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Carrie

I am here for Networking

About Me

Hi! I am Carrie Sommer, the owner of Sommer Designs. I create, design & manufacture a line of handmade handbags & accessories in my home studio in Southern California. My work is available on my website, Sommer Designs , and at local shows and events.

My Interests

Reading, cooking, entertaining, cocktail parties, flea markets, wine, summer barbeques, dinner in the garden, sleeping under the stars, campfires, hiking, climbing mountains, sushi, road trips, thrifting and antiquing, pajamas, chandeliers, fresh flowers, chocolate, attemping to crochet, sewing and meeting inspiring women.

I'd like to meet:

Other inspiring crafters & independent designers who are doing what they love.

Music:

Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Miranda Lambert, Counting Crows, Bare Naked Ladies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Amy Farris, Rolling Stones, No Doubt, BB King, Johnny Cash, REM, Roxie Music. Obvioulsy, I can listen to almost anything except heavy metal, but am partial to good ol' rock n' roll!

Television:

Not big on television...okay, okay, The Office.

Books:

I love to read, some of my favorites: Atonement, Fingersmith, Girl with the Pearl Earring, Good in Bed, The Lovely Bones, The Memory Keepers Daughter, Middlesex, My Sister's Keeper, The Red Tent, She's Come Undone, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sex Wars: A Novel of the Turbulent Post Civil-War Era, One Mississippi

Heroes:

Anyone who is stepping out of their comfort zone, putting themselves, and their art, out there and doing what they love.

My Blog

New Press!

Los Angeles Magazine, April 2007 ~ from the Los Angeles Weddings issue release party in January at Les Deux, Hollywood. Blogged here!...
Posted by Carrie on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:30:00 PST

Spring is on the way!


Posted by Carrie on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:34:00 PST

OMG!

I've actually sucumbed to MySpace! My teenagers will d.i.e.
Posted by Carrie on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:47:00 PST