New Straps

What a wonderful weekend I had - scrapping AND sewing on the Gold Coast with the beautiful ladies from Scrap Chat!

As well as sewing up a large Christmas order of bags & purses, I managed to whip up TWO new camera straps - I have 2 "Pirate Girl" straps still available (sold TWO as I made them on the weekend!!!) AND only 1 "Red, Hens on Black" strap!

Please EMAIL me at madexmanda@hotmail.com if you'd like either strap.

I'm about to make the big move over to one of the online craft selling sites (Made It or Etsy - still not sure which one). This will hopefully make it easier to view my stock and pay online.

Have a great week!

October already??!!!

Made.X.Manda has been chuffing along ... although I must admit I've been slack in updating the blog! If you're on Face Book I certainly update my Made.X.Manda page there much more frequently - click on the link in the side bar to "like" on Face Book!

I was recently asked to make some black 'bistro' aprons for a scrummy cake shop opening in Dalby (Qld) Katty's Cakes!

I liked them so much I decided to make a few to sell as well. They are by order only and usually only one of a kind is made. If you are interested, please email me at madexmanda@hotmail.com for details. (Great Christmas presents!!)

I'm looking forward to a weekend away with my scrapping friends next weekend but plan to do a heap of sewing while away too - so watch this space (or the FaceBook page) for goodies I might whip up then.

I'll also be at Kaisercraft Robina on Saturday 23 October for a Breast Cancer fundraiser with 20% of all Made.X.Manda sales going to the fundraising kitty!

Hot Stuff

One for the blokes - a "hot" strap plus one for the music lovers/teachers ... Hope you like them!

More Pizza Box Bags

Plastic covered fabric by Ikea - not as heavy duty as the mexican oil cloth but they have made up quite nicely! I'll look forward to feedback from my first customers of these bags.

Something Different...

I'm thinking Christmas already!!!! My daughters have had mainly male school teachers over their primary school years and I always struggle for a Christmas/Thank you gift for them (besides the usual chocolate!!). While fabric shopping my youngest spotted this green 'school' fabric and we decided to make a tie for her teacher this year! Quite happy with how it turned out!

If you'd like to pre-order one in this fabric (or available to view soon "christmas" or "music" fabrics) - please email me at madexmanda@hotmail.com - and they'll be available in October for purchase ($20 + postage).

Pizza Box Bags

Those scrappers amongst you will understand why I'm using the "pizza box" as a measure from these vinyl/mexician oilcloth carry bags...a standard pizza box will fit our beloved 12 x 12 inch papers! Always a struggle for scrapbookers is the search for the perfect ways to transport our scrapbooking goodies when we get together to scrap (a crop!).

These bags will fit either ONE or TWO standard pizza boxes so you can take your papers/kits to your next crop and look stylish at the same time! The one pizza box size is $25 + postage while the larger two pizza box size is $30 + postage. These bags are unlined with no pockets.

Red & White Spots

Black Eden with red trim

Red Eden with black trim

Naked Floral (clear) vinyl or Naked Cupcake (clear) vinyl (not shown)

Unfortunately, as they are made from vinyl/mexician oilcloth, I am unable to make matching camera straps to these particular bags - the vinyl as a camera strap would be a bit to kinky me thinks (as well as being very sweaty!!). I am happy to try and find a fabric that is similar to match your bag!

Interested, please email me at scrapmanda@hotmail.com for more details.

More Straps

The recent Scrapbook and Papercraft Expo in Brisbane was a wonderful chance to catch up with lots of wonderful crafters AND for me to give out my Made.X.Manda business cards. I still have a number of straps available (see below) if you are interested - please email me. Thanks to everyone at the expo that showed an interest in my straps and bags ;) Thanks to Mel, Sara & Drea from Point Shoot Play for letting me hang out in your classroom!



A few more "male" straps are available that I have referred to previously ...

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