Crafter Accepts Mother-in-Law's Phone Book Challenge

About a month ago, you may recall that I was griping about the huge stack of phone books that was accumulating by our front door. Shad's mom brilliantly suggested that I make a purse out of them.

Ta-da!!!

Kudos to Julie for suggesting that I doodle on the phone book cover before cutting it up. I also thought the full-color Biffs ad on the back panel of the purse was a nice touch. Basically what I did is encased each section in vinyl, then sewed the squares of vinyl together. So it is (theoretically) waterproof, and very sturdy. I don't have the full backside photographed, but it's made of four different panels sewn together. It's fully lined and I plan to start using it immediately. (I do not, however, plan to make another one. Vinyl is a huge pain to work with.)

If only I could just sew a purse out of everything that bothered me. For example, I could sew a purse out of the clothes that get left laying on the floor. Or the neighbor kids' toys that float into our yard. Or the people who throw cigarette butts wherever they feel like it instead of the garbage. Oh, this gets creepy. I'll stick to phone books.