2010 coming to a close

Echoes is ushering in the New Year of 2011 with some brand new design/styles. We're working on some tweaks in a couple of bags to change things up a bit. We can't wait to unveil the newly designed bags. In the meantime, beginning mid-January 2011 we're going to be announcing a really cool promotion that will involve you!!! More details to follow, stay tuned.
To all our loyal customers, many of whom have become good friends, we wish you a safe, healthy, and joy-filled holiday season and a new year of happiness and a host of handbags that come from 'greener pastures' : ) Vicky & Laura

Echoes bag carries all for chemo trips!

(From one of our terrific Echoes friends)

March 5 of this year I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. I would have 6 rounds of chemotherapy. March 6 was our local Karate school's fundraiser where one of your beautiful Echoes bags had been kindly donated. My friend and I were admiring it on the auction table. We were talking about how often I would be going back and forth to the hospital for my treatments. I was going to be there for several hours each time so I had better pack a lunch and books for reading. I was going to need a bag to put all this stuff in. She was going to bid on it for me as a surprise birthday gift. So she did. Then, she got to talking to another friend of ours who was also bidding on the bag, and this girl really wanted it for her friend as a birthday gift too. So my friend stopped bidding. Well, as the night went on and the auction was coming to a close my friend's husband noticed that someone had out bid my friend. Not knowing that his wife had stopped bidding so the other girl could get the bag, my friend's hubby out bid her and won the bag. So for my birthday, a week later, I was given the bag you donated to the Silent Auction. The bag is beautiful and I LOVE IT!!! My bag went to every doctor's appointment, all lab days and every chemo treatment I had. My bag carried every test result I had. It carried my "book" of questions and special dates and notes, word search books, books to read. You name it my bag carried it back and forth from the hospital. I am grateful for my bag ... if it could talk the stories it would tell about the places it has been. Thank you for being so creative!


We loved getting this email and needed to share it. As a cancer survivor myself, this one really touched me. Happy to report that this gal is doing GREAT. Cancer is also in her rear view mirror and we're so glad she's healthy now and happily still carrying her Echoes bag she took to all her chemos.

Echoes Brand New Bag Launch

Echoes has got a BRAND NEW BAG! We're thrilled to announce the launch of Zipster JR. A mini version of our most successful Hipster Zipper (Zipster) that launched this past spring '10. It's a cross-body, flat bag with two zippered compartments just like the larger version, only this one's for eco-fashionistas who just want to carry the essentials. Great for wallet, keys and cell for outings that you don't want to lug a bigger bag. The original Zipster is pretty comfy...doesn't bog you down at all and the hands-free part is always a fave, but the JR. is even less of a commitment. Watch for the Zipster JR, launching now in one of the amazing almost 100 stores across Canada carrying Echoes in the Attic's 'Salvage-savvy handbags for planet-lovers'.

Back to School

It's that time of the year again...back to school commercials are in full swing. Our fave...."It's the most wonderful time of the year!" Alas, it would be but my daughter is leaving the nest. Going off to University and I'm going to be going through some post-partum no doubt. We'll get used to it (I suppose) but the first two weeks are going to be a little rough for mom. I'm sure she'll be having a blast, so that'll ease my pain a bit. Not looking forward to walking past her room and wondering the name of cyclone that hit it.
She's leaving in fine shape for the daughter of a 'bag lady'. She's got a new Hipster Zipper, a couple of handy wristlets for ipod, camera, chargers, cords, wallet, cell, student card and 2 new laptops carriers for her precious MAC.
For all you mom's like me that have the bittersweet moment coming up pretty quickly (my daughter's been counting down since about 171)check out our eco laptop bags for organizing notes and keeping the pricey laptop in it's padded, ultrasuede compartment.
www.echoesintheattic.com

Mompreneur Award Nomination

Savvy Mom's Entrepreneur Award nomination. Please check it out and cast a vote for us...It's completely voter driven...the more people who vote, the better our chances. The prizes would go a long way in helping us with our mission to save the planet one handbag at a time. http://momentrepreneur.savvymom.ca/entry/2817551-Echoes-in-the-Attic?offset=0&sort=upload%20DESC&channel=6087

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ZIP IT!

In the words of Dr. Evil "When a problem comes along, you must ZIP IT!" Echoes first Zipster Eco Bag. Cross-body ease and secure zip closure for luggin' and totin' all your stuff for day or evening. Check out the webstore www.echoesintheattic.com or find a store near you on Echoes 'stores' page of the website. One of a kind, upcycled, vegan, cruelty-free, factory-free ecobags. Now available in nearly 90 cool, boutiques across Canada! Salvage-Savvy Handbags for Planet-Lovers!

Echoes Mother's Day FREE SHIPPING on webstore purchases

To celebrate Mother Earth and MOM Echoes is offering FREE shipping on all webstore purchases till May 8th/10. We love our mom's, we love being mom's and Mother Earth needs us all to vote through our purchases on her long and healthy existence.
Echoes Salvage-savvy handbags for planet-lovers are made from a mix of sturdy materials from post-manufacturing and gorgeous designer fabrics. In other words...diverted waste stream donations previously on their way to a bloated landfill near you. Echoes steps in, stops this process and reinvents these spectacular fabrics in a line of one of a kind, eco purses, totes, diaper & laptop bags.
Echoes in the Attic - Canadian, One of a kind, Eco-friendly, Upcycled Handbags.
www.echoesintheattic.com

Our Bags Are Travelling

Echoes bags have traversed the planet! They certainly go more places than we do. This year these two gorgeous girls toted Purse-nickety Hipsters across the pond on their school trip for March break. From England to Paris Lauren & Tessa toted their stuff in Echoes handy, small bag meant just for essentials keeping all their necessities close at hand without having to lug a big, honkin' bag...and looking pretty cute in the process trying to get this guards attention outside the royal palace. He wouldn't even blink!

Echoes Private Shopping Event Mar 20-Apr 3

With a change of season comes a change of handbag. Spring's just around the corner and to celebrate we're doing a 'first'. As many of you know we run Echoes in the Attic's Eco-(small e)empire from our workshop/studio at Vicky's house and Laura's office-come-Christmas-Sale-Event-Shipping-Receiving-dept home in Bradford ON. After many requests for a spring show/sale we've decided that for two weeks March 20 - April 3 you can book a private appointment to get first dibs on our spring line. Nothing like the Christmas Warehouse Sale, just Laura's office with piles of new eco-bags including our new HipZip before stores make their selections. Call 905-775-4656 or email: echoesintheattic@gmail.com to set-up a time. Come out and bring a friend or two, that's about all that'll fit at one time! Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/EchoesFan Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/echosintheattic Check out our Squidoo page on our newest bag the HIPZIP http://www.squidoo.com/newecobag