Recently I stumbled upon The Kat Sak -- a storefront on Etsy -- that sells fabulous handmade bags. These bags are just gorgeous. They are made from extremely high-quality fabric and they come in a ton of different "models" and patterns. Kathryn will even make you a custom bag upon request! Remember how I said I like pretty things? These definitely qualify!
When I received my Claire Bag in the mail earlier this month, my friend T and I excitedly crowded around the box while I opened it. The bag came beautifully wrapped with a hand-written note from Kathryn. T immediately wanted to give it a closer inspection -- being the seamstress that she is, and was extremely impressed by the quality of both the material and the sewing. Now, I don't know much about sewing, and I'm lucky to be able to sew on a button, but as she started talking about how well-made the bag was I finally started to understand. The stitching is tiny and exact, the seams are hardly noticeable. It truly is a work of art, and it is obvious that every bag is made with extreme attention to detail by Kathryn herself.
Like most of you out there, I like to support products by other women, as well as handmade products whenever possible. There is something extremely satisfying about purchasing an item that you know wasn't mass-produced. It's also nice knowing that when I am running errands around town, I won't see the same bag that I am carrying on 8 different women. I like to be fabulous AND original.
I chose the Claire Bag model, but there are other models as well. like the Sarah Bag, the Windy Bag, and the Elizabeth Bag (another one of my favorites). While I can't speak for the other bags, the Claire Bag has a very roomy interior pocket (I keep my cell phone and digi cam in there, plus a couple of pens) and a magnetic snap closure to make sure that your bag stays closed. It hangs at just the right length on my shoulder, but it also looks good just thrown on my arm. Oh, and as a bonus, when I'm in the dressing room somewhere, Little AG really enjoys taking all of my stuff out of the bag, then putting it all back in and closing the snap. Hey, I'll take any distraction I can get!
I sincerely hope that you will visit Kathryn's site and consider purchasing one of her beautiful bags. They are very reasonably priced, and I can attest to their high quality. These would make a great gift, or a great treat for yourself. She has been working hard to add additional inventory to her store to give Chic Shopper Chick readers an even better selection. Please check out her store on Etsy -- The Kat Sak.
Win it! Kathryn has generously offered to giveaway a Claire Bag to one lucky Chic Shopper Chick reader. The winner will be able to choose their favorite pattern from her store (subject to availability). Follow the rules below to be entered to win!
To enter:
- Head on over to The Kat Sak website and choose which pattern Claire Bag you would choose if you won. (official names please). Come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me your choice.
- Please leave a valid email address if you would like to be contacted if you win. Otherwise, winners are posted here and on Prizey Fetch.
- If the winner does not respond within 72 hours I will choose a different winner.
- US and Canadian entries are welcomed!!!
- Earn extra credit! Choose one of the following for ONE extra credit entry. Any further attempts to woo me will be disqualified!
- Write about this giveaway and send me the link in a separate post.
- Subscribe to my feed and let me know about it in a separate post.
This contest will end on June 14th, 2008 at midnight CST. Please feel free to tell your friends, or to post the giveaway graphic in your sidebar! Thanks!
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sj1026(at)gmail(dot)com
I love the Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers. It is beautiful!
I wrote about your giveaway on my blog. Here is the address to the post:
http://everythingupclose.blogspot.com/2008/06/giveaways-for-682008.html
My sister would like the Claire Bag in Green Gum Balls.
The chrysanthemum green pattern is beautiful...it was a hard choice!
Claire Bag in Spring Green for sure I would pick...LOVE it...thanks!
morning glory or blue & chocolate flowers - can't decide
recyclebin@att.net
I am also a big fan of the Claire Bag in Lipstick Red Floral
I like the Claire Bag in Mint Chocolate ,but it was a hard decision. LOL
I'd choose Spring Green in a heartbeat!
Forrest Water Lotus, really beautiful
love the monica
I would love to win the Claire Bag in Morning Glory! Thanks so much for a great giveaway!
The Claire in Sophisticated Green is my first pick . . . I think. . . there were so many great patterns. I'd love to win this.
Blue and Chocolate Flowers is my choice!
I like The Sandy Beach Bag. Very nice, indeed.
If I won, I'd want the Forest Water one. So pretty!
After viewing ALL of them, I love the 'Blue and Chocolate' Flowers! You know how you said about being original/unique and not having like what 8 other women carry along basically? Well, where I work at, all the women there have Vera Bradley bags of some sort and I mean there must be 20 or more people w/VB! I have a VB Tote bag and I would be willing to sell my VB on E-Bay to get one of these beautiful Claire bags in 'Chocolate Bloom' and just be unique! You have a very good point in what you said. I don't want to have want everyone else already has it's ridiculous! :) purposedrivenlife4you AT gmail DOT com
I'm subscribed to your feeds for the extra entry!! purposedrivenlife4you AT gmail DOT com
The red floral for our mother. She'll love it.
