New ring from Sara Kirby Designs.....

My FABULOUS new ring!!!!

I just bought a new ring on Etsy from my friends store. Go to Sara Kirby Designs for fabulous bead jewelry....http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6830362. This is super cute and will go with a ton of my stuff. I might even make a bag to match!!!!!

Friday the 13th!!!!!!

So who really believes that Friday the 13th is a bad day????? There are so many reasons why this is an unlucky day. Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their name, ooooooohh scary. And LEGEND HAS IT: If 13 people sit down to dinner together, one will die within the year. Oh and their are 13 withes in a coven. Friday is supposed to be an unlucky day but I think most of us would agree that it's the best day of the week, especially when the workday ends. As I was reading about Friday the 13th, about.com talked about Loki, who was one of the evil Gods.....I knew of Loki b/c my friend adopted a dog a few years ago and it came with the name Loki so they looked it up and it was the name of the God of the Underworld or something like that....

So, on this Friday the 13th are you going to be looking over your shoulder or living your life as normal???

Love this living room.....

I would love to have an nice clean line living room like this one, but I have a Carroll County country living room.......A girl can dream!!!!!

It's Friday!!!!

Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything interesting......well, I'm going to add something tonight when I get home (after the bar of course).

I bought these really cool bun/bread/muffin things that are way low in calories and fat and high in fiber, perfect for everything!!!!!! Breakfast, lunch or dinner.....I'll post a pic later.

Also, I've been really working on loosing weight. I went to the grocery store last night and got a lot of healthy stuff and I'm psyched about it. I am also going to the gym more often and I have to have lost 3 lbs by my next training appt on Tues. I CAN DO IT!!!!!

I am also going to work on a few bags this weekend that I will post pics of too. And I'm going to a workshop in Baltimore for people wanting to start their own crafty businesses....that will be very interesting, I'm excited about that.

Catch you all later,

Abby

Love Simply Sarah Shaw website

I love the website www.simplysarahshaw.com They sell handbag organizers, cosmetic bags and baskets. I have one of the handbag organizers that hangs on the back of my door. I really need to get another b/c I have too many handbags. It definitely keeps me more organized and I can find the bag I want to carry without searching all over. And they hang there and are not shoved in a box.....Check it out!!!!!

Christmas Eve

So, sadly I'm sitting here a my job waiting until 5pm to get the heck out of here......I can't wait until I am making my handbags full time and I don't have to worry about sitting at the computer. I'll just be sitting at my sewing machine. I'm also axniously waiting for the call to set up my travel arrangements to go to FL for an interview....I'm super excited about that.

Happy Holidays!!!!

New orders to fill

I have several orders to fill this week end and I have a lot more wristlets to make for Christmas gifts. Tonight I got 3 wristlets made and cut out the fabric for 4 more and a large purse. Tomorrow night when I get home I need to make as many as possible. I am a major procrastinator, obviously. Here are 2 pics of my latest order I had to fill. It was a special request so I got 2 yards of the fabric b/c I figured I could sell a ton here in Baltimore.

My Birthday

This Saturday was my birthday so my friends and I partied at the local Greene Turtle and got to see my friends band play....it was a great night.

Corinna, Stricker (bro in law), me and Steph (sis)

Margie, Me & Shannon

NYC

I love love love NYC, I was able to go for 2 days last week for work (didn't really work that much). It's such an exciting city with so much going on, I need to move up there and sell my bags on the street, hehe......here are some pics from my trip.

It started snowing when we got to the hotel......so beautiful

A beautiful building in Soho

Of all of the times I've been to NYC, I've never seen Grand Central Station.....It was amazing!!!!!

Christmas Party 2008

Saturday December the 13th my friend Desiree and I had a Christmas Party at my house. It was so much fun. Desiree brought Balderdash and a handful of people play that while the rest chatted in the other room. After a while when everyone was there we did the White Elephant gift exchange. It was so much fun......here are some pics of the fabulous gifts people brought.

Stricker (my brother in law) with the gift that I ended up with on his head....Thanks Corinna for bringing the strainer, I love it!!!!!

Chris ended up with the meat carver that Desiree was so happy about.....

Lauren brought the owl figurine (of course) and said she was hoping my sister would get it since she knows that my sister called her the owl girl....hehe. Well Desiree (or Chris) ended up with it.

It looks like Christmas morning after all of the presants were openind.....

My Christmas Tree

This is my first Christmas by myself and with a "real" tree. I got a fake tree at Micheal's and it's super cute. I decorated it with pink and green balls and wraped fabric around the bottom that is pink with a green print.....I'm so proud of it and I love the silver star on top.

Turkey Day Weekend Project

This weekend I made a large Maggie bag for my mother for her birthday. I figured out how to sew on a button and add a rope loop so that it closes. I'll have to stock up on rope and buttons now : )

My latest bag

I recently made a large Maggie bag with this black twill fabric outside and a large floral mod print for the lining.....It's a great bag to use for everyday, since I wear black almost everyday...

Christmas Gifts

Please check out my website for my handbag styles and fabrics. They make great inexpensive gifts.....Sale right now, buy 3 or more Lola wristlets and they are only $10 each (Reg price $12).

www.abigail-leighhandbags.com