The first bag for the Power of the Purse Auction

My daughter and I arrived in India and spent our first day visiting the Taj Mahal.  It is a mosaleum created for a beloved wife who died giving birth to a 14th child.  It is beautiful--the guide talked about how it was symetrical in every way.  I am thinking about symetry in designs.  The guide said there was only one place it wasn't perfectly symetrical--we had to guess. We couldn't.  He said it was in the caskets.  The husband's was really big and his wife's was much smaller.  We should have guessed that, right?

It is all white marble and I liked when the guide said it is four different colors depending on morning, noon, evening and night.   It would be really lovely to see it in the moonlight. Everything depends on the context.

We sent off the first bag we designed for the Power of the Purse auction benefiting Girl's Inc. Northwest.
We designed it for Gwyneth Brooks. She said she wanted a light-weight bag that she wears--not one that wears her. It is very simple--hand polished teal leather with pewter hardware. It is not symetrical. There is a pocket flap on one side and a plain slide pocket on the other. There is something lovely about not perfect.

I love linings that are so beautiful they give you joy when you open your bag. And this one does that. It is silk. You can see the linings on the edges of the pockets as well--even when the bag isn't open, which is nice too.

We hope this bag brings in lots of money for Girls Inc. Northwest, committed to helping girls become Smart; Strong; and Bold.       ---- Mia