I love the Claire Bag in Sky Blue Floral! Great purse! Great giveaway! Thanks for offering this!
~Tanya
the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com
I like the Claire Bag in chocolate floral.
I liked the Elizabeth bag in blue and chocolate
I love Blue and Chocolate Floral
I love the Claire bag in Lipstick Red Floral. I love the color combo of red and white.
Claire Bag in Morning Glory is so awesome and totally fresh looking. It would be a sweet change from my Vera. Thanks
I love the Lipstick red floral and the sky blue floral.
Great bag
Loved the monica bag in the chocolate blooms paisley print
Claire Bag in Morning Glory
I love love love the Clair Bag in Blue and Chocolate Bloom
jeanilyneATmsnDTcom
Green Sherbet for me, please!
I really like the Claire Bag in Blue & Chocolate Flowers. Although it was hard to pick just one!
Elizabeth Bag with LONG Strap!!!
I've been looking for a bag just like the Claire bag!! Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers would be fantastic! Thanks for the giveaway!
Cute bags! It's hard to decide but I think my favorite is the Claire Bag in Morning Glory. Many thanks!
These are really nice. If I win, I would pick Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers.
sweepmom@comcast.net
Love the Monica in Chocolate Blooms!!
I like the Claire Bag in Pink Gumball. See google ID for contact info. Thanks!
I'm loving the Mint bag!
Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers
That bag is too CUTE!
lov2bamommyof3@bellsouth.net
I'm torn between the blue and chocolate flowers and the forest water lotus...
Definitely the Mint Chocolate!
Thanks!
meg (dot) wilson (at) gmail (dot) com
I love Morning Glory!
squashcakes at gmail dot com.
The Claire bag in blue and chocolate brown.
I would definitely get the Claire bag in Sky Blue Floral. What a cute selection!
Morning Glory is my favorite
I really like the "In Morning Glory" style
my wife would love this!
Morning Glory
cute! I like the Windy Bag in Pink Gum Balls and Elizabeth Bag in Pink Peonies:)
I like the Claire Bag in Sophisticated Green.
Thanks!
egreca (at) hotmail {dot} com
Love that you can throw it in the washer. Please enter me, thank you
I just love the Claire Bag in Green Sherbet!
claire bag in green sherbert !! feener44atgmaildotcom
Okay.. you have no idea how hard this was.. I still don't know for sure if this is the right one, but I love them. Elizabeth Bag in Blue and Chocolate Floral, but I like the Clair Bag in Chocolate Bloom a lot too. Ahh, which one to choose. Amazing giveaway, love her stuff.
i just love the Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers ! thanx :)
claire bag in lipstick red floral
I love the Forrest Water Lotus
I love it in Claire Bag in Spring Green!
mitanari@yahoo.com
I really like the GREEN GUMBALL one. Thanks!
gordyneve@yahoo.com
claire bag, lipstick, very cute
The Claire Bag In Blue suits me!
LOVE the Claire Bag in Crazy Stripes. www.spitfyr323@hotmail.com
The forrest water lotus bag. Thanks for the giveaway.
dr_sr_zwen@hotmail.com
Claire Bag in Spring Green
If I had to pick just one, it would be the Claire Bag in Blue. They are all so great. Please email me if I win. Great Contest. Thanks.
the Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers. its really cute
I love the Claire Bag in Purple Sherbet! These are lovely bags.
The Claire bag in Pink Gumball!! :)
I adore the Claire bag in Spring Green.
I love the
Claire Bag in Spring Green
it's lovely!
pennyforyourhuh@hotmail.com
The Morning Glory print is my favorite. This bag looks fabulous!
beccachristensen at hotmail dot com
These are awesome looking and I love them all but if I have to choose it would be the Claire Bag in Chocolate Bloom. Thanks! email is dljwinter@hotmail.com
Red Rose would really go with my wardrobe.
The Claire Bag in Morning Glory is completely adorable! I think it has a unique design!Thanks for the giveaway!
I am like you, a little high maintenance but not overly so that I am annoying! I do appreciate the love of handbags and I would rather have a few really beautiful quality bags that are versatile and classic, then a lot of trendy poorly made bags. What impressed me so much about your review of TheKatSak bags is how much you loved the quality of the craftsmanship that went into the bags. That sold me on them! My favorite is the Elizabeth Bag in Blue and Chocolate Floral! I don't own a bag anything like it and I have fallen in love with it! Thank you so much for offering this great giveaway!
