Love this shot as our 'ode to the Picker Sisters',
HGTV Tues. at 10pm
We love the way these two ladies re-use, re-purpose, up-cycle hard materials like truck fenders into designs for sofa's, antique commercial signs for headboards, just like we do with XS textiles from office chairs, drapery and sample fabric.
Keep up the great re-inventive work Picker Sisters, and we will too.

Pre-Christmas Sale Events Round-Up

November and early December are the busiest months on our calendar. Echoes gets out there and interacts with customers to find out what you really want. Hands-free, cross-body, pockets, more pockets, longer straps, wider straps...you name it and we hear it. All this customer interaction helps us streamline and make our upcycled, vegan, Canadian, handmade ecobags even better.

You can follow us on facebook to find out all the specifics but in the meantime, here's the overall lowdown:

Nov 5 - Holland Landing Community Ctr 10am - 3pm

Nov 12 - Port Perry High School Craft Sale 10am - 5pm

Nov 12 - Bradford Arts Guild at the New Bradford Library 10am - 5pm

Nov 18 - St. John's Presbyterian Church Bradford fundraiser 7 - 9pm

Nov24 - York County fundraiser, York County Bldg Newmarket 10am - 4pm

Nov 25/26 - Warehouse Sale, 22 Gres Court Bradford, Fri 2 - 8 pm

Nov 30 - CBC Craft Sale, Front St. Toronto 9am - 5pm

Dec 2/3 - Warehouse Sale, 22 Gres Court Bradford, Fri 4 - 8pm, Sat 11am - 3pm

Hope to see you out for some great deals on Echoes 'upcycled ecohandbags for planet-lovers'.

The Falling Leaves drift by the window. The autumn leaves of red and gold - lyrics, Frank Sinatra

Fall is one of the loveliest seasons.  It brings with it enough chill to change from the sleeveless, cottaging, carefree days of summer to that feeling of feathering the nest and a change in wardrobe with layers, colours and textures of warmth.  Nothing like tossing on a great scarf over a warm jacket with an Echoes, warm-toned, cross-body flatbag and you're good to go.  Get out there.  Go walking in the autumn leaves.  Hold hands with a loved one.  Stroll the markets and see nature's bounty.  Get to a fall fair or cranberry festival  Just don't worry about what your carrying, Echoes best selling Zipster & Zipster Jr. add just the right hit of colour and pattern and keep your hands free for more important things.

Happy Autumn everyone! 

Ah, Summer...

Seasons come and seasons go. Echoes loves the bright greens of spring in all it's newness turning into the fullness of summer. Autumn colours inspire and winter's grey only benefits by a splash of colour wherever you can. At Echoes we love each season for the backdrop of lovely eco-designs we reinvent from XS textiles.

There's an ease to summer's wardrobe and the fun is adding just the right bag to the simplest outfit to make it pop. Echoes soft pinks and apple or celadon greens will fade slowly to the autumn golds and browns...keep your eye out for the subtle changes and remember, nab the bag you love before it's gone, they're one of a kind.

Spring 2011

Spring bags are coming in and going out even faster. Funky florals, graphics, cut velvets and colour, colour, colour. We've up'd production and are keeping up but that leaves very little time to just sit and admire any particular faves...and there are a few. We've loaded our brand new webstore with some great bags...the new Hipster/Zipper is still leading the pack of faves along with the new Zip Jr. People love the zippers!

Check out our new webstore or a funky bricks 'n mortar store or eco-boutique near you.

www.echoesintheattic.com

Nab your new spring Echoes Eco-Handbag

April 15th - 23 - Book an appointment to Nab Your Echoes Spring Eco-Handbag! Just in time for Easter, Mother's Day you can come and shop our huge selection of spring bags before we ship out to our stores! At Echoes HQ/Laura's home office we're knee-deep in bags and we'd love you to be sporting new, fresh colours, patterns and styles in time for capri and open-toed-sandals-season.

Email for your private shopping appointment echoesintheattic@gmail.com

Our favorite colour in spring is GREEN!

Basics Office Products EARTH DAY contest

Stop in to any one of 35 Basics Office Products and fill out a ballot to win an Echoes in the Attic Ecobag to celebrate Earth Day. See for yourself what beautiful diverted landfill from forward-thinking companies can be re-imagined into when they choose to eco-donate instead of trashing it.

Basics Office Products is giving away 35, one of a kind, Zipster Flatbags. The most popular Echoes bag just slings across your body so you can go...with a clear environmental conscience that you're helping us save the planet one handbag at a time!

Basics Office Products EARTH DAY contest

Basics Office Products is celebrating EARTH DAY with a contest and a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind, Echoes Zipster, cross-body, flatbag is the prize!

We are thrilled to be a part of Basics Office Products Earth day celebrations. Just drop in to any one of Basics 35 store locations and fill out a ballot. You could win an Echoes Upcycled EcoBag and be a Green trendsetter.

Draws to be held April 21st, 2011 in all stores...35 bags up for grabs.

YOU be the DESIGNER

Echoes strives to honor your individual style by designing one of a kind, or one of a few, upcycled eco-handbags. Inherent in our eco-donations of small, but gorgeous fabric sizes is the necessity to keep our 'runs' very exclusive. That being said, Vicky and I have often wondered if those of you who carry one or many of Echoes bags would ever want to have a go at being your own designer.
This is your chance. 'YOU be the DESIGNER' is a one-time chance to choose from our stash of gorgeous fabrics, bring your own or mix the two and make your own statement in a current Echoes bag style.
For a limited time, January 17th - 31st we're inviting you into our studio, otherwise known as Vicky's house, to choose your own fabric combination. We'll have the bags professionally sewn and you'll be carrying your own design within 3 weeks! What are the chances that someone else is going to choose exactly as you do?
For an appt. call Vicky at 905-775-0529 and prepare to unleash your creativity on your own Echoes eco-bag.