I Finally Made Something

Okay, I finally made something that I can post here. It seems like I've been so damn busy lately, and I've just been neglectful of my blog and blog friends. I don't like it. Anyway, on to what I made:

Tessa, my lovely daughter, is being a shit. I told her that I wouldn't buy her a new backpack this year for school, because I bought her one at the end of the school year last year and that backpack was barely used and perfectly good. Well, of course, she refuses to use it. Something about someone else at school having a similar one. Who knows? So what is she using? The kitty messenger bag that I made her. The only problem with that, is that it doesn't look so good anymore. I didn't really make it with the intention that she would be using it as a school bag - so it's not super sturdy. Plus it's really dirty and icky looking because, well, because Tessa is just so hard on everything!

So, I'm enabling her. Of course. What else should a mother who refuses to buy her daughter a backpack do, but the MAKE her another bag so she really DOESN'T have to use said backpack.
Geez, someone grow me a brain. Anyway, here it is:

This is the front of it. I had made the front plain, but she wanted it jazzed up a bit.

This is the back. I didn't want her name super prominant, but LOVE this font.

Here the back side of the front flap and a peek of the inside.

I made this one out of denim and some leftover home dec type fabric. Hopefully this one will be a bit sturdier.