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#6,767
LaVisioneer said:
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I have the same FOB in Beechwood I wish I got the blackWhat brand is your purse? It’s cute!
I've already posted this bag but I just ordered a new shoulder strap that matches completely perfectly. Hardware and everything and completely different companies. Looks better than the strap that came with the bag :lol: Had to share for others who hate when things don't match!
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Thanks to @holiday123 for letting us know about the black fob! I have the beechwood, too! I like the design of the beechwood a little more because it has a tearose in the center instead of a stud but I like them both. I may have to get the pink and purple version at some point, too :biggrin: I feel like the sequin fobs elevate whatever bag I'm using. The outlets also have a circle sequin fob right now:

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https://www.coachoutlet.com/coach-m...lore-women-bag-charms-and-accessories&start=4



It's the Macy's brand international concepts. It's called the Guilya bangle crossbody. They also have other styles like this one but the front design is slightly different (bag design/size the same though). It's my favorite design of a bag I've ever used. It has 3 outside zip pockets, one internal zip, two slip pockets. I'm waiting for it to come out in other colors I like as I certainly will get another. As far as I know, they didn't rip off another high end designer with this design, but if I'm wrong let me know.

https://www.macys.com/shop/product/...MIpZz5haGx5gIVTj0MCh213gDGEAkYAiABEgIMZvD_BwE

The strap is Amazon (black serpentine pattern)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07JGKHKJF?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
 
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LaVisioneer said:
Thanks to @holiday123 for letting us know about the black fob! I have the beechwood, too! I like the design of the beechwood a little more because it has a tearose in the center instead of a stud but I like them both. I may have to get the pink and purple version at some point, too :biggrin: I feel like the sequin fobs elevate whatever bag I'm using. The outlets also have a circle sequin fob right now:

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https://www.coachoutlet.com/coach-m...lore-women-bag-charms-and-accessories&start=4



It's the Macy's brand international concepts. It's called the Guilya bangle crossbody. They also have other styles like this one but the front design is slightly different (bag design/size the same though). It's my favorite design of a bag I've ever used. It has 3 outside zip pockets, one internal zip, two slip pockets. I'm waiting for it to come out in other colors I like as I certainly will get another. As far as I know, they didn't rip off another high end designer with this design, but if I'm wrong let me know.

https://www.macys.com/shop/product/...MIpZz5haGx5gIVTj0MCh213gDGEAkYAiABEgIMZvD_BwE

The strap is Amazon (black serpentine pattern)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07JGKHKJF?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
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Thanks for the links I plan on ordering the mirror FOB. I didn't know INC made purses, cool!
 
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So .... we're birdie people in my family. I've had birds my whole life, mostly of the psittacine (parrot/hookbill) variety, although my first pet ever, at the age of three, was one of my grandmother's bantam chickens. :smile:

Hubby and daughter have become pros at the birds too, and we currently have nine, ranging in size from a budgie to cockatiels, conures, a ringneck, and three red-bellied parrots. All but two of the nine are rescues/re-homes/rehabs/runt-of-the-litter.

No fears though, we are not hoarders ;). Our bird cages line our dining/living rooms so they're at the center of family life, all have their "favorite human", all get regular visits to an avian specialist vet, and since I've been a stay-at-home for years, they all have plenty of playtime outside their cages. So yeah, nine is a lot, but as I said, most are rescues, and when we have "room at the inn", we're always willing to take in the next. (If curious, many of them are entered into the "rescues" thread in the Animalicious sub-forum here.)

So anyway, a couple weeks ago our elderly lovebird (a re-home we had for five years), had a stroke and passed. :sad: It's always a shock to the system, but given that Christmas was coming and we "had room at the inn", we stopped by our favorite bird supply place. (What I mean is, we knew we would take a rescue if they had one, and with Christmas coming we wouldn't want it sitting in the shop over the holiday. Get it home with the family.)

They do sell hand-raised young ones (screening the potential buyers), but they're also well-known as a safe place to "drop off" birds that need new homes. Well, they had a very young budgie who was found outside, in the neighboring city on Thanksgiving Day. Lost and found messages went out but no one claimed her, so we were asked to take her. Our daughter named her Christabel as a play on "Christmas Bells". It's been a looooong time since I had a budgie, but there we are.

In the midst of all this, we finally, *finally* got down to KOP for daughter's favorite shopping trip of the holidays. We met up with tpf-er @chowlover2 down there, she gave daughter a lovely vintage Coach Madison Spence bag (which I've posted here: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-reveal-thread.856379/page-1504#post-33515016 ).

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd, I picked up a Kurt Geiger 'birdie' bag at Nordstrom. ...
front.jpg back.jpg birdhead.jpg

I've seen them here on tpf on occasion, and given our birds, how could I *not* get one??? I went with the metallic leather, rainbow, "mini Kensington". I admit it's a bit bright for some occasions, but for evenings out, or college theater shows, Shakespeare festival, things like that, I'll mix it in with my other small bags. And I especially wanted the multicolor, because I actually do have feathers from our birds in almost every color in this bag. The only color I don't have in feather form is pink, but I don't see us with a rose-breasted or Moluccan cockatoo anytime soon. ;) The bag's first outing was today, for Christabel's first vet visit.