I like the Claire bag in Spring Green
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
I am like you, a little high maintenance but not overly so that I am annoying! I do appreciate the love of handbags and I would rather have a few really beautiful quality bags that are versatile and classic, then a lot of trendy poorly made bags. What impressed me so much about your review of TheKatSak bags is how much you loved the quality of the craftsmanship that went into the bags. That sold me on them! My favorite is the Elizabeth Bag in Blue and Chocolate Floral! I don't own a bag anything like it and I have fallen in love with it! Thank you so much for offering this great giveaway!
I love the Claire Bag in Morning Glory!
pbfan222@sbcglobal.net
Claire Bag in Mint Chocolate
duke.j@hotmail.com
i think the Monica Bag in Blue Hawaii is absolutely beautiful. i would take this everywhere.
I need this something awful
I absolutely love the "Claire Bag in Purple Sherbet". It's an absolutely great colour!
I am in love with the Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers. I'm a student, but it might be a splurge if I don't win!
I love the Claire Bag in Purple Sherbet!
I really like the Claire bag in purple sherbet!
I like the "Sarah."
I love the Claire bag in Blue and Chocolate flowers. That material is just gorgeous! I can see why it's her most popular.
I love the Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers!
jennj44(at)hotmail(dot)com
I like all the bags, it was a hard choice, I like the monica bag and the sandy beach bag. I'm a tote, backpack, duffle and beach bag freak you can never have enough.
Thank you.
I'd have to pick the Claire bag in Red Rose. Too cool! Thanks!
I just subscribed! Thanks! :)
I really like "Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers"
I love the Claire Bag in Pink Morning Glory.
palmersf(at)bellsouth.net
I love the Claire bag in Morning Glory. My email is tinawittmer at yahoo dot com.
Just a note to let you know I also subscribed to your feed. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next!
Claire Bag in Chocolate Bloom is my favorite, thanks for the contest
i love the Elizabeth Bag, nice colors and esay, funky and stylish
i love the Elizabeth Bag, nice colors,funky and stylish!
(:D
Purple Sherbet... I love this... here's my email address Kristilb19@yahoo.com
The Claire bag in Mint Chocolate is gorgeous! It looks like it would hold all of my stuff too, great giveaway!
I really like the clair bag in spring green.
OOO i want the claire bag in sky blue floral!
I blogged your contest on Prize-A-Tron
http://www.prizeatron.com
I like the Claire bag in Blue and Chocolate flowers.
The Claire bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers is absolutely delicious! I was going through all of the patterns and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pick just one without resorting to eenie-meenie and THERE IT WAS, like the ice cream man giving out free samples in the middle of August!
I have also signed up for your feed! :)
Windy Bag in Pink Morning Glory
Whoops!
Claire Bag in Red Rose
My favorite pattern is the Morning Glory
Blue and Chocolate Flowers is my favorite, followed closely by Spring Green.
I love thm all but picked the Clair Bag in Morning Glory
I subscribed to this site, also. Thank you
Love the chocolate bloom pattern! Seems to be pretty popular! Maybe because it has the word chocolate in the title?
I like her claire bag in red rose... so beautiful!
I love the Windy Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers
Claire Bag in Purple, Would love to win this great bag, thanks
Claire Bag in Purple Sherbet
Green Gumballs
gotfire (at) yahoo (dot) com
pink morning glory bag
I love all the bags on that website, but the one with the coolest pattern was the Monica in Chocolate Blooms
tramanhn@eden.rutgers.edu
Oh, I love the Claire bag in Green gumball or in pink morning glory.
Thanks so much for the contest!
I'd LOVE to win this!
craftylildevil@hotmail.com
I'm so in love with the Elizabeth Bag in Blue and Chocolate Floral... Love it!!!
allain_1999@yahoo.com
I love the Claire bag in the Morning Glory pattern. It's something a bit different for me and that's why I love it so much!
doot65[at]comcast[dot]net
Elizabeth
Gorgeous bags! I really love the Blue and Chocolate Flowers bag. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Subscribed to your blog in Google Reader. Thank you again for the fun giveaway!
the_angel_forever at yahoo dot com
Love love the Claire Bag in Little Trees. Please enter me in the contest.
My email is lover_bug13@hotmail.com
Thanks!
I like the blue and chocolate flowers
the claire bag in the morning glory print.
I am loving the morning glory fabric! Thanks!
That was a tough choice, but I am going to go with the Blue and Chocolate Flowers.
The Monica bag is really cute
My favorite bag was actually the Elizabeth Bag with LONG Strap, because it was the ONLY bag with the long strap that I could see.
paranoidokkida[at]aol[dot]com
Claire Bag in Little Trees
Ilike them all
Claire bag in spring green, very nice.
I would have to say "pink gumball." I love this bag!!
The Claire Bag in mint is beautiful! Thanks!!
