Genuine Leather Beagle Keychain ~Marusya
Marusya

Time is of the essence. Large projects abound! _____________________ In the mean­time, I will post this (almost thrown away) gen­uine leather bea­gle key­chain project! Last month as I surfed the web, I came across a cute leather dog key­chain on ama­zon. This key­chain on ama­zon did­n’t look com­pli­cat­ed, so I fig­ured I’d give it a try! But instead of cre­at­ing a key­chain using one sol­id leather piece, I decid­ed it’d...

October Projects ~Marusya
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Ukrainian wedding embroidery

Sep­tem­ber was just as busy as August! How­ev­er, I spent the major­i­ty of my cre­ative time doing alter­ations, sewing hand­bags, pat­tern mak­ing, and work­ing on large projects. Here is a list of some of the projects com­ing up in October! I’ll  like­ly share more details and pic­tures of the projects in future posts. Some of these projects are for wed­dings and I don’t want to give away too much ahead...

The Housecoat for the New Modern Housewife By Marusya
Marusya

Did I men­tion that dur­ing the wed­ding prep & August sewing mad­ness- I was sewing a house­coat for my sister?! When Kate and I went fab­ric shop­ping for her bridal gown, we found this fab­ric in the clear­ance section!We both fell in love with it! The flo­ral striped fab­ric design looked SOOO much like our pil­low cas­es grow­ing up! Weeks pri­or to her wed­ding, Kate had a bridal show­er. So instead...

Mother of the Bride Dress & DIY Ukrainian Wedding Part 3
Marusya

I love look­ing through old pho­to albums, but it’s espe­cial­ly fun when they con­tain old pho­tos of my parents! I can remem­ber the first time I saw this pho­to of my par­ents on their wed­ding day. I was a young girl and I nev­er for­got it! So, I thought it would be fun to dig it up and scan it for the blog post today! My mom’s moth­er of the bride...

Shop Anagrassia Handbags at BRIKA! And Taking Good Product Photos ~Marusya
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Brika Genuine Leather Silk Clutch Handbag handmade Marusya red burgandy magenta

At the start of sum­mer, I found out I would be a fea­tured arti­san on BRIKA! I was so excit­ed, but lit­tle did I know how crazy my sum­mer would turn out to be! In addi­tion to my sis­ter’s wed­ding prepa­ra­tion, I’ve been prepar­ing for my Bri­ka launch! BRIKA will first fea­ture some of my clutch­es and a can­vas tote bag. The tote bag is made of a col­or­ful kil­im style...

Suspenders: History and Fixing My Dad’s
Marusya

It’s shock­ing to think that some­thing which seems so basic as sus­penders, could be traced back to a designer/inventor! Sus­penders were first invent­ed by Albert Thurston in the ear­ly 19th cen­tu­ry in Hay­mar­ket, Lon­don. Because the sus­penders  allowed men to wear high-rise dress pants while remain­ing hid­den under a jack­et (almost like an under­gar­ment piece),  they  grew in pop­u­lar­i­ty among the upper­class and roy­als and even­tu­al­ly grew into a house hold name....