Shabby Chic Handbag Swap!

Lisa of Canberra, Australia made me the cutest shabby chic handbag! And I love it!

The swap was to make a handbag useing thrift store type goods... mine is actually finished but I don't want to post it until I know my swap partner has received it. When you join a swap on swap bot you get to see who your sending to and who's sending to you!!!

Lisa says in the card that she pieced together old dresses and scraps to make my bag. It has a vinyl interior and a zipper top... AND she even put a little note book inside covered with textured paper.
A wonderful, unique, handmade, handbag all the way from Australia! How cool is Swap-Bot!

Check out Lisa's blogs (aka, Ninaribena) One is all about the crafty talented people of Canberra, Au and the other one is about Lisa's own craftiness and swaps
http://canberrasgotstyle.blogspot.com/
http://ninaribenamakes.blogspot.com/

And yes, Lisa, this makes up for my sad swap! lol!

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