I would get the Claire bag in Green Gumballs
I love and adore many of the patterns
in the Claire Bag but the one I love the most is the "Forrest Water Lotus"
The colors are so eye-catching! :)
hermajestydrl@yahoo.com
The Claire bag in Purple Sherbet is my favorite. :)
I subscribed to you in my Google reader! I am excited - thank you!
I LOVE Coach-5--the pattern is great and it looks versatile!
I love the sandy beach bag
What a cool bag!
liptick red floral please
Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers!
jaydonco1 (at) aol (dot) com
No way! She has a bag named after me! I love the Windy in Blue and Chocolate flowers, but if we have to stick to a Claire, I'd choose a Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers.
Argh. I forgot to leave my email address...
Claire bag in Blue and Chocolate flowers.
windylou@gmail.com
I love the claire bag in spring green. thanks! all these bags are awesome!
mesargent813 at yahoo dot com
I love the claire bag in Morning Glory!
Pink morning glory is gorgeous!
The one that caught my eye was the Crazy Stripes.
beausdorei@gmail.com
i love the Blue and Chocolate
I like the Claire Bag in Pink Gumball. Thanks!
carissaad at aol dot com
I'm a subscriber.
Probably forrest water lotus - thanks!
wckyw at aim dot com
Claire Bag in Purple Sherbet
I love, love this one; it is so me. Here's hoping...
yourstrulee(at)sasktel(dot)net
This is too hard! I *think* that my favorite is Red Rose, but Spring Green is a very close second!
sara_demaster at yahoo dot com
Really cute bags. I like the clair bag in pink or the crazy one.
I like the Claire bag in Green Sherbet. It's mellow looking and very attractive. It is also a good match for my preppy style clothes.
Thanks!!
majqa1966@yahoo.com
Sarah Bag with Shoulder Length Strap
theyyyguy@yahoo.com
The Claire Bag in Crazy Stripes suits me perfectly! Crazy, but adorable!!!!
I love the Sandy Beach Bag! I love totes and I use them for groceries and trips to the farmer's market... trying to do a little bit for the environment these days! Thanks for the great giveaway! brianne109@gmail.com
This is a wonderful giveaway. My favorite is the Claire Bag in Pink Morning Glory.
I like the lipstick red floral
I love the Chocolate Floral!
Thanks so much!
What a beautiful bag!!! Why would anyone want to carry anything else. I love the Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers. My email for when I win is kitsatsivoulas@hotmail.com (positive thinking)
2 choices for me, the Claire bag in Chocolate or spring green
Claire Bag in Sky Blue Floral is my favorite one!
I love the "Claire Bag in Pink Gumball". What a fun bag and I would love to have it hanging from my shoulder.
Thanks for the contest!
i love it in Morning Glory
Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers is my favorite
love the Monica bag in Blue Hawaii
The Claire Bag in Crazy Stipes! Those are my colors, lol. Beautiful bags - I can't wait to show my mother!
ShimmerSF@hotmail.com
I would choose the Pink Morning Glory Claire Bag
Oh, Spring Green is so cute! Thanks for the giveaway!
I would choose the blue and chocolate floral.
I like the Claire bag in blue & chocolate flowers.
I love the Elizabth bag in pink peonies.. lovely!!
autumnbride7@yahoo.com
I love the Claire bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers.
I really like the Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers.
The Little Trees Claire bag is awesome! My email is JLHarper@myway.com. Thanks!
I love the Claire Bag in Mint Chocolate!
Such funky bags...I love Claire Bag in Blue and Chocolate Flowers
joni514@roadrunner.com
I have to have the Claire bag in Chocolate Bloom. I love Chocolate and bags. I cannot get enough of either one of them!
I love the "Claire Bag in Crazy Stripes"
dlfrx at sbcglobal.net if I win
I think I like the Claire bag in sophisticated green the best. Thanks! k-team(at)comcast(dot)net.
I love the bag in spring green. My close runner up would be mint chocolate.
danizeo@yahoo.com
red rose my favorite :)
The Claire Bag in Green for sure! Perfect for the summer season. :)
I love the Claire Bag in Green Sherbet!
letd hear it for the lipstick red floral or blue lotus many thanks and best wishes to all who enter!!! SW
I thought quite a few were my style, but definitely the Elizabeth Bag in Blue and Chocolate Floral would be my pick. Great contest, thanks.
discriminating_diva at yahoo dot com
I also subscribed to your feed. :) These are really cute purses.
I love the Claire bag in mint chocolate.Tough decision though all the bags are great.
dchampine1@yahoo.com
I like the claire bag in blue and chocolate flowers, thanks for the chance to win
forgot to leave my email for the claire bag-blue and chocolate flowers- tsalipt67@msn.com
I really love the Claire Bag in Spring Green. So cute!!
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