Wedding Picture purse

My friend got married a couple of weeks ago. I remember how nice it was a to have purse on my wedding day and wanted to do something for her, but I wanted it to be very special to her. I called her fiance (my other friend) and asked him to send me a picture that had he and her daughters. Then I went to their FB and got the picture they'd posted from their engagement seen below.  I used Photoshop to put together the images and print them. One side was the below picture and the other side had the picture he sent me. 

As you can see, the lining has the printing and the satin ivory is 

I decided to put pockets on the outside so that she could put

Her dress was a ruched ivory gown so I ruched the front of the purse.

Inside on the zippered pocket side was the engagement ring and a nice quote I found online. 

On the other side was the picture of her loves. 

You can almost see the wristlet in her left hand. It matched her dress so incredibly. Her mom actually carried the purse through most of the wedding so it was very handy. My friend loved it and it was one of the best gift I've ever given someone. 

More than just another fold and sew placemat purse

Thanks to many pioneers, I've fallen in love with placemat purse making. I, however, quickly got bored with the simple fold and sew. I started challenging myself to make purses that one would be hard pressed to identify the placemats in the purse.
I just completed this white vegan leather placemat purse that really challenged me. I wanted to put in zipper, but did not want to lose the integrity of the placemat. I ended using new techniques and even getting a rivet set for the vinyl.

Currently, I'm working on another one that I'm still trying to work my head around. 

Meanwhile, here are a few more. 

 Scalloped beaded placemat using zipper as closure.

 This used two round placemats  and gusset to achieve the look.

This was also two placemats used along with a vegan leather piece for the flap.