NickyBecky Bags and Boards

Vintage Fabric
My Great Grandmother's tablecloth

GG's Vintage Fabric

My sister, Staci, and her friend, Kaitlyn, came to help at the sale

Brian's bamboo cutting boards 

World's Largest Christmas Bazaar
EXPO Center Portland OR
November 2012

A LOT OF WORK!
70+ bags ready for the big Bazaar

 BAMBOO CUTTING BOARDS

We're BACK!!!

NEW!
Munada African Market at Oregon Heritage Farm
September 2012

Click here: Check out our first line of purses on Facebook

Our Humble Beginnings

A friend of mine offered to teach me how to make a purse like she had.  I went to her house and learned as much as I could in a night and came home to show Brian.  He was amazed and went out the next day to JoAnn's Fabrics to find more material.  "Let's make some more!" he said.  I made a few with my little sisters and then another friend asked if she could bring me some fabric and handles for me to make her one.  This was the beginning of an exciting family business!  Brian chose fun material and cut out all different shapes and sizes of bags and I sewed them together.  That first summer, we made Lukas' preschool backpack and diaper bags for my sis-in-laws having their first babies.

Kari's Klutch
My very first order and sale!

A Dinosaur Backpack for Lukas

The ORIGINAL

Christy's Diaper Bag

Once I had made a few, some friends making jewelry invited me to join them for street sales downtown.  Brian built this beautiful wood stand to hang them on.  The first night, they were flying off the stand in the wind but it was a really exciting evening!  I got tons of compliments and a woman approached me about putting them in her shop opening soon!

Our first sale ever!
Last Thursday on Alberta St
Downtown Portland, OR
August 2008

Brian made some adjustments to the stand so that they would be more secure and we did a few more street sales through the summer.

First Thursday
Pearl District Portland
September 2008

We sold several bags that summer and put my purses in two different stores downtown, a spa and a boutique.  We also got into some Christmas bazaars in the area and had several open houses with other crafty friends.

NickyBecky purses for sale at Face Body Soul spa/tea room
October 2008

Open House 2008