Tagged: love

Currently.

Loving:  My newly re arranged and cleaned bedroom. The last few weeks have been insanely busy. But, I took a couple hours to work on cleaning my room which, of course lead to some furniture re arranging. (doesn’t it always? Just me? okay.) It feels really refreshing to have a new layout and getting sleep in sheets fresh form the dryer is ALWAYS a win.

Reading: Does checking Buzzfeed on Lunch breaks count? Other than to do lists and work emails I have had zero time for trying to read anything else lately. Someday, I’ll pick up a book again though.

Watching: Catching up on Walking Dead. Giants Baseball! And, I did just finish watching the Bachelorette. I’ve only seen 1 or 2 seasons, but this has to be the best one, right? I <3 Jef, alot. Excellent choice! And the Olympics are starting! So, Walking Dead may get put on hold for a bit…

Anticipating: Moving with my company to our new office and starting my new 6am-3pm shift! :/ I’ve been with the company only 3 weeks and currently my commute is a solid 5 minutes, but we are moving 20 miles away. Back to the commute! Shouldn’t be bad at 530 am though ;)

Listening to: Lana Del Rey. I sort of hated her when I first saw her perform on SNL… :( It was not good. Suddenly, I cannot get enough of her album, Ready to Die. LOVE it.

Planning: A bridal shower for Lisa, and a Bachelorette weekend shortly after in Disneyland!!! Can. not. wait.

Working on: Still training a bit and trying to learn all I can at the new job. Finishing up a few custom orders I received from Renegade Craft fair in San Francisco this past weekend. Watching the launch of hiipsf.com !!! And starting to pound out new hiip bags. I have a mountain of fabric I am cutting up into the hiip pattern. Getting ready to start production this weekend! Holy moly, when do I get that vacation?

Wishing: For my Daddy to get well. I know it’s till to early on in this, but I just want the cancer to go away forever.

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All of the STRIPES!

I recently did a bit of treasure hunting and collecting and have compiled a bit of spread of some GORGEOUS and stylish bloggers rockin’ their striped zipper clutches! It’s definitely my most popular bag, and my favorite. It goes with everything! Check out these lovelies and how they have styled theirs…

Juley of Swank Heights.

 I Love Juley’s outfit photos. I feel like I’m looking at my bag in an ACTUAL fashion spread.

Home girl has some serious style.

<3

See more here, here, and here!

 

Stephanie of Mrs. Stephanie T., Mandy of Harper’s Happenings, and Elsie of A Beautiful Mess.

 

Such an honor to see these ladies carrying my bag. A couple of my favorite and inspired by bloggers.

See more of Stephanie looking adorable (red jeans and stripes? prefect) here.

See more of Mandy sporting her bag in one of  her Steppin’ Out Saturday post here!

See more of Elsie with her bag in her Daily outfit post titled Red Velvet (!) here.

I so hope I get to do more posts like this. I Love stumbling upon outfit posts that happen to feature a pretty little bag that I remember putting together. I get all warm and fuzzy.

If you have any pics of you carrying your itsKrust bags, please send them my way! itskrust@gmail.com

<3

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New Holiday bags are in!

If you didn’t already see them last week, here they are!

I added eight new simple, yet glamorous evening/ cocktail clutches to the shop. I made these for a Holiday shopping boutique I attended a couple weeks ago, and thought I’d offer them up to everyone.

These are a bit smaller that my usual over sized clutches, but I can make them in any size requested. :)

 

The Lacey’s:

 

Lace in Grey, Black, Fuchsia, and Dark Teal. And a mesh lace in Gold!

 

Textured Shimmers:

Tiered Hearts, Grey Scales, and Waves.

 

Check them all out in the Shop. Place your Holiday orders! Drop me a message for custom requests.

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Guys, it’s FRIDAY!!!

