LeatherandBags.com will be giving away a bag once a month!

Our featured giveaway for February is this Ellington Cannes Purse in Red in recognition of American Heart Month and Valentine’s Day.

Whether you’re going down the street or around the world, this petite purse will keep your essentials close at hand without weighing you down.

Product Features:

• Brighten up any outfit with the Cannes Purse, a classic canvas handbag in vibrant primary colors.
• In bold, bright double-dyed cotton canvas with vegetable-tanned leather accents
• Shoulder strap has decorative loop details
• Zip top closure
• Interior includes zip pocket, two slip pockets, pen loop, and a key leash

GIVEAWAY: One Ellington Cannes Purse in Red

•    Prize Value: $90
•    How Many Winners: 1
•    End Date: 02/15/10
•    Can Be Won: This giveaway is open to the US Residents only. We will only ship to a US address.

How to ENTER:

1. Visit LeatherandBags.com Facebook Fan Page..and Become a FAN.
2. Leave a comment here, on this post, that you have become a fan, AND…
3. Tell us your most memorable Valentine’s Day moment.
   OR
4. If you’re already a fan, leave a comment on here  about your most memorable Valentine’s Day moment.

For extra or bonus entries.

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2. Follow LeatherandBags.com on Twitter: @cathynguyen.
3. Follow Ellington Leather on Twitter: @ms_elli
4. Tweet about this giveaway. Use the green tweet button on the upper right hand side in this post.
5. You can tweet, blog, and/or Facebook this contest, then link to those posts here.

Don’t forget to leave a separate comment for each bonus entry.

Rules:

• Leave ONE comment for EACH entry.
• Giveaway entries comments will Close on Sunday, February 14th @ 11:59 PM PST.
• A Winner will be Chosen on February 15, 2010 at Random. Winner will be notified via email. Results of the giveaway will be announced in the comments on this post on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.
• LeatherandBags.com reserves the right to disqualify entries that are incomplete, inaccurate, or considered spam.
• If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, an alternate winner will be chosen and notified.

When you’re a traveling and working mother who is constantly on the go, you need a diaper bag or tote that is going to be able to handle the demands of your kids the same way that you need to handle the demands of your hectic life. Being organized and orderly isn’t easy, but with Maelee, it is extremely possible.

When Lindsay Mayer, a mother of two young girls, decided to quit her job in the corporate world in order to find more flexible time to spend with her family, she stumbled upon a job that desperately needed tackling: finding a high style and high quality baby product that fit the bill for organization to its highest degree and potential.

By combining her two daughters’ middle names, “Mae” and “Lee”, she began her own company of diaper bags and totes, naming her collection under the categories of mothers who are “Posh”, “Presh ‘ious’”, and “Plush”.

What makes Maelee so unique are its built in checklists so that packing for your child is no longer an hour task. In addition to the set of labels for baby, toddler, and mommy, organization couldn’t be made any more simply so that caregivers or babysitters can easily find supplies and accessories.

Through Lindsay’s innovative designs and quality materials such as fine leathers and luxurious fabrics, as well as the help of Courtney Bohrer who is her Chief Marketing Mommy, Maelee has flourished through its appeal to mothers who wish to spend less time digging in the diaper bag and more time playing with their kids. Because “when your life is organized, you’re free to be Mom.”

We are excited to now carry the Amy Butler for Kalencom bags! These bags are gorgeous! The lines consists of laptop cases, diaper bags, travel accessories, handbags, totes, luggages and carry-on bags all in luscious colorful hues and beautiful patterns with soft buttery accents and handles. Just in time for the holidays, buy one for yourself or give this perfect gift for a special woman, sister, daughter, wife, friend in your life.

Amy Butler by Kalencom with Founder Monica

If you haven’t ever heard of Amy Butler, you will soon be able to distinguish her design from a mile away. If you haven’t seen what amazing talent she has, you will soon become a fan of her work. And if you are infatuated with the unique, charming, versatile, and ingenious products that Kalencom produces, then you’ll be just as esctatic as we are. We are honored and excited to announce that Kalencom has teamed up with fabric and pattern designer Amy Butler to introduce their new line of beautiful bags, reflecting the designer’s Midwest modern style.

Amy Butler started her business in the late 1980s, designing passport sized bags out of fabrics and materials that she enjoyed collecting from all over the world. Her love for combining the eclectic has embodied her work into a culture in and of itself. Because her love for nature and art as an artist has deviated her from conventional trends, she has come to inspire many other artists to present their ideas and styles from a much more intimate and unique perspective.

Amy Butler Muriel Fuschia Tree Tomato

The new collection will consist of eco-friendly bags, including: lifestyle fashionable bags, totes, small luggage, wheeled carry-on, duffel, diaper bags, lingerie envelopes, laptop bag,  and complimenting accessories designed by Amy Butler herself.

The patterns and colors on these bags are extremely vivid, detailed, and just plain gorgeous! Her taste for color, stitching, patterns, and prints truly radiates from each finished product, both inside and out. Whether you’re traveling abroad or heading to the local grocery store, these bags make a fun and fashionable statement anywhere you go!  It is a quilter’s dream when you’re surrounded by and wearing these beautifully patterned pieces of what are essentially aesthetic paragons of art.

Here is a preview of the upcoming line. They will be available in November 2009 at www.leatherandbags.com! We can’t wait!!

Amy Butler for Kalencom Lifestyle