The best gift for the best sister.

My sister is a freak for organization

And lately I'm a freak for making bags. 

You see where this is going right? 

I made my staple box bag, a makeup brush roll, as well as a taller bag. 

The box bag is nothing new, but I must say I'm proud of this lining. 

And the pull tags. 

This makeup brush was something all new for me. 

I cut out a rectangle of my outer fabric, my lining fabric and of some felt. 

This did need some interfacing. 

I sandwiched them together and I finished the edges with bias tape. 

And that yellow strip to hold the brushes is fold over elastic. 

Which is by the way not iron safe...

And my tall bag was simply an experiment to use up the rest of my fabric. 

This is not interfaced as well, but it holds its shape nicely. 

~All in all this is a pretty swell gift set~

A Wonderfully Wicked Birthday

Out of all the modern Musical greats Wicked is by far the most well loved.

via GIPHY

And it's so clear why!
Oh I could talk for hours about this musical!

But I'll get to the point.

 My dear friend and fellow Musical theater lover Abby turned 18 I knew I had to blow her socks off!
and what better way than with a Wicked themed gift bag!

Here's everything I put together for her~

 She has an enthusiasm for motivational posters
also I wanted an excuse to water color
So I made this "card ish thing.

I think it's a card...

And I combed through Pintrest to find this tutorial.
buuut I used it more like a guideline.
Since I only needed a little bit.

and I added vanilla~

the main part of the gift though was a home made cosmetics bag!
This post and this video were super helpful!
 

I also cut out a cardboard bottom and glued my lining fabric to it.
Since I forgot to interface....

And of course I wrote a Wikked quote on it!

Also I happened to have some of my emergency flower hair clips laying around.

All in all its a pretty great gift bag, if I do say so myself!