Simple AND Beautiful Altered Handbags

Two different styles of handbags, but both decidedly easy and beautiful as well.

The white woven bag is covered in many, many lovely vintage millinery flowers.

Always sewn on, never glued.
While the beaded bag is made from the sleeve of a vintage beaded blouse.
I made this one years ago and used a reproduction purse clasp.

I now have a collection of vintage and antique purse frames to use on the next ones.
I think they will give them more character and style.

They are fun to make and very easy as well.....

and a good way to recycle those beaded garments everyone just had to have in the 80's :)

Thanks for stopping by today.

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