For a good cause

Today I reached 1000 likers on Facebook! Yesterday I was hovering around the 993 mark and yet this morning I was on 1005! 
After some pondering as to how to mark this milestone, I decided that I wanted to do something a little different from the norm. 
Most people do a 'giveaway' or a special offer for their customers, but I'm trying to explore this social media lark and thought I'd go down a different route and involve some fundraising for charity at the same time. 


I made a very limited edition Jubilee Beanbag Frog which I am offering as a prize to one person that donates to my cause on Just Giving. 

The cause is The Prostate Cancer Charity, which I am supporting because my Father in law has prostate cancer, and having 3 boys I am keen to raise awareness of this disease and the charity working so hard to support sufferers. 

You can donate by clicking on the link to the right of this page. Please give what you can to help this fantastic charity. 

What's in a bag?

Some of you may be familiar with a prop I use a lot in my product photography - my faithful old leather satchel. 

This is a bag with history. 

I bought this satchel from a car boot sale in Warwick in 2002 for the unbelievable price of 50p! 

It had been well used, although remained in fairly good condition and had been inscribed with the name of the previous owner. The fabulously named Tristen Tinder-Sparks. 

I used the bag for my college stuff as I was studying Art & Design at the time. It became further adorned with doodles, apple stickers and my name, written inside in green sparkly gel pen. 

My beloved satchel went everywhere with me, and took the strain of heavy sketch books, tins of pencils, my sewing box, pliers and many other various tools of the student. The strap gave under the strain, but I tied it up with string and continued to use it. 

Eventually, after I had finished college and didn't need such a big bag to carry around, my satchel became the home for my very important documents such as certificates and policies. 

Since I started www.thepeartreeboutique.co.uk I have used it as a photo prop in my product shots. 

Today saw the arrival of my new satchel bag!! It's from http://www.scaramangashop.co.uk/ and I absolutely love it!! 

After it arrived I immediately transferred my handbag clobber to my new bag so I could take it on it's first outing to collect my twins and go to the park. 

I got to thinking about all the things we carry round in our bags each day and what it says about our lifestyle. so I am considering doing a section on the contents of my bag. Perhaps a weekly thing? 

So , today my bag contains: 

1. A Potette portable potty and spare liners, antibacterial wipes and toddler wipes. 

2. My filofax

3. My brown leather purse for personal use.

4. My white leather purse for the family budget

5. My weekly copy of Grazia magazine

6. An apple

7. My white iphone

8. A pack of Fink conversational cards for the kids

9. The unopened post

10. Blister pack of paracetamol

11. Burts Bees lip balm 

I'm interested to hear about the contents of your day bags - from the mundane to the unusual! Please do leave a comment below.