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You have a lot of interests, it totally makes sense to me that you honour her things. All of those interests have played a part in making who you are today. Can you take a photo of groups of those artifacts and create a photo collage before releasing some items that might make someone else happy?
I am glad you bought this clutch. What a lovely message from the seller. I’ve read in some (H?) threads that we are merely caretakers of these beautiful things ... I hope you enjoy your new clutch.
This mini Cara is so pretty. I enjoyed the pics of the bags you carried, a beautiful selection!
I admire your strong sense of self and that you’ve searched for and found a number of beautiful bags that delight you and bring you joy!
Beautiful tree and I like your story of caring for someone else’s once treasured items and making them your own, like @doni and her new to her clutch.
Wear it when I know the person is going to see it on me. Then I hold it for a year or two and sell. Though sometimes I end up really liking it once I have given it a chance.
Sorry to hear it didn’t all come out...but nice to know the bag is not completely dead.I would re-gift the Mercer since it's brand new, if at all possible. Do you know anyone who could use a professional bag like that but perhaps could not afford to buy one for themselves?
Or if you're willing and able, there are charities for people looking to return to the workforce like Dress for Success (or similar alternatives) where a bag like that would really give someone a big step up as they start or return to their careers. Especially this year given how many will be unemployed and looking to start over.
Of course, you can choose to keep it and enjoy it. They may be similar bags but they're not exact duplicates, so perhaps you'd find the Coach fits in well in your bag closet somehow without competing with the Mulberry? They're both special bags!
What a great idea! I'll look for the instant stuff when I'm next at the store. I would never be able to make it authentically, but I think I can do the 'just add water' approach and not mess it up, lol.
They had some fresh Ube and I really wanted to grab one, but I wouldn't know what to do with it. I'll be looking at some easy recipes so that I can buy one next time as well and experiment in the kitchen.
If nothing else, this will bring back fond memories.
How exciting! It can be a lot of fun to change up the look of a bag entirely.
Unfortunately, this bag is not faring well. Most of the yellow dye has come off, but some of it is stubbornly adhered to the leather. It just looks bad.
The bag itself has kept its shape and should be good to use after it dries. I'll either dye it black and let it go since I never liked it much, or I'll buy some Angelus dye in yellow and do the job correctly. I'll decide later.
Brilliant idea!
....This makes so much sense to me. It's exactly where I'm at right now. I feel like this year has both taken me back to my roots, my core values, but also forced me to change. I'm not the 'me' I used to be and now I have to make space for the person I'm growing into.
So true! Thank you for this reminder that we have to flow with life. Your dad's statement is succinct yet powerful! Words to live by.
Beautiful bags, I always like seeing your happy Cassie!
Eeek, sorry to hear about your bag. I hope you can successfully refurbish it.Yep, based on this bag I can't say I'd recommend them. Not sure if their other bags are better as it's not a brand I gravitate towards or have handled much. I've learned that I like only Coach and Hammitt at these price points ($100-350-ish). Most other brands are just letdowns.
The dye was just a random one I picked up in an art supply store. The brand name is written in what appears to be Mandarin, so I couldn't tell you!
I picked it because the colour looked so pretty- and it really is! Such a shame that it didn't work out.
*Edit to add that Angelus has never given me any issues (I've dyed bags and shoes repeatedly with no problems), and whilst I don't personally like working with Jacquard leather paints, they are still excellent and do what they're intended to do. Lesson learned: use brands that are established and do not experiment with random dyes!
Yay! Happy to see you back! I was wondering where you'd gone.
So sorry to hear about the migraine and vertigo. They often come on together, unfortunately. I hope you continue to feel better.
Love both your bags. The strap on the Saint Laurent is so much fun.
Also, you won't believe this but I found some Sapin Sapin at the Asian market and I gobbled it up! It didn't taste the same as I remembered it but it was still such fun to eat.
Thanks for giving me the correct name.
I dyed my Diego bucket a shade of yellow with fiebrings beige leather dye. It looks marigold to me!
Nothing dunks as well as vintage Coach. Once I dunked a Fossil. It got ugly stains along all the seams as they had used glue and it melted. I dunked a newer Coach once. The water I used was too hot and melted off the dark edge coating, but not the clear edge coating that was underneath. I liked the way the edges looked with the clear edges but the melted brown edge coating left little brown stains everywhere. I had to dye the entire bag.
Either get one of the bags dyed or changed in a way so they aren't as close. Maybe have some embellishments added to the Coach by Coach Create.
Ok, so you can color it. I was wondering about that. You can’t really do that with LV. Is it flexible or stiff? If it has started to crease, is it toast...like will it start to flake off. Is it bare fabric with the color in the coating? Is it worth getting an inexpensive bag and rehab it or is it worth it to spend more for one in better condition?
