Try this link. Kathi http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_accessories_purses/article/0,1789,HGTV_3227_3822691,00.html

Thanks for sharing. What a lovely purse and now a family heirloom. I checked out the link to Diamond 57. She is going to be very busy now after the article. My husband used to wear cowboy boots. Hummmm, I wonder if I saved any of them. Well, its a trip to the attic to go thru the many boxes of stuff that I've saved.

I just made two today, and started 2 more. What fun this is... The only problem I had was finding the right color of material to go with the cover of the books! Ha.... One was limegreen and white readers digest...I found 2 cloth napkins that had a limegreen and navy stripe around the edges so I used this for the green book. I used old macramae brass rings, the 3 inch ones , for the handles. The other one has deep country red and taupe material, checked and complementary floral for the sides and inside. It was fun. I used a glue gun as my sewing machine is not working.

How sad; I'm sorry it happened to you. It's good to make a police report and for you to get a copy of it. If nothing else it gives you an official report you can send to creditors, etc. that the theft was documented, where, when, etc. Also, I would ask the pastor to make this theft known in the next Sunday sermon. This lets the rest of the congregation to be more vigilant and, hopefully, make the thief turn in the non-cash contents. Who knows, there may be others just like you who have had items stolen but who have kept silent.