Seeing Red

First I want to thank you all for your nice comments about my prom picture. If only I were really adorable! ha
I've been spending a lot more time on monkeys lately than I have sewing, but today I finally got a chance to make something without a face. It was very exciting to be back at the sewing machine. I want to put a few Valentine's Day things in the shops, but I'm trying to avoid very themed items. I made this floral messenger a few weeks ago that I think is nice, it doesn't have any hearts, but the red is perfect. I got to use a little of that sage gingham I bought in the city a while back. And the button you see there on the flap came in a great pack of buttons I bought from a fellow Etsy seller. I love how the gingham looks with this red floral. It's very feminine. I added this bag to my Etsy shop this evening and tomorrow I'll put it on my website.
Today I made this pretty little red zipper pouch. Remember the other day when I said I had a bunch of them lined up on the sewing table? Well, better late than never. I was able to use 7 different red prints from my stash for this bag and once I got it pieced together it was just screaming for some decorative stitching. I guess it just reminded me of those great old crazy quilts with all of the fun stitching. I did sneak some hearts into this bag in the end. One of the fabrics has some little hearts on it and I used a heart stitch too. I'm just thinking about adding an applique heart & I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Now that I've accomplished something I guess I'll get back to the monkeys. Thanks so much for all of the support you've given my new shop this past week. It's been great! Now I just need to get you monkey lovers to join the Flickr group and add some fun photos.
Have a great week!