Girly Bags V

One of my colleagues loved the Bracelets and Earrings my daughters (of 8 and 6) made a couple of weeks ago for King's Day and asked if she could buy some of them for her nieces. 

To wrap them up nicely, she asked me to crochet some girly bags. I want to make about eight bags (but I already have ten by now), so she has something to choose from. In a couple of weeks there will be a garage sale in the little village where my brother lives and my daughters have planned to participate with their earrings and bracelets. They can sell the bags my colleague doesn't want, too, and my daugthers can keep all the earnings. I just like it how they learn to deal with money this way.

The fifth two bags we called Behemian Girl and Ice Cream.



Together my daugthers and me made up the 'themes' of the bags, but a basic pattern for the bags you can buy here.

The pattern for the ice cone I made up myself.

Comments

  1. Michelle L.July 2, 2016 at 3:41 PM

    Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!!! I love all the little extras you added to the bags!

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  2. Edye NicoleJuly 2, 2016 at 11:57 PM

    So cute!!! Thanks for sharing :)

    Blessings,
    Edye | Http://gracefulcoffee.wordpress.com

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  3. GranthamLynnJuly 4, 2016 at 11:00 PM

    Pretty

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  4. AnonymousJuly 5, 2016 at 1:34 PM

    What a wonderful little gift and a great way to learn about return on investment in time and effort.

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  5. Ingenious by MeJuly 5, 2016 at 2:14 PM

    Such beautiful bags! Really love them!

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  6. That Black ChicJuly 5, 2016 at 5:51 PM

    These girly bags are super cool! the colors are awesome, any little lady would love to have one of these.

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  7. handmade by amaliaJuly 5, 2016 at 6:02 PM

    Super fun bags. Any girl would be thrilled.
    Amalia
    xo

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  8. JessJuly 5, 2016 at 7:22 PM

    These are so pretty!

    I'd love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

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  9. Laura GesinJuly 6, 2016 at 8:44 PM

    The little girl in me LOVES these bags and that ice cream cone!!!

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  10. Decor To AdoreJuly 8, 2016 at 4:08 AM

    The ice cream cone is my favorite part! Thank you for linking up to Thoughts of Home on Thursday. We really appreciate you! Have a wonderful weekend!

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  11. Katrin@northernfeeling.comJuly 9, 2016 at 1:56 PM

    These are the prettiest bags I've ever seen, they are amazing, my girls would love them! You are so so talented and i'm so happy you are sharing at Sweet Inspiration this week!!

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  12. SnapJuly 9, 2016 at 3:36 PM

    These are wonderful and I love your ETSY shop! I can hear it calling me -- I do love crochet!

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    1. LizJuly 9, 2016 at 5:49 PM

      Thank you! But euhm... I think it's someone else's Etsy shop you hear, because I don't have one, hahaha!

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  13. SwathiJuly 11, 2016 at 3:19 AM

    Beautiful bags, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning.

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  14. The Charm of HomeJuly 13, 2016 at 4:30 PM

    These are wonderful! Thank you for sharing at Home Sweet Home!

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  15. SUSANNE SHUMATEJuly 27, 2016 at 9:52 PM

    I love these little girly bags, I would love to get the pattern to make some for my neice. do you have the pattern somewhere? If so can I get the link or website where it is located? thank you so much!! you are vrey talented and I want toi thank you for sharing with us.

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    1. LizJuly 27, 2016 at 10:17 PM

      Hi Susanne,
      I had the basic pattern from an Etsy shop (link is in the post above). With my daughters I made up a theme for each little bag. Where I used patterns from others, for the embellishments like the icecream cone and the kokeshi for example, I mentioned them in the relevant post, but most of them I made up myself.

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