 

I can’t believe Friday is actually here!!! I thought this week was going to dragggg. BUT, it flew. And tonight, Lisa is picking me up after dinner and we are making the 6 hour drive to Sunny Anaheim, CA for 2 glorious days in DISNEYLAND! Yes. I’m so ready. I haven’t been in about 5 years and I miss it. I hope Lisa can handle my tears, because as soon as I hit Main Street USA in the evening and it’s all lit up, I cry. Every time without fail, I tear up. It makes me so happy to be in that place. It really is the happiest place on earth. Is it 8 yet? I’m ready to hit the road.

This week has been great. I Love having something BIG to look forward to. I got a good amount of work done this week. I kept myself fairly busy.I Love when life gets exciting and fast paced. Running around to get everything set. Packing, errands, what not. The good stress, the build up to something awesome, I Love it. I Love even more that, that part is over and now it’s almost time to leave.

I might just be talking crazy now… So, I apologize. I will be back Monday, hopefully with a collection of pictures with Disneyland covered in Halloween decor!

Top: Forever 21 (supposed to be a dress…? I have about 4 inches folded up only. I wish Forever 21 realized that not everyone is short!!!! Make things longer, people can hem them if needed, right? )

Jeans: Vigoss

Scarf: Forever 21

Flats: BDG via Urban Outfitters

Bag: KRUST

Things I can’t wait to do in Disneyland: Walk down Main Street! Look for a few hidden Mickeys, Ride Indiana Jones!!!! See CAPTAIN EO (never seen it) Ride the new Star Tours, ride Halloween themed Space Mountain, and Haunted Mansion, All the Fantasyland rides, especially Mr. Toads Wild Ride, Go on Tower of Terror like 10 times in a row. Wave hello to Pirates of the Carribean (Sadly, it will be closed this weekend, but we won’t let it get us down!!!!). There is so much more I want to do, OBVIOUSLY. Those are just my high priorities :)

Have you ever been to Disneyland?! What’s your favorite part about it?

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Week(s) in iPhone #16

So, I have been pretty absent on here lately. After the move, I just haven’t really felt much like posting. Mostly because I didn’t feel like I had much to post for whatever reason. But, tonight I decided to update, finally.

Life has been great since the move. I LOVE our house and I LOVE living with my brother and his family. I Love having Emily with me most days of the week while I’m working on stuff or to run errands with. And seeing my Niece and Nephews everyday. We have been having a lot of fun. Playing in our backyard, going on walks or bike rides, having family dinners, having friends over to just chill, watching all the new fall TV shows together, playing video games, and board games, decorating! painting our nails, drinking tea, and eating sweets and making Starbucks runs at 10pm. I am loving our commune living and hope we can ride it out as long as possible until it absolutely doesn’t work for us anymore. Because, life is good here.

And with that, here is a little iPhone photo update from the last month or more!!!!

Since moving into the new house, I have been very excited at the idea of making my Brother and Sister in laws, 2 dogs sleep with me in my bed. They love to burrow under the covers and it’s pretty cute. Well, Blue, the older one slept with me once, but he insists on sleeping with Mommy and Daddy otherwise. Coco, however, has spent most night in bed with me, and I love it. She is lying next to me as I type this like a little person, exactly as shown in the photo above. Her paws and head out of the covers. <3 the Coco.

I have been doing a bit of sewing. I attempted to make 2 dresses, but only 1 really came out :/ can’t win them all right?

I recently finished the photo collage on my bedroom wall. I am in love with. I’ll post better photos later! It’s lots of fun.

I get to see my Dad a lot more these days since he lives closer to me now. He comes over a couple times a week. It makes me so happy to see him so much more often now. He recently played Darth Vader for the kids and it was pretty awesome.

My sister and I babysat my niece and nephews one afternoon while my Brother and sister in law went to a Giants game, and Sawyer and Truman “helped” me to my laundry. They mostly sat in the laundry basket and put on all the clothes. Adorable.

 

So, we live across the street from the bay line. It’s pretty awesome. We have a really neat view out our living room window, and can zip across the street to  walk, ride or whatever along a paved path the runs all along it. We discovered a couple little beaches close by along the path, that have made for a lot of fun walks.

