Satchel Love part 2

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about my love of a good vintage style satchel. I tweeted and generally shouted and I was followed by lots of other satchel types. Then I came across The Leather Satchel Company and as they have been handcrafting satchels in the UK since 1966 I became all nostalgic at the thought that my beloved old (lost) satchel may actually have once passed through their doors.

Now I love my fluro green satchel but my macbook doesn't fit inside and as I'm rarely (make that never) without my mac it's a bit more fashion over function. So with the love of my mac in mind I decided a more practical satchel was needed.

Then came the really difficult part because The Leather Satchel Co can make a unique bag just to your own specifications including all / any / none of the following....

Monogramming

Longer strap

Shoulder pad

Deeper gusset

Magnetic closures

Multi colours

Custom sizes

The satchel world really is your oyster.

But what did I opt for?

Bright CyberMummy pink, with my initials monogrammed (to stop my girls stealing it) and in the perfect size for my equally loved macbook.
My pic really doesn't do justice to the colour. It's the brightest pink I have ever seen. One thing's for sure though, you really won't miss me!

The Leather Satchel Co offer a unique 5 year craftmanship guarantee on their bags, so if your stitching is wearing, or a buckle is giving in they will replace or repair free of charge. It doesn't really get any better than that - well I don't think so.

Check out their website, this vintage 15" beauty is currently £75.60.

If you are a vintage hunter like me and you come across a battered old satchel with 'Sian Reddick, class 1' written in a seven year old's primitive scrawl, please buy if for me - I will love you forever:)

Cambridge Satchel LOVE

I've always been a satchel lover and until it was lost in a house move ten years ago I still regularly used the  satchel that my god mother bought me to celebrate my first day at junior school back in 1978. It was aged perfectly and personalised inside with my name and address written in my own naive script.

I loved that bag and I've been looking to replace it for years but nothing ever quite hit the mark.

Then I came across these new fluo delights from the Cambridge Satchel Company and I'm in satchel heaven again.

I went for the fluro green 14" so that my macbook fits perfectly inside and I'm one happy bunny!

Satchels are going to be the bag of the season - mark my words!

Fluro satchel from Cambridge Satchel Company. Available in four colours and four sizes, just to make it difficult to choose.

www.cambridgesatchel.co.uk