2013 Launch Date!

Yippy!!
If you keep up with us on Tumblr or Twitter then you have caught glimpses (some pretty, some downright scary) of the fun that is putting together a new line for 2013. Since early fall we have been tossing ideas and putting together prototypes for the new bags as well as the new online shop to go along with it.
Well, all this to say we have set a date! The new site and new line will be up and available for purchase on February 1st, 2013. Hooray!

There is the tiniest of sneak peeks for you! Aren't they lovely?!
If you are curious about the new bags you can get an idea of things to come from our clearance section where we are selling all remaining in stock items as well as several of the prototypes.

Well, we have to get back to work around here, but I hope everyone has a great weekend! Be back with more previews soon!

The Updated Milly is Here!

As I've been hinting all over Tumblr, we are working on our style updates for 2013. Milly was the first to reach completion and is now available for purchase!

You still have your choice of gold or silver hardware, and the inside is still full of pockets.

Speaking of the interior - we upgraded our linings! We now offer gray and teal in 500 Denier Cordora which is super strong and water repellent.

We swapped the handle rings from the square to the round, which gives the bag a little "jewelry".

You'll also note the pleating is a bit neater in the new style. This is nothing other than practice making better.

The straps are an inch or two longer and a bit thicker for extra comfy-ness. Yes, I know "comfort" is the right word there, but I prefer comfy-ness.

We were able to maintain the same price tag for the updated versions with new lining, and still have a few old style Milly bags on sale!

If you can't tell, I'm pretty darn excited about these little tweaks and hope you enjoy them as well. I hope to have the updated Margots ready next, and boy, are they pretty. I'm crazy pumped about the updates on those girls.

Until then, go scoop yourself up one of the new Milly bags and don't forget about our Ready to Ship Sale!

A Little Look Inside What We Do

Have you heard of Benterest.com? Ben is a wordsmith/graphic designer/Photoshop master/video editor out of Baton Rouge, LA and he put together this amazing video for us with a little behind the scenes footage for you nosy people (like me) out there.
We are settled in enough to get work done in our new Vancouver space, but still have a lot of fine tuning to do. I'm really excited to be in a permanent location that has plenty of room to settle into.
As far as our 2013 line the designs are pretty much ironed out and ready to be manufactured. So busy weeks ahead!

Enjoy the video!

Portland Saturday Market

Phew! What a whirlwind!
We were very lucky to spend a Sunday at Portland Saturday Market! For those of you not familiar, PSM has been around since the 1970s and is one of (if not THE) largest craft markets in the country. They operate every Saturday and Sunday March through Christmas Eve. The Nikolette crew is long time shoppers of the market and were thrilled to get accepted as a vendor.
We spent several weeks building up stock to have in our booth and got a lot done! It was a rainy day setting up, but the sun came out as did the shoppers and it was great meeting the PSM crew as well as bag lovers.

We hope to do another market soon, but we are not certain on when. The market is pretty full during the summer months and it may be Fall before we can get another slot.
In the meantime we will be filling web orders and working on that long promised home page update and new styles. For the time being you can see some new things in our Etsy shop.

Thanks to everyone who came out to PSM and we'll update with our next expected booth date!

Off To Market

We are planning to do Portland Saturday Market this coming Sunday and it is a mad house trying to get ready!

What one of my work tables looks like right now!

If you are in the area you should come see us. PSM guarantees no available spaces for new vendors, but we are hoping we can get in. We got accepted a few weeks ago and are just now to a point where we can get a booth together. This is our first time showing up to a market without having a 100% spot and I'm a little nervous! And even if I do get a space there's no way of knowing before hand if it will fit my 10' x 10' canopy, so this all could end up very... interestingly.

Because the new work room is so crazy my current staging area
for out going shipments is Dan's weight bench!

 So fingers crossed we get a space and a 10 x 10 space at that! Even if we don't you should go shopping now that the weather is no nice 'round these parts.
I'll be sure to document best I can and let everyone know what it's like to sell at this famous market!

All The Latest

Hello bag lovers! Nikolette has been in a whirlwind of insanity the last few weeks. Between a few internet interviews, deciding to sell at Portland Saturday Market, and general operations we've been non stop around here!
On top of all that we've been collaborating with the folks over at Musaico doing a few exclusive designs for their recent promotional events. Not familiar? If you're a music lover/maker you need to familiarize!





We not only did the bag you see in the commercial we also did an iPad messenger for their Twitter based raffle:

If any of you out there would like one of your own just get in touch and we'll see what we can do.

And in the coming weeks (hopefully no more than 2) Nikolette will be at Portland Saturday Market. We did alot of markets in New Orleans while we were there and here is a shot of what those were like:

They were HOT! Luckily the Northwest is not so extreme. I've been putting off doing markets since we got here despite Portland having the largest and most famous one in the country. But I have no more excuses - the weather is nice, I have the inventory, and who can turn down meeting the faces that will use and hopefully love your handmade creations? So we're getting out there. When we have an exact date for our first booth I'll be sure and post so all you in the PDX area can come see us!

And finally we are still (slowly) working on that new home page and adding the new styles. You can get a peek of one of the new styles here and we have one more we're working on. I'll give you a hint: LACE! We'll also be adding antique brass hardware as an alternative to the nickel.
So lots of things happening in these parts! Wish us luck and we'll try and keep you posted!

I Swear It Was Unintentional

I was working on a custom bag and realized I was dressed to match. It happens.