And funnily, this is how the bills worked out:
Christabel: free
1 lb Zupreme "mini" pellets (Miss mini-parrot here, will need the mini size): $5
Kurt Geiger birdie bag: $165
Cinnamon's (lovebird) autopsy, cremation, and donation we make to the vet's wildlife fund on events like this: $380
Christabel's first vet visit (with bloodwork): $322

I just find that list amusing ... when the bag is so dwarfed. Perhaps other tpf'ers can see the irony as well. I remind myself of this often -- it's not actually bags that eat the budget. ;) (And yes, budgies should have vet checks and bloodwork just like any other parrot.)

And here's our Christmas arrival ... (daughter is working on finger training her)

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momtok said:
So .... we're birdie people in my family. I've had birds my whole life, mostly of the psittacine (parrot/hookbill) variety, although my first pet ever, at the age of three, was one of my grandmother's bantam chickens. :smile:

Hubby and daughter have become pros at the birds too, and we currently have nine, ranging in size from a budgie to cockatiels, conures, a ringneck, and three red-bellied parrots. All but two of the nine are rescues/re-homes/rehabs/runt-of-the-litter.

No fears though, we are not hoarders ;). Our bird cages line our dining/living rooms so they're at the center of family life, all have their "favorite human", all get regular visits to an avian specialist vet, and since I've been a stay-at-home for years, they all have plenty of playtime outside their cages. So yeah, nine is a lot, but as I said, most are rescues, and when we have "room at the inn", we're always willing to take in the next. (If curious, many of them are entered into the "rescues" thread in the Animalicious sub-forum here.)

So anyway, a couple weeks ago our elderly lovebird (a re-home we had for five years), had a stroke and passed. :sad: It's always a shock to the system, but given that Christmas was coming and we "had room at the inn", we stopped by our favorite bird supply place. (What I mean is, we knew we would take a rescue if they had one, and with Christmas coming we wouldn't want it sitting in the shop over the holiday. Get it home with the family.)

They do sell hand-raised young ones (screening the potential buyers), but they're also well-known as a safe place to "drop off" birds that need new homes. Well, they had a very young budgie who was found outside, in the neighboring city on Thanksgiving Day. Lost and found messages went out but no one claimed her, so we were asked to take her. Our daughter named her Christabel as a play on "Christmas Bells". It's been a looooong time since I had a budgie, but there we are.

In the midst of all this, we finally, *finally* got down to KOP for daughter's favorite shopping trip of the holidays. We met up with tpf-er @chowlover2 down there, she gave daughter a lovely vintage Coach Madison Spence bag (which I've posted here: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-reveal-thread.856379/page-1504#post-33515016 ).

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd, I picked up a Kurt Geiger 'birdie' bag at Nordstrom. ...
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I've seen them here on tpf on occasion, and given our birds, how could I *not* get one??? I went with the metallic leather, rainbow, "mini Kensington". I admit it's a bit bright for some occasions, but for evenings out, or college theater shows, Shakespeare festival, things like that, I'll mix it in with my other small bags. And I especially wanted the multicolor, because I actually do have feathers from our birds in almost every color in this bag. The only color I don't have in feather form is pink, but I don't see us with a rose-breasted or Moluccan cockatoo anytime soon. ;) The bag's first outing was today, for Christabel's first vet visit.

And funnily, this is how the bills worked out:
Christabel: free
1 lb Zupreme "mini" pellets (Miss mini-parrot here, will need the mini size): $5
Kurt Geiger birdie bag: $165
Cinnamon's (lovebird) autopsy, cremation, and donation we make to the vet's wildlife fund on events like this: $380
Christabel's first vet visit (with bloodwork): $322

I just find that list amusing ... when the bag is so dwarfed. Perhaps other tpf'ers can see the irony as well. I remind myself of this often -- it's not actually bags that eat the budget. ;) (And yes, budgies should have vet checks and bloodwork just like any other parrot.)

And here's our Christmas arrival ... (daughter is working on finger training her)

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Pretty bird! My favorite parakeet was mostly white with blue. I love the Kurt Geiger rainbow bag. I've been tempted by the pictures on the forum to get one.
 
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whateve said:
Pretty bird! My favorite parakeet was mostly white with blue. I love the Kurt Geiger rainbow bag. I've been tempted by the pictures on the forum to get one.
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Hey whateve! :smile: Thanks!

Yeah, I actually had a white female budgie very similar to this, also with blue on her tummy, when I was a child. That one was named Snowball. (I guess I wasn't terribly imaginative.) I never would have come up with "Christabel" on my own, but I think it's brilliant. The truth is that I suggested "Cindy Lou", as in the character from the Grinch. Then I promptly shut up and let daughter come up with something better. ;) )

The Geiger bag is bright, not just due to the colors, but also the metallic frost. With my limited camera skills I had a heck of a time getting a pic that wasn't so bright it washed the colors out. But it's soooooooo pretty, and the leather is actually very nice. This mini is small, but holds the basics for evening out, and since it's so small, it's almost like a little "jewel". ....... They do come in more muted colors, and I might actually get a burgundy one at some point. The bird head on it is just beautiful. Very detailed.
 
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