made me reflect, I believe the strap is designed as a shoulder strap. I am not tall, I can throw it on as a crossbody bag. Some people don’t like to do that because the strap is thin, it is a shorter strap and because the handles are rigid/don’t fold over.
Hope it helps.
Fascinating, @jblended . Thank you for the story of your nomadic life.Thank you! Not so much fascinating as it has been convoluted, lol!But I dare say from the snippets people share on here, so many of us have awesome stories! I feel like I could sit and listen to everyone speak for hours. Best thing about this community is everyone's unique knowledge and willingness to share it all.
Not too personal a question. The only thing I don't disclose online is current location at any given moment. I am always happy to share once I've left a country, and that is only because I had a crazy abusive ex who made me wary.
I don't know how many countries, really. My mother's work (humanitarian doctor) has meant we moved almost every year when I was a kid. We got to see the most fascinating places and meet the most wonderful people. We did often revisit countries, but different parts of those countries each time.
We never thought to keep track at the time, it was just normal life and didn't seem noteworthy, and now nobody in my family can remember all the places we've been ha ha.
Due to the nature of her work, we never saw the tourist-y side of the things, but more the tiny nooks and crannies of the world, so I have really special memories.
As an adult, I've resided (sometimes only briefly for work) in 7 countries- moving on average every 2 years. I have not moved since my accident in 2017 as I needed to have multiple surgeries and had to stay in place to do so.
Love my current home and am happy to stay longer, but always dreaming of the next adventure. Hopefully I have a few more of those ahead.
My mother and siblings are just as nomadic. The world is so fascinating that we're addicted to exploring it!
The main takeaway from me is that the world is a much safer place than we imagine. Even as a single, young female, I have found that I feel relatively safe just dropping into a new place. My friends always think it is insanely dangerous but, I have been so fortunate that I've never had trouble.
There is a young German man who hopped on his motorbike and has ridden halfway across the world with his cat. I forget his name presently, but I admire that wanderlust. He has the privilege of not needing to seek employment and can just explore, and his bike gives him access to some really cool remote areas, so his adventures are on another level. I'd love for him to write a book of his adventures!
And, as ever, this has turned into a novella!
It's so great that your childhood experiences, travelling with your mother, led you to continue the adventures when you grew up.
I love your attitude… that the world is, essentially… a safe place. I think perhaps part of this is the mindset you bring to it. I can tell that you approach people with an open mind and heart, and they respond in kind.
Oh, right. It was an issue of ownership. And of course you said "no way."
Off I go again!
Back to the hospital to complete the treatment I was getting earlier, which was suddenly interrupted by my covid recurrence.
2020 has been so weird. I've spent more time in a hospital bed than my own. And my mother has moved countries so we could isolate together, yet I've barely seen her because I've either been admitted in hospital or in quarantine!
It's all good, though, because I'm very excited to get on with this treatment and hopeful this will be the start of a new chapter.
Also, I've had pretty brutal insomnia since my last covid round and I'm hoping they'll knock me out in the hospital.
I've been too afraid to take any sleep aids for fear of having covid complications whilst sleeping.
2020 has been so weird. I've spent more time in a hospital bed than my own. And my mother has moved countries so we could isolate together, yet I've barely seen her because I've either been admitted in hospital or in quarantine!
It's all good, though, because I'm very excited to get on with this treatment and hopeful this will be the start of a new chapter.
Also, I've had pretty brutal insomnia since my last covid round and I'm hoping they'll knock me out in the hospital.
I've been too afraid to take any sleep aids for fear of having covid complications whilst sleeping.
Wishing you all well. Stay safe, keep smiling, and I look forward to catching up once more when i return!
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Good luck hon! ❤️
Off I go again!
Thank you all for the glorious company and wonderful bag posts that have kept me going!Back to the hospital to complete the treatment I was getting earlier, which was suddenly interrupted by my covid recurrence.
2020 has been so weird. I've spent more time in a hospital bed than my own. And my mother has moved countries so we could isolate together, yet I've barely seen her because I've either been admitted in hospital or in quarantine!
It's all good, though, because I'm very excited to get on with this treatment and hopeful this will be the start of a new chapter.
Also, I've had pretty brutal insomnia since my last covid round and I'm hoping they'll knock me out in the hospital.
Wishing you all well. Stay safe, keep smiling, and I look forward to catching up once more when i return!
Wishing you well my dear!!
Off I go again!
Thank you all for the glorious company and wonderful bag posts that have kept me going!Back to the hospital to complete the treatment I was getting earlier, which was suddenly interrupted by my covid recurrence.
2020 has been so weird. I've spent more time in a hospital bed than my own. And my mother has moved countries so we could isolate together, yet I've barely seen her because I've either been admitted in hospital or in quarantine!
It's all good, though, because I'm very excited to get on with this treatment and hopeful this will be the start of a new chapter.
Also, I've had pretty brutal insomnia since my last covid round and I'm hoping they'll knock me out in the hospital.
Wishing you all well. Stay safe, keep smiling, and I look forward to catching up once more when i return!