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it's a book! it's a purse! it's a book purse!
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intomorning and celerywench and I wandered through Eastern Market, shopping and eating and having ridiculous conversations, as you do. One of the highlights of the trip was stumbling upon the tent/shop (tent-shop!) of Rebound Designs.
The owner handmakes one-of-a-kind Book Purses out of old hardcovers whose pages have been recycled or destroyed. She matches it with a beautiful fabric, handmakes a beaded handle, and voila - some of the most beautiful purses I have ever seen.
Here are some examples:
Pride & Prejudice
American Gods & Anansi Boys
The Secret Garden
She ranges from Nancy Drew and Wizard of Oz to Dracula and The Hobbit and Jane Eyre and Ulysses. Just. They are absolutely gorgeous, and she matches the fabrics so well.
She also does iPad and Nook covers, and absolutely takes custom orders. You should go browse.
I wanted practically every one I saw, but I ended up torn between a garishly beautiful red-and-black Dracula purse and an incredibly subtle red Jane Austen purse - the owner ended up convincing me to the Jane Austen one, since they literally do not make those covers anymore, whereas the Dracula version is still in print.
So here is my purse:
It's a book!
It's a purse!
It's a BOOK PURSE.
Andcelerywench ended up with The Little Princess in a gorgeous peacock blue with gold accents.
I don't think the pictures do these book purses justice, and there is something just so absolutely great about getting to show off my love of the books I grew up with or plan to grow old with, and carry around my shit, knowing no on else out there has a purse quite like mine.
And here's a tip, imparted upon us by the wise owner (who was actually really funny and warm and great to talk to about how we hated Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights BUT THE BOOK COVERS WERE SO PRETTY OH GOD and then also about how the trashy Sweet Valley series was ♥): When you're not using your purse, you can tuck the handles in and prop it up on your bookshelf. Mind blown.
In a strange twist of fate, I got back from my day out yesterday to find thatsickletongue had just made a post about book purses. And I hadn't even known these existed before yesterday! Freaky. But so gorgeous.
So, a plug. Check 'em out?
(That obnoxiously orange shirt I'm wearing? Yeah, it's my G shirt. You'll see more of it. Very soon.)
intomorning and celerywench and I wandered through Eastern Market, shopping and eating and having ridiculous conversations, as you do. One of the highlights of the trip was stumbling upon the tent/shop (tent-shop!) of Rebound Designs.The owner handmakes one-of-a-kind Book Purses out of old hardcovers whose pages have been recycled or destroyed. She matches it with a beautiful fabric, handmakes a beaded handle, and voila - some of the most beautiful purses I have ever seen.
Here are some examples:
Pride & Prejudice
American Gods & Anansi Boys
The Secret Garden
She ranges from Nancy Drew and Wizard of Oz to Dracula and The Hobbit and Jane Eyre and Ulysses. Just. They are absolutely gorgeous, and she matches the fabrics so well.
She also does iPad and Nook covers, and absolutely takes custom orders. You should go browse.
I wanted practically every one I saw, but I ended up torn between a garishly beautiful red-and-black Dracula purse and an incredibly subtle red Jane Austen purse - the owner ended up convincing me to the Jane Austen one, since they literally do not make those covers anymore, whereas the Dracula version is still in print.
So here is my purse:
It's a book!
It's a purse!
It's a BOOK PURSE.
And
celerywench ended up with The Little Princess in a gorgeous peacock blue with gold accents.I don't think the pictures do these book purses justice, and there is something just so absolutely great about getting to show off my love of the books I grew up with or plan to grow old with, and carry around my shit, knowing no on else out there has a purse quite like mine.
And here's a tip, imparted upon us by the wise owner (who was actually really funny and warm and great to talk to about how we hated Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights BUT THE BOOK COVERS WERE SO PRETTY OH GOD and then also about how the trashy Sweet Valley series was ♥): When you're not using your purse, you can tuck the handles in and prop it up on your bookshelf. Mind blown.
In a strange twist of fate, I got back from my day out yesterday to find that
sickletongue had just made a post about book purses. And I hadn't even known these existed before yesterday! Freaky. But so gorgeous.So, a plug. Check 'em out?
(That obnoxiously orange shirt I'm wearing? Yeah, it's my G shirt. You'll see more of it. Very soon.)
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