Kid sized owl purse

Giveaway prize # 2 is complete. It will soon make its long journey to South Korea. Why you ask is it going halfway around the world? Well let me tell you...

The winner of this prize was Marshall (A Day in the Life). He is a proud solider in the USAF. He, his wife, Mary (Windshields and Rear-view Mirrors), and their two kids, Maddox and Maverick are stationed in South Korea. They have been over there for what seems like forever but its really only been since November 2010. They have been able to learn and live in a whole different culture. I envy their courage to travel and explore a foreign land.

When Marshall won the giveaway I was more than excited to make something for him. When I asked what kind of handcrafted do-da he wanted me to make him, his request was an owl purse for his daughter. I was secretly hoping to make her a cute gift. I mean what crafter doesn't want to make a cutesy present for an almost 4 year old girl? Although just for Marshall's information I did actually have some clever more manly ideas that Paul helped me come up with.

The journey to the owl purse was slightly epic, because my brand new sewing machine started malfunctioning after every other stitch. I spent most of last week throwing different objects around the apartment in utter frustration. I broke 2 needles in a matter of minutes. It was not a good time. I was very disappointed. I wanted to get this in the mail last week.

Thank goodness I was able to easily exchange the machine at the big box store I got it from. The new new sewing machine has, so far, been nothing but a dream machine. I was able to quickly finish sewing up the pieces I had already cut out. I sewed the face on halfway through. And BAM!

A child sized owl purse. I only wish I had someone's kid here to model it for me. I meant to take a picture that showed some scale, but maybe if I ask really nice I can get a picture of Maddox modeling it for me.

There is just enough room inside for a few little girly knick-knacks, which I'm assuming most little girls have the need to carry around with them.

I wish I could say something sweet like, 'I hope she likes this as much as I liked making it'... but I almost had to kill someone from frustration while making this because of my broken machine. So instead I'll say I hope she loves it, because I think its reaallly cute.

Maddox with her purse