Brandt’s Blvd. Wallet Pattern Review & More Blooms
Brandt’s Boulevard Wallet by Chris W Designs.
Meet the Brandt’s Boulevard Wallet from Chris W Designs. I tried it for the first time last week and I like it. Don’t love it, but I like it. I’ll make it again, but I’ll change a few things in the construction process to make it a little less bulky in the seams and have a little neater finish. I’ll try to post a tutorial if I get it figured out.
The top half has a zipper coin pocket and a padded cell phone slip pocket. The bottom half has card slots, a pocket for bills (paper money, receipts, etc), and a clear ID window.
The back looks a little wonky when opened, but it looks fine when closed. I think the Peltex™ insert was a little too big.
All my lovely Phalaenopsis orchids are in bloom. Two minis and three regulars.
This little miniature is white with a pink tinge. Sweet little thing. This is my full-size white phal that leans more toward the yellow end of the white scale.This was my first orchid. I love the rich color of this full-size one.
This is a mini that has the cutest little raspberry-colored stripes on a yellow background.
This one is my unusual one. I love the narrow petals and the mixed colors. Again, yellow and raspberry, but quite different from the yellow and raspberry mini.
So far my dendrobium aggregatum shows no signs of blooming this year. I’m still hoping, though. And it loves its driftwood and its little neighbors.
If you notice my poor fern below the driftwood, it’s in terrible shape. I have another one just outside the picture that is in bad shape too. Ants got into them last year. Argh! I thought they had laid eggs in them. I know they carried in scale bugs. One week the ferns were bug-free and the next they were covered. So, I’ve repotted them and killed all the scale bugs with alcohol spray. Now, I’ll keep an eye on them and see if they come back. So far so good and it’s been a week. I hate scale bugs.
Those wispy little seed heads on the right are from an air plant that my son & family found on their Florida vacation. The group was in a little intertwined knot around a dead branch and when the branch broke it fell to the ground just for me.
I have done beadwork for over 25 years and got so interested in jewelry design that I took two metalwork classes at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee from wonderful teachers Deborah Lynn Gold and Marjorie Simon. I can't choose a favorite medium. I love sculptural work and adore forming and fabricating metals, but three-dimensional beadwork is more colorful.
I sew a lot! Lately I've been making lots of purses and wallets as well as upcycling used clothing into new items.
Lately I've gone back to sewing and refashioning cast-off clothing–mostly men's shirts, into girls' clothing. I also enjoy making handbags and wallets. They are really fun to put together–like a puzzle.
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