These Mary Moon zippy bags can be found at A Gal Named Cinda Lou's in Westerville  along with a bunch of sweet vintage goods.

I thought up these Rainbow Cloud Zippy Bags over a year ago. I finally made them and put them out for sale. They have been hit all summer long. Aren't they just adorable ?

I just added some new bags to my Etsy shop
I made up a batch of bags with an Ohio applique

Handmade Tote with Two Exterior Pockets and Two Appliques

Discover Ohio created a commercial for tourism in Ohio. They stopped in at Urban Handmade in Yellow Springs to film a portion of it. Urban Handmade has recently started carrying my bags in their store. If you look closely (and quickly) at the 47 second point of the commercial, you will see my striped owlie purse.
Very fun :o)
Ohio Tourism video
If you see this same commercial on tv you may notice that it was cut down from its original one minute and four seconds, which left my portion out.

Spring = A new bag

I have been hard at work in my studio the last couple of months.
I have been designing, cutting and assembling new bags and purses.
I've also been updating my marymoondesigns (Etsy) shop with new pictures and listings.










Enjoy :o)

Handmade hand painted purses




" With our thoughts We shape the world "
Budda




"The journey is the reward "
Tao saying

In the fall of 2009 my daughter (Midori) and I took our first ever trip to New York City.We saw the Statue Of Liberty, Ellis Island and Time Square. We walked through Soho, China Town and Central Park. We visited where the twin towers once were and the memorial for the lives that were lost. So much to see in the three days we were there.
The last place we went was the Smithsonian National Museum of American Indians. What a treat ! ! On display were beautiful dresses, boots, and bags made by native American Indian women. I was in awe of the thousands and thousands of beads that were sewn on the gorgeous tribal dresses.
On our way out we stopped in the museum gift shop. Score ! I found these incredible molas handmade by Kuna women. I bought two of them thinking down the road I would add them to a bag. I thought they would make a great focal point.
























It took me nearly two years but the bags are done. They turned out fabulous :o)
I am excited because we are taking aanother trip to the Big Apple this April. I am hoping to find more of these beautiful molas while we are there so I can use them on my Totes.

I had a special order from a good friend of mine.She custom ordered a pair of bags with dragons on them.The bags were a special surprise for her daughter and her daughters friend.The two are really into dragons and she wanted to have something special made for them.
Sometimes I get request that i just know are not my thing so I turn it away.
Other times I get excited to step outside of my boundaries and make something new.
If I really enjoy creating it and love the way the project turns out, I add it to my regular line of work.
I struggled a bit when I created these bags, only because I have never drawn a dragon before.But I really like the way they turned out.
This experience has inspired me to think up some new patterns.
I'll post some pics of my new work when it's complete.

WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING ? ? ?


Trying to eat healthy.
I've also been going back to the gym.
Not as much as I would like though.


I made a few things for myself.Of course if I have it my girls want it to. I have to make one for each of them to.
I made these bleach tie dyed jeans like the ones I had in the 80's.


and i've been trying to stay focused and get a bunch of stuff made for my upcoming shows.I am actually very motivated right know and came up with even more NEW designs.
I'll take some picks SOON. Stop back and check them out :0)

*** MMD OPen House ***
Day 1

Yesterday was the first day of my openhouse.As I always say,"It's always a surprise who shows up to these things".Two of my good friends were here, as well as a vendor friend I met this year,my daughters teacher,my husbands coworker,and a few other random people.And they all came at different points in the day,which was nice because I was able to have nice conversations with each of them :0) Some times it seems like you get busy all at once.I had a little time in between guests and worked on sorting my gift closet.The holiday is getting closer and closer.Time to start wrapping BLAH !!!!
Wish me luck today !!!!!!!
Oh yeah,this cute zippy can be found in my etsy shop

Happy Holidays !!!!!!!!

October is Breast Cancer awareness month.
I made this bag for a very special lady who is fighting the fight!
I had this idea to make this PINK and to give the seahorse a breast cancer ribbon but i did it with sequins ala' Mary Moon.
I wanted to make her something beautiful, something as beautiful as her even as she fights such an ugly disease, she still has such an upbeat and positive attitude, an advocate for the cause and a true inspiration.
I put much love and prayers into this bag , it is truly an OOAK for a OOAK person.
H.P. much love and prayers to you and your family always!
Celebrate your Life!

Thank you Corena!!!!!!! It would have been a long weekend without you.I had a BLAST!!!!!!Thanks for hangin' out with me. WTF IDK OMG Your my BFF Jill.