The baby squirrel I could not resist getting pics of! I probably got closer than I should have, but I wasn’t messing with him, I promise. I just love his sweet face! And he was such a good sport, eating his discovered tomato skin and posing for pics. Don’t you love him? <3

 

I plan to be back to regular blogging again, now. I finally started taking pictures again last week, and I have some ideas and I’m ready to get back into the swing of things. I have a few sewing projects to share with you. And I am working on a few new color combos and bags to add to the shop soon!

Thanks to anyone who’s stuck around.

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Fall 2011: Geometry.

I am so excited to share my new fall bags with you today!!! I went a different direction this time, and sort of kept with  a theme. I am still using my core fabrics; the Tan, Grey and Black Duck canvas. It’s just a great sturdy fabric. And I LOVE the Tan color it comes in.

Check out the 10 new bags!!!

I knew I wanted to do a chevron stripe for the new fall line. And I had been wanting try to working in some neons and some variation of neons and neutrals together. This was as far as I went and I am so pleased with it. The Tan and pink is my absolute favorite bag. Although I do really love them all!

Get your Chevron cross body bag in the SHOP. Available in Tan/Pink, Grey/Green, or Black/White.

This is one design I came up with one day while doodling and sketching over the summer.
I came across this salmon linen before coming up with the design and when I was sketching, it felt like a no brainer to include it in this new line with the grey, tan and black. I LOVE this salmon color.

Get your Angled clutch in the SHOP. Available in Tan, Grey, Black, or Salmon.

I drew this one up one afternoon while babysitting this summer. I had discovered this teal denim a few months back and used to make a doily clutch with. I KNEW I wanted to use it again and somehow incorporate into the fall line I wanted to do. Once I finished the drawings, I was so excited to get to work on them. These were the first of the fall line that I had started and finished. Seeing them all done really motivated me to get the rest done. I LOVE how they came out.

Get your triangle clutch in the SHOP. Available in Teal, Black, or Tan.

 

Thanks for coming to check out the new bags! Let me know what you think.

I plan to continue to add to this line with other colors and designs throughout the Fall months. So, do stay tuned for more!

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A Love letter to Mallory.

The clutch pictured below was a custom request for the lovely Mallory of Mallory Makes Things. I was so honored and excited when Mallory contacted me with a custom bag request and to offer some amazing, and much needed artwork.

While Mallory painted away (and developed this gorgeous fall dress line), I put together this Love letter to send to her.

Dear Mallory,

I am inspired and in awe of your talent and work everyday that I  come across something you’ve done or are working on. I am excited that I could make and send you one of my bags. And I am honored to now have such a beautiful, customized piece of your artwork on my website for all to see. You are one of the sweetest people I have come to know through the blogging and handmade world. Meeting people like you online is one of the reasons I Love having a blog and doing what I get to do everyday. Thank you for everything you do!

xoxo

Love,

Krust.

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Week(s) in iPhone #14

Some photos from over the last two weeks, about.

I painted my nails a lot! Thank you, Pinterest for the constant inspiration! I worked on drawing up NEW bag designs (which I am SOOO excited for), with the help from my nephew. Keep an eye out! Seriously. Emily and I put some fun colors in our hair. I made new hang tags for bags heading out. I worked on an order for some Bridesmaids!!!! I ate leftover BDay ice cream (note: I need to go back to Hagen-Dazs for more). I put my feet in the sprinklers while babysitting. I watched on while my AMAZING brother replaced my squeaking brake pads, so I could drive safely to Lake Tahoe! Oh, and then I went to LAKE TAHOE!

I spent 2 quick days in beautiful Incline Village with Lisa and her family. I had my own bedroom and got to breath the fresh mountain air and sit by the lake for a nice quick, cheap vacation. Just what I needed right now. I wish I could have stayed longer. But, there’s always next time. I hope  :)

 

I got back home late Tuesday night last week, and have been so busy since! Working on getting out bag orders! and lot’s of babysitting. I’m trying to make all the money I can right since I am moving in TWO WEEKS!!!! More on that later…. :D

 

Oh hey, how about some links!

