SmartGirl.me Book Purse will have it's own online store soon

As many of you know I make purses out of leather bound books. So far SmartGirl.me brings the visitor to a landing page that will bring the shopper to my etsy store. I've done well with it over the years and I find etsy.com to be user friendly. It is easy for the customer to make a purchase, it streamlines my accounting and shipping and the cost to list the book purses are minimal. The problem is that, over the years other craftsmen who visit etsy.com started making book purses and now you can purchase a book purse for as little as 50.00. SmartGirl.me is leading customers to other sellers. A little competition is good but the quality and standards are vastly different. The SmartGirl.me book purses I make, are by far superior because of the high quality materials I use and the way I make them. I spend a lot of time searching for interesting fabrics and trims and most important I am meticulous so my SmartGirl.me Book Purses are made to last.

I will be spending the next couple of weeks working on this. I cannot wait to share.

My New SmartGirl.me Workspace

Some of you might remember the last time I designed a workspace to create my SmartGirl Book Purses. I took over my daughter's playroom and made myself a great working environment. Well at least I thought it was. After spending countless hours on Pinterest decorating my daughter's bedroom and bathroom, I came across this pin that spoke to me. The caption read "I must get rid of the primary colors."

After perusing many pins I started to get to work. First I used a great tool from Better Homes and Garden called Arrange-a-Room. 

  

I planed my furniture layout and then got started on priming the walls and getting rid of all of the primary artwork.

 Before

After

After seeing this

 I thought I should have a cute ironing station too .

 This

  

inspired me to add this desk I had.

 I saw these on thefabricorganizer.com, and absolutely loved them.

By using these cardboard magazine protectors, I was able to save some money.

Now all of my fabrics are organized.

 

I LOVE MY NEW ROOM!

Newest and Latest SmartGirl Book Purse

Everyday I plan on showing you all one of my new purses. I've been very busy making them and selling them and I have not posted in more than a year. That's crazy.

Here are some pictures of one of my most popular SmartGirl Book Purse.

Sherlock Holmes SmartGirl Book Purse

Happy New Year

I think my first New Years resolution, besides the many others I will come up with today, is to write more often in my blog. I neglected it terribly. I wish every one a

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My SmartGirl Book Purses’ have a new online store

I am very excited to announce my new online store. I am able to post beautiful photos of my SmartGirl Book Purses and I like the design. What do you think? 

SmartGirl.me 

Little Women are all about Do-It-Yourself

Before the DIY network, before eHow.com and before the super box hardware stores one would learn how to change a washer on their sink with a  good old fashion book. This SmartGirl Book Purse is made from a vintage copy of Do-It-Yourself Encyclopedia.

And Little Women are all about Do-It-Yourself and books of course. Cute pink Little Women SmartGirl Book Purse.

My SmartGirl.me Workspace

I finally cleaned and organized my workspace. The colorful walls are due to the fact that this was Amanda's playroom, which she never used even when she was young. Both Ben and Amanda have the rest of the house. This is now all mine...

Ben hates the logo on the wall. I on the other hand, feel like branding it claims it as my own.

I love the view...sitting at my drafting board and looking at my back yard. I get great natural light all day. 

 

 I hope I can keep it this way. I feel inspired when everything is in it's place.

I keep my thread behind the door along with a stencil butterfly Amanda and I made years ago.

These are all the SmartGirl Book Purses waiting to be assemble. I keep them in plastic bags that hold the fabric and handles I've selected.

Fabric, handle frames, and beads are kept in these fun boxes.

My Scrapbooking paper which I hope to find time to use soon. I am 3 years behind on Amanda's books and I have clients that have commissioned me to make albums. This room will not stay like this when I start scrapping.

I keep my fabric logo tags in spaghetti jars. 

I love my workspace!