2021 Resolution: Shopping my own bag and SLG collection. Any one else?

[Sparkletastic]

NOVEMBER ACTIVITIES

1. Bags by Brand Showcase!

Each week, share photos of your bags from the specified brands. Choose a posed “beauty” shot or get your bags out and about in action shots!

We highlight 3 brands per week: 2 premier and 1 contemporary in alphabetical order as listed on tPF. Any brands not listed are showcased in our last week. Brands change to the next set each Sunday.

Our first brand week starts now - Sunday, Oct 31. Please share photos of bags from these brands:

• Bottega Venetta
• Burberry
• Alexander Wang

Tip: Grab your photos from last year in the 2020 resolution thread. Search your user name and the brand to find your photos.

2. Special Stories
Thanks @Claudia Herzog for the suggestion

Wear a bag that has a backstory involving a person, place, or opportunity for which you feel grateful.

 

[sherrylynn]

In mid January, VintageDaddy died. In some ways, life has changed a little; in some ways, it’s been dramatically different.
Death during covid is weird. We weren’t allowed to see him in the hospital until 15 minutes before he passed away (and only two people could be there) and weren’t able to collect his personal possessions for a week. We just got the death certificate and ashes last week. Lord only knows when we’ll be able to have a celebration of life or an internment- we are tentatively think September. The usual rituals of grief are postponed and separated and scattered. And social security, VA benefits, life insurance don’t pay out without a death certificate. So my earring/selling fund paid for the cremation expenses and a month of mortgage payments and bills. Thank you, all my lovely buyers.

It’s been hard not to shop while grieving. So far, I’ve been sorta good, because I don’t want my things to be reminders of how stressed and overwhelmed I’ve been.

So, stats:


Bags In: 0
Bags Out: 1
Accessories In: 3
Jewelry and Accessories Out: 21
Total out : 276

My Total Outs are for my 2021 in 2021. The majority are from January, and only include sales, donations (no landfill, no trash!) and gifts. Gifts are only counted if solicited (ie sending family some of the glass art and marbles VintageMama and I made years ago, sending my aunt Vintage Daddy’s fountain pen collection and including several bottles from my ink... No dumping things on people with no need or desire for the thing.)

My three purchases are a pair of Mabe pearl earrings, a 90s era Philip Treacy straw hat with fabulous buckles, and a Collier de Chien bracelet (black box and gold). The CdC is a new style for me, so it may be returned, but I want to try it.

I'm so sorry about your loss. Such horrible times. Thoughts and prayers for you and your family.

 

[More bags]

@dcooney4 Great blue bags - lovely variety!
@BowieFan1971 Congratulations on your latest scarf!
@SouthernPurseGal congratulations on your new orange bag!
@Kimbashop your AoL green bag is amazing!

 

[sherrylynn]

My blue bags
- An ancient Ferragamo hobo that I still love and wear a couple times a year
- A Maruca cross body. This is from a local company. Very well made, and super handy for when I need something light and care fee
- An older clutch from Jalda. I don't remember much about this little bag, except for some reason, I had to have it!
And a photo bomb from Jolene. She felt the need to be in this shot today!

 

[JenJBS]

In mid January, VintageDaddy died. In some ways, life has changed a little; in some ways, it’s been dramatically different.

My condolences. So sorry for your loss.

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My blue bags
- An ancient Ferragamo hobo that I still love and wear a couple times a year
- A Maruca cross body. This is from a local company. Very well made, and super handy for when I need something light and care fee
- An older clutch from Jalda. I don't remember much about this little bag, except for some reason, I had to have it!
And a photo bomb from Jolene. She felt the need to be in this shot today!

Jolene is a beauty! Love the Ferragamo!

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

Thanks @More bags she is keeping me company on a road trip today!

So frigging cheerful!​

 

[dcooney4]

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My blue bags
- An ancient Ferragamo hobo that I still love and wear a couple times a year
- A Maruca cross body. This is from a local company. Very well made, and super handy for when I need something light and care fee
- An older clutch from Jalda. I don't remember much about this little bag, except for some reason, I had to have it!
And a photo bomb from Jolene. She felt the need to be in this shot today!

She is so cute. The bags are pretty too.

 

[ElainePG]

#21 is the right one! For some reason I found a few sites that have names with the numbers. I think Cuerlain named them at one point but they don’t now. BTW, the lipstick arrived like a present: beautiful box with a bow, sealed tissue and a few extra treats as a gift along with my lipstick and case. I ordered directly from Guerlain. So pricey with the cap (sold separately) but I ordered it for my birthday and it was a perfect splurge.

the color is on the bright side and lighter than it looks on their page. It also looks a bit warm on me when compared to my other cherry red lipsticks.

