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Suelas Shoes and Sangria

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When I originally packed my Suelas shoes into my suitcase It never occurred to me just how fun taking product shots on the road could be.  Here I am wearing my Mustard Corte Shoes whilst drinking Sangria. (yes the Sangria drinking was necessary for the photo shoot)

 

These shoes are comfortable for walking and made with leather inner made made leather upper and rubber soles. Even though they are flat i found walking in them to be same as all my other flats.

They are bright enough to stand out with the simplest of clothing making me feel fashion forward (even in unwashed jeans and un-ironed suitcase clothing)

 

I also packed the Blue and cream Barka Shoe as shown here which I featured in my seaside outings to the coast of Spain. Check out the no Football sign which made us laugh little seeing as football crazed Spain is. (it might have been all the sangria at lunch that made it funny)

 

 

So for travelling with style I would (without hesitation) give these shoes a thumbs up, they held there own on the cobbled roads with just a few scuffs here and there. The main joy with these foldable shoes is that they allowed me the freedom to pack several different styles of shoes because of how little space they took up in my luggage and purse.

 

Here is my original post about these Suelas shoes in “travelling-with-kids-whats-in-my-suitcase” blog post.

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I’ve mentioned before that sometimes when I pick designers to write about for this spotlight feature I leave myself notes about what I want to talk about. For Patterns by Anna11, I wrote “grumpy cat birthday.”

What I meant was that I wanted to talk about this cat cross stitch pattern of a pretty grumpy looking cat in a party hat and holding a balloon. This is pretty much how I feel about birthdays, so it caught my eye.

The project is 114 by 120 stitches, and it uses 21 colors. The pattern notes suggest the size for a few different sizes of fabric, but at 14 count it comes out to 8.2 by 8.6 inches, or 20.7 by 21.8 cm. The pattern uses only full stitches.

This project, while it delights me, isn’t actually that representative of what’s going on in this shop. There’s a lot of Disney and Harry Potter inspired projects, including a cool “magic letters” alphabet (there’s also at least part of a floral alphabet, a baby animal alphabet, as well as those using Stitch and Moana).

There are a bunch of pretty mushroom patterns, a variety of floral wreaths and other designs for wedding announcements, a super cute reading dragon, a set of Pokemon designs and more.

I don’t know that there’s a common thread that ties it all together. Lots of characters you’ll know in designs inspired by their looks in movies, but also other cute stuff, floral designs, nature and of course some Christmas designs as well.

You’ll have to go check it out at Patterns by Anna11 on Etsy to see if anything strikes your fancy.

And if there’s a cross stitch designer you love I haven’t featured yet, drop a note in the comments or send me their info through the form at the “submit a DIY” link up at the top of the page.

[Photo: Patterns by Anna11]