I consider myself very lucky to have so many talented sisters. My younger sister at Bee’s Design made this leather handbag for me. My GI Joe sister gave me the elephant patch that we found in her storage while we were cleaning up and I thought it would be neat to have it made into a handbag. Bee knew what I like, and designs this leather handbag for me. It’s perfect.
She also made the chair and pillow that you see here several years back, and I made the drapery, with her help and the sewing machine at her shop of course. The red and white checkerboard pattern is a bit loud, most of my draperies are earth tone, a lot more calm in the eye, this one is inspired by a Lao Pakamar pattern.
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February 16, 2010 at 1:48 am
Cambree
Such a beautiful bag. And the interior design is also very nice. You are very lucky indeed!
I once saw a similar handbag in Vogue (fashion magazine) with a similar style. But it was made with silk fabric and the elephants were decorated with glass beads. But this leather bag is much nicer and really one of a kind. It is perfect.
February 16, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Nye
Cambree, my sister Bee is very good with her hands, kind of surprised because when we were in HS, we used to work together for my GI Joe sister and she got to do all the grunt work, I guess she learned a lot through the years. She recently did some laptop bags for her company, it looks real nice but too bad I don’t have a laptop.
February 16, 2010 at 6:27 pm
lady0fdarkness
omg.. that is beautiful! how much will she charge if I wanted one?
February 16, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Nye
lady0fdarkness, I’m not sure if she’d be able to find the elephant patch, but I’ll ask her if she would make more. People seem to like it, maybe this could be another items that she should sell at her online store.
February 17, 2010 at 5:36 pm
giiid
I like it too, it is realy a very nice handbag. I would also like to buy one, if it was available here…your sister is very clever to make these artistic designs.
February 17, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Nye
giiid, I spoke to her today and she’ll try to find the elephant patch. I’m sure it’ll be a nice addition to her online store, I’ll post it here if she has any to sell.
February 17, 2010 at 8:31 pm
eerenoon
Unique design bag. If you were to sell it to the tourists in Laos, I bet they will going to buy it with expensive price…
February 17, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Nye
eeren, I think her hobby is really taking off, now only if she makes shoes, then I wouldn’t have to buy anything.
February 18, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Lala
Such a beautiful unique artwork, I wish I can make such a thing like that. Though I’m interest into the Art field, I’m more of a sketcher than sewing or actually making it. Love the work, you’re one lucky sister.
Lucky me to come upon this post, because I’m starting on a Occupation Report for a career class and was wondering if I can email you a couple questions about your sisters career and if you can pass on it to her. I would really appreciate it, because people never respond back to my emails base on their careers and I hope to get started with it soon. Thank you in advance Nye. ^_^
February 18, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Nye
Hi Lala, I’ve 2 sisters that do this, Bee does it as a hobby and she has a full time job. My GI Joe sister has her own business and does it full time with her husband, I think it’s something that they enjoy doing.
My email address is nyenoona@gmail.com, email me and I’ll try my best to get together with my sister, and get the answer back to you.
February 19, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Lala
Thank you so much, Nye.
I really appreciate it, ^_^.
February 19, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Nye
Lala, you’re welcome. I hope to get it back to you by middle of next week.
March 3, 2010 at 11:07 pm
mozemoua
wow, your sisters are very talented! I attempted at sewing with a sewing machine, i guess with more tries and practices I’ll be decent.
March 5, 2010 at 1:32 am
Nye
mozemoua, we all learned to sew when we were little, and my sister Bee is very crafty. I think with sewing, it takes lots of practice.
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