Past Designs: Bra Purses

I had the best of intentions when I started this blog a couple of weeks ago.  You know, post a new entry every day or at least every other day.   And then my camera died!   Yikes!   So now I'm awaiting a shutter repair and hope that there is nothing else wrong wih it.   In the meantime, I thought I may as well post some of my pics of past designs.

I began making bra purses a few years ago and after much trial and error I finally came up with a way to make them look an act like a "real" purse, with a bottom so they would sit up nice on a counter and be fully functional so you could really use it as a purse.   When you put 2 "C" cups of a bra together, they form a gap at the top that just didn't look right to me.   So I puttered around with a few ideas and came up with the design you see here.....a drawstring pouch that is attached inside the bra cups.  

Well, I couldn't just stop with a drawstring bag, I needed to embellish all the little details to really put these little bags over the top.   That is what lead me to the Swarovsky crystals.   Oh, mercy!  I was having way too much fun now.  A few on the ribbon that holds the drawstring in place and many more on the exterior of the bag itself.   

Sometimes I used the bra straps themselves as the carrying handle and sometimes I found lucite handles that seemed more appropriate for that particular purse.  Then I got a little carried away with beaded fringes for the bottoms.   Oh, did I ever get carried away!  

Crystals, fringe, fabrics, more and more bras.....this was becoming a bit of an obsession.  As a matter of fact, I still have an enormous bin of bras in every color of the rainbow, just in case I need to make another purse.

Not to mention the fuzzy, feathery, fluffy stuff I used to adorn the heavy ceramic weights that held down the bottom of the drawstrings. 

My stash of bra purse "makings" had definitely taken over a good portion of my studio but it sure was fun!   So if you're ever in the mood for a fun conversation starter at your next dinner out on the town, just give me a call and we'll design one together for you to have as your very own.

No camera, but lots of bras,

Debbie