Showing posts with label eco-friendly bag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eco-friendly bag. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Oktak!

Wednesday is here!


And with this blog post I will be saying "See ya later!" at least till Sunday, since tomorrow I will be flying to Chicago (and then taking a bus to Madison).


Today I'm succeeding in posting the three blog entries I had planned before leaving, and today's entry is gonna be dedicated to Oktak and her shop filled with frame purses, pouches and eco-friendly shopping bags!


Oktak's shop has been in my favourites list for so long, I don't even remember when I added it there! I've been looking at her items for a long time, and I had been wanting to get something from Aki's shop since then!


I featured one of Oktak's eco-friendly shopping bags in my Shopping Handmade entry about my mum's b-day, and I loved it SO much, that I decided to get myself two!





Since over here in Spain a few of the bigger market chains have decided to stop using plastic bags, I found that Oktak's shopping bags are the perfect option! They're as big as the regular plastic bags, and as roomy as they are, and they do fit a lot of stuff! Here I grabbed some random stuff from the fridge, so I could show you how much you can fit, and there was still plenty of room for more!






You can also roll them and put them in your handbag, taking less space than any of your usual make up bags or cell phone bags!




After getting myself those two bags and trying them out shopping (and getting lots of interesting looks and a bunch of compliments), I decided to get myself one of her pouches for general purposes, I've been using it to keep some essentials in my purse, and right now it's my chargers holder in my hand luggage Dolly bag!




What I love the most about this pouch is the fact that it's lined and very sturdy, flexible but not losing its shape, and it's very roomy! And it also matches one of my shopping bags! ;)


If you love Oktak's bags as much as I do, go check her SALE section for some awesome steals with her usual quality!


And with this, I'm off to go look into the online check-in, check and re-check my suitcases and make sure I don't forget anything important! ;)

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Shopping Handmade: Mum's Birthday

*cleans dust*

*sneezes*

Hey there! Wow, LONG time no post! Almost a full month! With all the getting ready for my trip, working full time, then time zones adjustment and non-stop fun during my trip... the blog has been very VERY abandoned!


But here I am, back from the trip, back at work, and with some time to spare blogging! I will be getting more pictures ready during this week and the next, so I'll be putting up more blog entries, and I will also be posting a "catch up with 5 weeks" Sunday Shots entry, hopefully next Sunday!


For now, this entry is dedicated to my mum's b-day presents.


For a long time now, I've committed to get as many handmade presents for every occasion as possible, so this time it was half & half.

I got my mum a book: Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs and a very convenient Eco-friendly shipping bag from Oktak.




Since there are plans in all supermarkets around here to stop using plastic bags very soon over here, I decided that I should get my mum a nice and useful eco-friendly reusable bag, and of all the ones I saw on Etsy, this one style by oktak is the one that I liked the most! I only had to choose from the different fabrics she offers, and it was quite a tough choice!




But, I'm really happy to report that my mum loves both the book and the bag, and she can't wait to start using it!

Stay tuned for more blog entries coming this week!