Found it! Thank you. But I thought it might be a little too bright on me, so instead I opted for one of the "shine" lipsticks (#688, looks sort of raspberry-ish). And while I was at it, I popped for the new Lunar New Year case. Gold bees on a red background. Very festive. I bought it at Nordy's with Nordstrom Notes, so as far as I'm concerned, it was free!

 

[Kimbashop]

Found it! Thank you. But I thought it might be a little too bright on me, so instead I opted for one of the "shine" lipsticks (#688, looks sort of raspberry-ish). And while I was at it, I popped for the new Lunar New Year case. Gold bees on a red background. Very festive. I bought it at Nordy's with Nordstrom Notes, so as far as I'm concerned, it was free!

That's a pretty color, and I LOVE the Lunar New Year case! I opted for the Batik one, which is oddly named because it looks like an art deco design to me. I love it. I'm planning on getting another Guerlain soon; love the formula.

 

[ElainePG]

I have some fabric straps but truth be told I wear the leather straps they come with the most.

It's here, and I love it! Picture to follow this weekend, plus a bag spill. I don't think I would swap out the strap, now that I've used it for a few days. Only if the bag were really overloaded, but I can't really see doing that.

I bought it in the "almost perfect" sale… but there's no "almost" about it. I can't find a single thing wrong with it. I've carried it every day this week… which tells you something!

 

[ElainePG]

I found a fun way to shop my closet, especially as I have fallen into wearing the same bag for weeks on end.

I went to https://www.randomlists.com/ and put my full list of bags (from my spreadsheet) into the form field, and let it choose a random bag for me. I might try to do this for the heck of it every week, or a couple times a week, to make sure I am using everything (weather permitting). There are lots of other randomizer tools online, too.

What a fabulous idea!

 

[BowieFan1971]

That's a pretty color, and I LOVE the Lunar New Year case! I opted for the Batik one, which is oddly named because it looks like an art deco design to me. I love it. I'm planning on getting another Guerlain soon; love the formula.

I need to check out Guerlain. I don’t swap out a bunch of lipstick colors, so having one trusty one in a gorgeous case sounds wonderful!

 

[ElainePG]

Hope nobody minds me doing my Feb stats a little early.

Bags out: 2- Boktier Honore and Jack French London (both already out the door).
Bags in: 1- Mr. Grumpy (still haven't identified the brand but I love it more each day).
SLGs in: 0
SLGs out: 1- Yellow SLG hand-painted and stitched for me by a cancer survivor when I was in Turkey.
This one was unexpected and very hard to let go of. The memories attached are so dear to me but, I tried my best yet couldn't make it work in any capacity. The closure won't snap shut and nobody can change it for me without destroying the leather and removing the hand-painted portion that is the most beautiful part of the pouch.
Yesterday I used it as a wallet in my bag when I went to get groceries and the check out girl admired it. I told her the story behind it and told her it won't open/close anymore so it's driving me crazy, and she said stuff like that never bothers her, and that her current wallet has a broken zip but she doesn't mind at all.
After I left the store, I realized that she had really liked it and was not just being polite, so I went back and gave it to her. I've never seen anyone light up like that! Good deed done.
I will always have my memory of the lovely woman who painted it for me. I still have a hand-painted bag strap from her and use it all the time. And I have hopes of returning to Turkey one of these days, and since I know her workshop address, I plan to buy another couple of bags from her, only with zipper closures because, lesson learned!

Doing quite well in curating this year. I wasn't expecting to have released as many bags as I have so far. Would like to slowly release 3 or 4 more this year but am not pressuring myself.

This is a fantastic story about your yellow wallet. Obviously it still has a lot of positive energy left in it… and now you have passed it along to the next women who needs it. I have a smile on my face as I'm typine this.

 

[ElainePG]

Not to mention all the boyfriends.

Barbie had a lot of boyfriends??? I thought there was only (anatomically challenged) Ken. Or maybe that's why she had other boyfriends?

 

[sherrylynn]

My condolences. So sorry for your loss.




Jolene is a beauty! Love the Ferragamo!

She is so cute. The bags are pretty too.

Thank you! We adopted Jolene about three weeks ago. She is a good girl, but super high energy!

 

[Kimbashop]

Barbie had a lot of boyfriends??? I thought there was only (anatomically challenged) Ken. Or maybe that's why she had other boyfriends?

Well, my Barbie got married to GI Joe at my friend's house. Ken wasn't even in the picture!