 

Have you seen this outfit post from Elsie! My heart was pounding so fast when I checked my reader and saw that <333

I really want this dress, but in another color… Thinking about recreating my own!

Totally want to do this zig-zag shorts DIY, minus the studs.

I very much NEED to replicate my sewing machine with Legos. I think my family will agree.

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Sunspots.

It has been sunny in my town, but super windy and not so warm this week. And actually cold where I babysit and hang out about 20 miles north. What’s up, Summer? Get it together. I want to sit by my pool this weekend.

I took some spotty photos out out in the sun as the sun was lowering the other day. I sort of love the glare on the lens. As I looked at the photos, I immediately starting singing Sunspots by NIN in my head. Haven’t listened to that album in awhile. Forgot how much I enjoy that song.

 

Tank: Forever 21

Skirt: vintage via eBay

Flats: H&M via my Sister’s closet

Belt: H&M

Clutch: Krust.

 

I think it is pretty crazy how you can hear a song, and instantly remember everything about past places and feelings. As I listen to this song, I am taken to another place entirely. It’s pretty amazing. Music is almost a unit of measurement for my life.

 

“She turns me on
She makes it real
I have to to apologize
For the way I feel

And nothing can stop me now
There is nothing to fear
And everything that ever was
Is inside us here”

 

 

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(Birthday) Week in iPhone #13

Just a late iPhone photo update.

Last week I painted my nails a lot. I have really been trying to not bite them and the only way I won’t bit them is if they looks nice. So I have to keep them well manicured. And since I am either sewing all day for work or chasing kids around for work, my polish doesn’t usually last too long. So, I have been painting my nails almost every other day to keep up the pretty.  It’s been fun experimenting new manicures!

Last week I turned 29! yikes. It sounds so old. I do not feel 29. I am not sure what is up with that. So, I will continue to completely disregard my age. On my Birthday ( Thursday) I sat by the pool, played in the pool as if I were 10 years old. I participated in synchronized diving, synchronized underwater handstands and flips, dove for coins and rocks on the bottom of the pool for literally hours! It was a good time. After a day in the sun and splashing around in the pool, Stephanie and I hopped in the car and headed to one of our favorite malls. We did some Birthday shopping at Forever 21 and H&M, and grabbed some Wetzel bits on the way out. Again, a good time. The rest of the evening I spent sewing a bit for the Car show I was selling some bags at. My sister also baked me a cake!!! Awesome. Double yellow cake with chocolate frosting almost all to myself. Birthday win. I had a lovely day!

My Birthday celebrations continued with a night out with my friends for Sushi on Friday night, and an AWESOME early BBQ dinner at my Aunts on Saturday. Again, I played like a 10 year old, this time with my niece and nephews on the lawn. Cartwheels, and somersaults, and just chasing the rascals around. I Love being a kid. I think I’m done with this growing up nonsense. Where is Peter Pan when you need him?

Another BIG part of my week was preparing and setting up a booth to sell some bags at in a Vendor spot at a Car show. I spent a lot of time creating a 40 bag inventory and planning how to set up my spot. It was so fun!!! And although, I did not sell anything, I am so happy I did it. I have attended this car show with my girlfriend Laura for years now and it’s just a really fun show to hang out at. While I will continue to attend this event for years to come. I know that my bags may not have a place in it. And that’s okay. You gotta just try things out, right? This is still new to me and I am not going to know how and when I will do good right away. I had NO idea I would get 17 bag orders when I went to meet my Aunt and her workout friends for coffee morning, just like I did not know that I’d prepare quite vigorously for an event I would not sell one item at. There is some trial and error, and that’s okay with me. I am stoked to have the inventory and the NEW bags I now have for the shop or future potential events that I am applying to.

Part of why I am so happy I did do this event is that it really pushed me to work extra hard in the weeks following up to it. I took it as a chance to really belt out a solid line of bags to represent my shop and my style. It is a cohesive line now. where as before I was just putting out a bit of a mish-mash of items as I was building my shop inventory. So, with that said… Look forward to a bit of a shop makeover with NEW bags!!!

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