Ricochet and Away!: owl bags

Friday, October 28, 2011

My Owl Obsession!

Hello. My name is Rikka, and I'm obsessed with owls.

It all started with one little owl purse:

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. . .and that led to another purse:

. . . which led to another purse:

. . . which led to a little ID wallet:

. . . which led to my latest owl bag:

And there are more bags in the works!

All this owliness is so much a part of me that I've already blogged about it once before in a post entitled Crazy About Owls! I have a pinterst board dedicated solely to owls entitled Owl Craziness. (Pinterest is another of my addictions!) I wanted to share with you a few of my favorite owl pins, but honestly had some trouble narrowing it down! It took a while, but I finally came up with this little montage:

Source: etsy.com via Rikka on Pinterest

Source: vivaterra.com via Rikka on Pinterest

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Source: vivaterra.com via Rikka on Pinterest

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Source: None via Rikka on Pinterest

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Now, aren't owls fun?
Thanks for checking out my post today!Obsessions are much more fun when you have someone to share them with!
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Friday, July 8, 2011

Crazy about Owls!

Ricochet's Owl Purse I

Ricochet's Owl Purse II

Ricochet's Owl Purse III

Ricochet's Owl Purse IV

Why is the craft world so crazy about owls now? I jumped on the band wagon and designed 4 Owl Purses myself, but why? For me, it's the mysteriousness, and almost human-like faces of owls that draws me to them. But really, there is practically an owl movement going on in the craft world. So, what's the big deal and what's so cool about owls?

In books and movies, owls are often depicted as "wise ol' owls" or the scary nocturnal predators.

In nature, they are predators, eating cute little mice and coughing up disgusting "pellets".

Bubo from Clash of the Titans
is a favorite!

How many licks?

His name was Woodsy?

Remember the owl from The Secret of NIMH?

Remember Merlin's Archimedes
from the Sword in the Stone?

Remember the "smart" owl from Winnie the Pooh?

He wasn't in a movie, but Orly is famous in Internet chatrooms.

Apparently, there are mariachi owls in Rango.

There was an owl in Bambi, right?

What about Hedwig?

Ok? Well, what happens when I search Google Images for "owl purses'?

Wow, right? And those were just the ones where the whole bag was the body of the owl. I told myself that I only needed 15 images of owl purses for this post and I swear I had nearly 50 that I really liked. It was hard to narrow it down. There's a lot owl cuteness out there.

So, now you can choose to navigate away from this page, because if you think you've seen too many owls, it's about to get super owl freaky. I just can't stop myself! check out some of the more obscure owl-related items I found images of.