Wednesday, December 16, 2009

New Design

Drumroll please!!! And the Winner is!



Sarah Halstead said...
I am following you and I tweeted about your giveaway @sarahmhalstead.
Sarah, I will contact you today to get your details.
Now on to the Good Stuff!!!!

I used to make purses, seriously. The only problem was 1 bag would take all day long and nobody wanted to pay more then 40 dollars for one. So not only was I losing a day but I was also losing money as It cost more than 40 dollars to make one of these. So I put the purse thing aside but never really forgot about it.


OLD STYLE!

I personally don't carry a purse. I don't for many reasons but the main one is I will have an ADD moment and leave it behind. Its a tried and true tested fact about myself, I am not a good "carrier of things". So for the last few months I have been toying with making different bags. I really love the messenger style of bags, but they were way to big for me. Although they do come in handy at the post office when I need to put my envelopes somewhere.



For me the BIG problem with bags is... The bigger they are, the more crap you can put in them. Seriously do you really need all that crap? I can look right now in my last purse and there is still probably 100 receipts, 20 misc pens that I couldn't ever find, a few GI Joes, 3 or 4 Nintendo DS stylus, unwrapped gum (hopefully not chewed), loose change, fabric swatches, etc.. you really get the point.

Every time I have to travel, I just get a new bag that Is fresh and clean for my trip, because when I do travel, I do need a bag .. and start collecting crap all over again.

When you think about it, when you are traveling.. what do you need? Tickets.. ID.. a Book.. passport etc. You also need both your hands free to carry on your luggage, because I'm sure you are all the ones that take up the overhead compartments with the really not carry on luggage but hopefully will get away with it bags. So I set out to design a bag that I can travel with, that will fit all my "need" crap and leave my hands free.

This bag is in a messenger style. Its 9 inches wide and 12 inches long. It has a long across chest shoulder strap and will sit comfortably on your hip. Its lightly padded so It will protect your cell phone and small camera. It has a Velcro closure, and the magnet ones may cause issues with credit cards. There is also a matching passport cover that goes with it. You don't' have to put a passport in it, It will hold business cards, ID's etc.


This is a new Item that will be added to my shop after I come back from the holiday. It will retail at $35, and come in a variety of prints and patterns. And today IM GIVING IT AWAY!!!!





Ok .. So to Enter..

Leave me a comment. Tell me the worst Christmas gift you ever received. Mine was a hideous pink watch that looked like it came from Hannah Montana..and it was broken.. ummm last year... I'm sure you received something that really just made you think.. Does *add gift givers name here* know me at all?? Tell me all about it!

You can follow me on Twitter, if you already do, you can Tweet this giveaway for an entry
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Leave a separate comment for each entry, So I can count them up accurately

Also, If your commenting, And this is very important!!! Please leave me your email if you don't have a blogger account.. I need to be able to tell you that you are a WINNER!


Don't forget, The last day to Order any products at Designs by Jessie is the 20th. There is a 30% off Sale going on right now, and All orders this week will be entered to win my fabulous (pat myself on my back) American Jane Quilt.
Jessie

29 comments:

  1. Worst give ever was supposed to be an exercise outfit, but it was corduroy and awfu!

    reallyareyouserious at gmail dot com

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  2. I follow on twitter.
    reallyareyouserious at gmail dot com

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  3. I follow your blog.
    reallyareyouserious at gmail dot com

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  4. A sweater last year because I'm not really a sweater person:) This year I hope to get lots of hoodies!!

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  5. My worst Christmas gift was a guitar. I don't play guitar. I had no desire to learn how to play. My DH thought he heard me oversay that I wanted to learn how....oh well!

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  6. My worst gift? has to be the some really ugly real cheap Christmas decorations we got for several years from some friends of my husbands - they were just awful! They gave us that junk for about 5+ years!

    TidyMom

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  7. ugh - most definitely the vacuum cleaner bought for me by my now-ex husband (wonder why he is now my ex!!!)

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  8. My worst gift was a Christmas decoration, one of those big light up snowmen - well it looked cool, but when we put it up it didn't work - no lights worked so it was a flop :(

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  9. ok the worst present I ever got was a food processor....it wouldn't have been so bad if I wanted one but I specifically asked for books and even gave my boyfriend at the time a list of what I wanted...duh!! perhaps that is why he is now my ex lol

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  10. I'm off to tweet this right now :) and my email addy is digidesignzscraps@gmail.com

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  11. My worst gift was an outfit from a family member. It was ghastly and of course they wanted me to wear it that day.

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  12. My worst Christmas gift was a whole bunch of god awful smelling perfume. It was so nasty. It went straight in the trash.

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  13. I tweeted about your giveaway. @sarahmhalstead

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  14. I think I removed those bad memories... Or maybe I never really got anything too hideous! But speaking of bags, I did receive a hideous bag for my birthday a few years ago. It really was not my style at all, and it came from what was my best friend! :-/ Such a disappointment..
    I love the travel bag!

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  15. I'm a follower on Twitter and retweeted about your giveaway. :)

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  16. Oh, that's a tough one. Nothing really stands out except the heinous yellow am/fm radio headphones I got for Christmas from my grandparents when I was about 10. I *really* wanted one of those fancy new Walkman cassette players - like the one she bought my COUSIN!

    Yeah, Grandma. I know how I rate.

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  17. my hubby got me a 4 sliced toaster! ha ha
    I love the bag, and carry so much crapola around..but I really wanted to thank you for the pictures tutorial for the cake balls.

    anneofalamo at yahoo.com

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  18. Well, the worst Christmas gift I ever got was --- every year! My sister likes old lady stuff, antiques, somebody calls them, and I once told her something was pretty and she lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree and from that Christmas forward, I get cut glass, carnival glass, depression glass, well, I don't know what she's talking about because it's all just hideous glass!

    Last year (and the year before, and the year before and the year before) I told her she could get me something else if she wanted. We'll see what this year holds.

    Like Jen above me, I get the ridiculous compote dishes, and my other sister gets something actually pretty (though still the dreaded antiques)

    Yes, I have to carry a small bag, too, otherwise I end up with the weight of the world on my shoulder.

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  19. The worst gift I have gotten is underpants! I got them from my grandma a couple years back. Not only were they three sizes too big, they were also "granny-pants", AND bought in another country. I think I still have them stuffed unopened in a drawer somewhere

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  20. The worst gift was soap and not just one year but several years thereafter. I was beginning to get a complex and wondered if these folks thought I stunk...wha?!?!! *lol* Good golly, don't give soap or underpants (reading the last post *giggles*) as a gift, c'mon!

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  21. I, too, now am a follower of your fine blog.

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  22. the worst gift... probably a shirt that didn't fit and I couldn't exchange b/c it was from another country - it's still in my closet and never been worn.
    anne-made [at] hotmail [dot] com

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