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Spot Saddle Bag, Cath Kidson

I thought I would show you a bag from another prominent British designer, Cath Kidson.

Now I am not the biggest fan of her floral bags, but this spot print bag is perfect!  I love the colours, and who doesn't love polka dots!

It is big enough to hold all my crap, sorry, vitally important items!  It is made of oilcloth with beautiful contrasting leather trims, which means the inevitable porridge, yoghurt, and countless and probably unmentionable spills can easily be wiped away!  I love in the blurb it describes it as having, "plentiful pockets" - a girl can never have to many pockets!  The adjustable strap again would allow me to wear it across my body, leaving my hands free to grab escaping children!

Lovely simple design with a fun twist with the spots!

(By the way my mention of Burberry last time didn't work :-(  )

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After my last beautiful bags post I was not expecting to show you a beautiful Orla Kiely bag that I actually bought this week!

Ok the bag in question was not a blow the budget, guilty purchase, from a elite boutique. 

It was in fact only £4, from my local Tesco!  Orla Kiely has designed a range of reusable shopping bags made from Juco, a material technology that combines the strength and natural properties of jute with the finishing and texture of cotton fabric.  Far from being a guilty purchase, these bags are also raising money for charity.  50p from the sale of each bag will be split equally between the UK’s leading children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent and Orla’s personal charity, the Royal College of Art, which funds bursaries for textile students.

  

A few months ago I got my hands on the first in the range, featuring the scribble pear design.  This bag normally sits in my kitchen collecting all the recycling before I take it out to the recycling bin.  Not a very glamorous job I know but it means it sits on a stool, out where I can enjoy it, all the time!

This new design (I'm not sure what the design is called) is in different tones of grey, in a pattern of circles and lines.  I really like the geometric design, and have enjoyed using it as my shopper of choice on the back of my pushchair!

I think next week I will be back to imaginary bag purchases, but you never know! (Will mention Burberry now just in case!!)

NB. I apologise for the awful photographs, I really need to work on my photography, and I really need a new camera but I doubt I will be getting one anytime soon! 

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Traditionally women are either love shoes or love bags,

I definitely LOVE bags!

I have quite a few, not very expensive, I just lust after those!  When I lived in Edinburgh I used to really enjoy walking round the ground floor of Harvey Nicks with my imaginary shopping basket.  I love all kinds of bags, big huge ones with lots of pockets, down to tiny little pretty ones that hardly hold anything at all but look beautiful, as that really is their main function!

My love of bags started at an early stage, and I remember looking through my mum's big tan leather handbag, sat on our kitchen rug.  Bags are so personal and they have such an important job, guarding all our precious possessions while out in the big bad world!  (and did I mention they have to look good too!)

Like with everything as my tastes have changed so has the kind of bags I like.  For most of my teenage years I really didn't like patterns or bright colour.  A good adjective for that era ( the 90s) I would use would be "Beige".  Bags had to be very simple, clean lines and well made.  I still like them to be these things, but I am now starting to embrace both colour and pattern!

Now my husband would kill me if I brought another bag home, he just doesn't understand!  So I thought I would do a little virtual shopping and do a little regular post about gorgeous bags I have discovered, and we can all admire them from afar!

This week I saw a tweet from Orla Kiely, (well I'm sure it's not actually her but you know what I mean!) drew my attention to her

Abby Bag

I love the touch of bright orange (it also comes in a brown/sky colour combination) but I think the orange is really fresh.  It has a long shoulder strap, which is pretty important for me at the moment allowing me to have 2 hands free to grab escaping children!  Pockets!  Just look at those lovely little pockets to hold your keys or phone, beautifully detailed with a little flower on the popper.

Ahh I can dream!

Are you a bag or a shoe lady?! 

Do you have any gorgeous bags you lust over, or if you are very lucky own?! 

Please share your beauties with me!

Join me again for some more beautiful bags!

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