I love what is unusual but useful and that's what I am always striving to create... useful art. I am currently focusing on painting and bag construction integrity. I want a consistent look with my clutches and sometimes being an artist, it's hard to stay consistent to any one thing so the paintings have to be what changes constantly.  I primarily use denim for all of my painted clutches. If can take a beating, hold up to layers of paint and it's very urban. I love adding chain for straps or painting bricks for a real city feel. I don't make country bags, it's not that I don't like them it's just I don't think the face of the city is always looked at from all points of view... the concrete can be pretty.

My line got started in the best way possible.  I left my full-time beauty shop business to come home after recently being married. My new husband saw my handbag collection as an obsession and declared," I AM NOT SUPPORTING YOUR HANDBAG HABIT!!" Well, after a good laugh, I thought about how I could get my fix but make something unique. My 1st 10 bags flew off my work tables so fast that I knew I was onto something. I combined my skills of being a Natural Haircare Stylist to painted faces and the 'Fufulinda' was created.

My original Fufulinda handbag line consisted solely of hand-painted faces with synthetic hair, eyelashes and jewelry. Unfortunately, they would get ruined quickly if used too often. I had to make a change so I began to research abstract, art deco and portrait style painting then changed over.
Now my 3D face art is only for wall art.  Honestly, the only design nightmare I can really remember is when I asked my husband (who by the way is a wood artist) for his input on a new design concept. Though his idea was really good, there was no way I could replica it for practical use. We decided not to do that again.  However, my greatest achievement was that I was able to take some of his points though and apply them to my designs so that they would not be lost forever.