Fall Natural Pouch Handmade DIY

 This is a very simple bag with zipper to store your jewelry or to carry in your bag, or anything you feel like, that you can make to start this Fall in a beautiful way. It is so simple that I don't have a tutorial, just a few lines :)

Take a piece of cotton or linen (it has to be a natural fabric because you are going to dye it naturally). In a pan put some water to boil. Roll up your piece of fabric and tie it with some string (anyway you want). Put some turmeric into the water and dive your fabric in there. Leave it there for some minutes. You can add some vinegar to the water too to prevent color fading. Take the fabric, put it under tap water and put it outside to dry.

Then, when it's dried just cut out two squares where the sides are the same length as the zipper you are using. Choose a zig zag stitch in your machine. And sew the zipper to fabric with the upper facing...upper :) The stitch will be visible from the outside but I think it gives it a natural very charming look. Is it rustic? Is it coastal? I don't know. It's just simple, lovely and perfect to store things in the fall!

Summer Idea (plus...someone stole my pizza)

If you have the luck to go to a beach this Summer that is rich in algae don't forget to bring some with you. 

Here is not unsual to find a lot of algae on the sand. Just beware that the ones you find are not toxic, which I know ours aren't. Actually, the local fisherman usually sell them to the terapeutical and pharmaceutical industry.

I'm drying my own outside right now. Since they are a little smelly (mermaids suffer with their beauty routines too I suppose) I will then put them in a glass jar.

In the Winter I will surely pour some of them in a hot bath and enjoy the properties of these sea treasures!

When I went inside I heard some strange noises on the pateo. I thought sounds like someone is eating, but I'm alone! The doggie had just stolen a slice of pizza. 

I would usually take the pizza right away, but he looked so cute with that triangle of pizza that I just had to go grab my camera, but when I returned the triangle had almost disapeared. So I thought, well, at least one time a year...let him eat pizza!

Our doggie lived on the streets for many years before becoming part of our family. I suspect a slice of pizza brings him a lot of memories of his wild times!

Bye, have a nice Friday!