I fell in love with these little zippered bags several years ago. The directions were published in Threads magazine in the January 2005 issue and at the time, I made a few of them. They were a bit fussy but they came out well. And best of all, the ladies I made them for loved them!
Fast forward to 2011. As I was sifting through ideas for my new daughter-in-law, this one came to mind.
She loves purple and I found just the thing in my stash: pieces of royal purple silk velvet, leftover scraps from a prom dress. 
I paired the velvet with a metallic gold shot cotton for the ruffle and a pretty piece of cotton batik for the lining. And then I remembered embossing velvet a few years ago. So I dug out some hand carved wooden stamps and fired up the iron. It was slow going since each image is done one at a time, but the results were fabulous. 
I finished the zipper with a golden glass fish bead and filled it with a few essentials (nail polish). I hope she likes it.
And of course, when I showed it to two creative friends, they liked them too. So yes, I made a few more. I had enough embossed velvet left over to make a slightly smaller bag like the first one and chose two pieces of cotton velveteen for the others.
