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April 5, 2010 by
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Etsy, the online craft destination, has about 200,000 sellers and over 2.5 million items for sale. Its success reflects a definite resurgence in the popularity of home-made articles recently, a trend that taps into both consumers desire to tighten their budgets and their disenchantment with mass-market products. But this craft renaissance is nothing new…every decade had its do-it-yourselfers and today’s VPOD features one of their creations: a completed 1980s Patricia Smith Moon Bag hand-needlepointed from one of her kits.
Each one of these bags is totally unique as the crafter would choose the needlepoint canvas, then select her own colored yarn and then select the lacquered plaque to accompany it. After hours of painstaking work, the crafter would send off the pieces to Patricia Smith Moon Bags, they’d complete the assemby, and voila! A one-of-a-kind bag would be shipped back to the crafter.
So if, like moi, you don’t have a couple extra hours a week to stitch up your own personal treasures, there are still a few of these completed mini-masterpieces available in the marketplace.
And they’re easy-breezy summer handbag finds for a vintage fashionista!
Available at Vintage in Style.
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One of the most collectible lines of vintage handbags are the Moon Bags designed by Patricia Smith from the late 1970s to late 1990s. Each interchangeable resin panel was designed and hand-painted by Patricia and some of these panels are truly extraordinary.
Today’s VPOD features a bag adorned with an alluring seductress. Just look at the lace detail and the sparkling gem earring.
It’s a marvelous moon bag find for a vintage fashionista!
Available at The Antique & Artisan Center.
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When I was a little girl, I loved doing crafts. One of my mother’s friends taught me to crochet and I made all kinds of hats and curly little bookmarks. I had a kit to make these huge paper flowers that Martha Stewart would have adored. And homemade cards were a specialty. So I have a deep appreciation for crafty vintage items like today’s VPOD.
This 1980s needlepoint bag is by Patricia Smith–completely hand-made and one of a kind. The design has a fresh feel and the hand-painted wooden handles add a whimsical touch.
While the knitting craze is dying down, needlepoint is experiencing a revival. And you can join the trend without ever threading a needle with this cute little bag that’s just perfect for a vintage fashionista!
Available at La Pochette.
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