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Meet my February video! Some fun things and how I tie everything I do together into Chelle Summer.

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Dining room table-handbag matchy matchy. Find it Sunday ar @redo_market and at www.chellesummer.com. #vintagestyle #chellesummer #mystyle #handmade #handbag
You might say it’s daisy season! I created the coverup using a vintage yellow towel and vintage blue daisy terrycloth yardage. The daisy handbags were all made from a vintage fabric I got from @pjclassicsaz and her sister at the @palmspringsvin
The vintage pattern bags often sell before I can post them (or finish them!). Here’s the latest handbag version. Find it this Sunday at @redo_market and at www.chellesummer.com. #vintagestyle #chellesummer #handmade #handbags #mystylr
Sunday. My office- the first TaB bag I made- in the bucket bag style that launched Chelle Summer. I use it to travel what I need for the “winter pool” (@genesis_midtown). My desk was our kitchen table growing up. My parents bought it when
I had just enough of the vintage fabric from a recent estate sale to make these two bags– meet Ladies Walking Their Poodles. Find them at next weekend at @redo_market in Dana Point and at www.chellesummer.com. #chellesummer #vintagestyle #myst
A week after the estate sale filled with Chelle Summer-esque vintage fabrics, meet the first two handbags! Find them at @redo_market Dana Point on August 30th and online at www.chellesummer.com. #chellesummer #mystyle #vintagestyle #handmade #handb
At the @hamptonflea in Montauk last month, a woman couldn’t decide which handbag she wanted. She and her two friends debated and when she picked the Grooviest Flowers (made from a vintage curtain), her male friend handed me his credit card and
The Chelle Summer workshop is a flurry of activity with the addition of the estate sale fabrics last week. Then on Friday, my “vintage Barbie case” supplier brought these. On Sunday, he brought seven more he found stashed in a closet. The
A new Chelle Summer Vintage Barbie Case Handbag to share! Barbie (Steffi) has a new dress, too. Find the handbag at www.chellesummer.com. #chellesummer #vintagebarbie #handmade #handbag #vintagestyle
The 1970s/80s neon quilted fabric (from @eschvintage) reminds me of winter coats from my childhood. Find the Chelle Summer Take Everywhere Bag at @redo_market on August 30th and now at www.chellesummer.com. #chellesummer #neon #dayglo #handmade #han

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