A New Clutch

Well, I have begun to label these posts and I am hoping it will help to keep things sorted as this blog has taken on a very broad spectrum of topics. I wish I could be like BA's blog and label things see, wear, think, do, dream, love but I don't want to steal her idea. (okay so I totally do want to steal the idea, but I think it would be wrong) So I am labelling things sort of as I go...hopefully it works out.
But I digress. The label for this post is "Create" because it is about something that I want to make !! (which is a whole new facet of this blog now!) On a day to day basis I have all these little ideas floating around in my head; some of them hit the surface of my conscious self and I think, "HEY! That's a good one! I will have to remember to do that!" well, I have no problem remembering these little projects, but with no sense of accountability to complete them, I never get around to doing them. So, I am using you, cyber-non-audience, as my accountability.
Today's Create project is actually something I have been thinking about making since November 21st, 2009. I know the date so specifically because it was a wedding, and a girlfriend of mine at said wedding had this absolutely fabulous (aka ABFAB) clutch that I totally thought would be easy to make!! It was beautiful, black satin with just a TON of black feathers. It actually looked a bit like a crow. This isn't a great pic, but it's the best one I have ...



Anyway, I have some sketches of what I want to do, some general thoughts on getting the feathers on to the purse (hand sewn, of course). What I can't decide is whether I should just scour the thrift shops for a black, satin clutch or if I should check out the fabric stores for the clasp part and use the black satin material I have an abundance of, or if I should just buy a clutch from a thrift shop and strip the fabric to use the clasp. Thoughts?

Elsie P

PS - expect completion on this by February ...