Bookbagz - Nancy Drew Bookbags

Bookbagz - Nancy Drew Bookbags

You're going to love the Nancy Drew bookbags from Bookbagz! They are the newest licensee to sign on with Simon & Schuster! Visit their website.

Here are sample Nancy Drew bags - I ordered the Hidden Staircase version:

 

 

 

 

 

Jenn:)

Nancy Drew Altered Art Purse Craft

Nancy Drew Craft Project:

At the local Nancy Drew Sleuths' AZ Sleuths meeting in May of this year, I handed out everyone a Nancy Drew bookbag from the pocketbook mysteries set that I had on hand. I have a huge bag of these with various flaws that keep me from selling them. But they're perfect for a Nancy Drew bag craft activity! We'll be doing one of these at our 12th annual Nancy Drew convention in Phoenix, March 12th. They're very easy to do and embellish and one can be done in about an hour or hour and a half which is perfect for a craft session. So everyone created one for a bag exchange at our July book group meeting at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale.

Here's a sample of original bag and finished altered art bag that my mom and I did:

Scrap cardstock was glued onto the bag front and back including the spine using a glue stick. Ribbon was added around the edges using a hot glue gun. Beads were sewn onto the purple ribbon attached inside and also magnifying glass charms. Vintage yellow spine picture covers which had been cut off of books were attached front and back--see above and below:

This bag was created using the actual spines from yellow spine picture covers that were cut up to make spiral bound journals. They needed a new home and were an interesting item to work with for this purse:

Ribbon was used to embellish as was the 1" mini buttons we sell in our Nancy Drew Cafe Press Shop--these buttons ran from front onto the spine and back cover in a line.

Here's everyone with their bags from the exchange--you can see how everyone embellished what existed on the bags with glitter, ribbons, buttons, and charms as well as glued on cutouts:







Jenn:)

Nancy Drew Events at 2010 Bouchercon Mystery Convention

Sleuth Lea With Her Collection Of
Nancy Drew Foreign Editions

Nancy Drew Sleuths had a booth at the Bouchercon 2010 mystery convention in San Francisco, I was on a Nancy Drew panel along with Penny Warner, Kate White, and Cornelia Read, and there was also a Nancy Drew 80th anniversary party.

I arrived to Oakland airport and Lea picked my mom and I up and gave us a great tour of her fabulous collection! Then a great tour around the San Francisco area including Coit Tower. We also stopped by the Yoda fountain at Lucas Films.

NDS Book Room Tables

Journals & Goodies for Sale

Buttons and Jewelry

Frame Necklaces & Bags

Totes and Bags--they were a hit!

In book #75, The Emerald-Eyed Cat Mystery, Nancy briefly visits San Francisco and goes to a restaurant in Chinatown where she wants to talk to the owner but he plies her with food and then hypnotizes her so she won't remember a thing! Lea, my mom and myself, plus Joanna and author Meredith Cole and her husband ate at Hunan Home's in Chinatown, shared several dishes, and then I tried to "hypnotize" Lea ;)

Bess says yum!

Our last big event was the Nancy Drew 80th anniversary party which was a come-and-go event in foyer of the Hyatt complete with mini cupcakes that Penny made picks for.

Bcon Party Sign

Meredith, Lea, and Joanna in front of Lea's Display

Lea's Nancy Drew Display

Great Foreign Editions!

Some Mysterious Decor

We had a mystery to solve at the party--see if you can solve it. Name one of Nancy Drew's famous cases and the villain she caught from the clues below--I'll post the solution in the comments in the coming days...

Jenn:)

Nancy Drew Clutch Handbags FS

Just added the new style of clutch handbag to the shop:

http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/accessories.html

http://www.ndsleuths.com/nancydrewshop5.html

It's got a shoulder strap that you can wear with it or take the strap off to use as a hand clutch. All leather - black - featuring images of Nancy and a quote. Cute!

Jenn:)

Nancy Drew Handbags For Sale!

New officially licensed by Nancy Drew Sleuths for the 80th anniversary: 100% genuine leather handbags at The Sleuth Shop! Two designs featuring a) Images of Nancy over the years with fun quotes (same design each side) and b) Blue Multi Pic endpapers with different images on each side.

They are so nostalgic and fun!

Jenn:)