Keeping with our yearly tradition, Tote Bags are $50.00 and everything else is 15% off starting NOW through Midnight (EST) November 25th!
Coupon Code: blackfriday16
Three New Designs this year on the Packable Tote Bag!
Visit www.porteengear.com to see all of the deals!
NEW FABRICS AND LEATHERS!
Our Bag Builder has been updated just in time for the holidays!
New Features: 
You can pick your size on the first page of the Bag Builder and see samples of each one.
Gift Certificates are a great way to give the Gift of Design! Any denomination available or cover the entire cost of a bag with shipping included.
What’s Your Style?
Give the Gift of Design this Holiday Season!
Let your loved one custom design their dream bag!
Certificates are available through Christmas Eve and come in many denominations and personalized designs.
They can be printed for gift giving or emailed to your recipient.
These are available in our website under the Gift Certificate Section
Where has the year gone! The holidays are approaching fast and so are the deadlines for custom orders that can be made in time for gift giving.
Custom Order Deadlines
(for camera bags that have to be made)
International: – November 18th
US: – November 28th
Non-US customers: Please keep in mind that these are suggested dates. Customs offices worldwide get busy during the holiday season and your orders might get delayed going through. Please order as soon as possible to guarantee delivery before Christmas.
IN Stock items Deadlines
(for already made items that can be shipped immediately)
International deadline: December 9th
US deadline: December 20th (last day for shipping!)
Gift Certificates – Give the Gift of Design!
emailed versions can be purchased right up until December 24th.
Gift Certificates good at: www.porteengear.com
I have had a recent fascination with photographing the night sky. It all started with a trip to a cabin in the woods in northern Michigan this summer. After quickly becoming bored photographing green ferns and woodland scenery, I planned a night shoot of the Milky Way. I became hooked!
After that, my poor husband was at the mercy of the weather and the timing of the Milky Way with late night drives out into the countryside to get away from the light pollution of the city. (yes, I am still scared of the dark!) It gives me a sense of security to have a tagalong or fellow photographer, especially out on the back country roads in the middle of the night.
It did not take long to figure out which apps would help me with this venture and take a lot of the guess work out of the positioning and best time to catch the brightest part of the Milky Way. You can lose a lot of sleep and miles driving if you do not plan ahead.
App #1: Sky Guide
This App is amazing in that you can pre-plan a photo trip into the future by using the Time & Date setting. If I want to look ahead to next weekend, all I have to do is put in the date and approximate time I want to go out to see the Milky Way. It will let me know where the Milky Way is by direction and position above or below the horizon. You can point your device in any direction and it will show you the position of the Moon, Sun and all of the stars. You can even select a star or planet and it will give you a detailed description. You can go years into the future with this app.
Cost: $1.99 – by Fifth Star Labs
App #2: Storm
This is my favorite weather app. It’s very important to know the predicted weather and cloud cover for your upcoming photography adventure. There is nothing worse than driving 2 hours to your special location and not being able to see the stars. Although there is always a chance of haze, even the lightest cloud cover can ruin a great shot. It always helps to study the weather beforehand.
Cost: Free – by Weather Underground LLC
App #3: Compass
This app has turned out to be really important for me to verify which direction I am facing. Even though Sky Guide has a built in compass/tracking feature. I find that my iphone can sometimes be about 15 degrees off with this app, especially inside my vehicle. I like to verify my direction with the compass app. It can be hard to see the Milky Way with the naked eye, especially in low light polluted areas. The compass app will help you set your first shot up in the general direction.
Cost: Free
App #4: Photo Pills
This app is especially helpful when you are new to night photography. You can use the Exposure Values chart to get basic guideline for setting up your camera. It will have some nighttime settings for photographing the moon, with recommended aperture, shutter speed and ISO. It even includes a Milky Way planner. I have not used this app to its full potential, but I have used the exposure chart.
Cost $9.99 – by Photo Pills
I am sure that there are multiple apps out there that work just as well and would love to hear our feedback on what works best for you!
All Photography Copyright by Robyn Porteen
The most popular questions I answer are “How much gear can I fit into each size camera bag?”
I thought I would offer some packing suggestions. These are combinations that I would carry when traveling or going on a shoot.
By now, some of you may be wondering why there is a flood of Arizona photos hitting all of the Porteen Gear social media. Don’t worry! Team Porteen is still in the studio in Michigan making all of the orders! I was invited to take part in the Scottsdale, Arizona bloggers trip called the Scottdale Invasion. It is a great way to showcase an area that would be a great travel destination and also a great opportunity to field test Porteen gear.
You will be seeing the trip as it unfolds for the next 4 days and then I will be back in the studio. You can also see more detailed reviews of the resorts and restaurants on my Global Snapshots blog at WanderlustandLipstick.com
For this trip, I have taken a Compact Camera bag and turned it into a blogger bag with Ipad Mini, Iphone and a Fuji XT1 camera. Turns out it is the perfect size! I even fit a wallet, sunglasses and a light jacket on top. I will be reviewing the Fuji XT1 and the different used of the compact camera bag.
Page One Automotive even gave me a brand new Toyota Camry to drive so I can showcase that on my desert adventures!
Stay tuned….. Robyn Porteen
All photography copyright – Robyn Porteen
Disclaimer: This experience was provided free of charge for review purposes by Scottsdale CVP, but all opinions expressed are my own.
The new portal to the World of Porteen Gear is ready to go! We still have some minor tweaking to do, but the new site will make the whole buying experience easier to navigate. There will be a Style Guide and Size Guide to help you pick the perfect size of bag. The Bag Builder is easy to get to and there will be galleries to see product in action.
We are most excited about our Ambassador section showcasing some of our talented customers! Enjoy your weekend everyone!
2 WAYS TO ORDER!
Please pardon our remodeling of the online presence of Porteen Gear! Until our transition is complete, there are two places you can visit to get your Porteen Gear bag.
1. THE BAG BUILDER:
Here, you can be the designer by picking swatches of fabrics and leathers to design a bag that is unique to your personality. All six sizes are on the bag builder in the standard formats. You can go add your bag to The Cart right from here and pay with a credit card or Paypal.
(If you want any different customizations or add-ons, you will need to contact us so we can make a custom listing for you in our Etsy store.)
To start building your own custom bag, visit: The Porteen Gear Bag Builder.
2. ETSY STORE: Custom Bag Orders and In Stock Items:
We are still on Etsy and this is the best place to contact us for custom orders for different styles of bags, (Tuscany, Verona, alterations to the flaps). You can also find bags that are ready for immediate shipping and all of our camera straps and misc. items.
Visit the Porteen Gear Etsy Store to read the reviews, design and find inspiration for your custom bag!
Stay tuned for more upcoming announcements as Porteen Gear will be adding a few new items just in time for the holidays!
The holidays are coming up and we will be selling Gift Certificates with swatch books, to give the Gift of Design again this year!
It’s White Bag Season! Introducing the White Leather Camera bag, aka The Wedding Bag! This one gets plenty of attention in the studio by everyone that sees it, we’ve had to fight to keep it available for this photo shoot!
Features:
• White embossed leather with silver accents
• Silver YKK zipper
• Bluebird linen interior
• Oriental bird tapestry
• Light gray seatbelt webbing strap
• Back pocket to hold paperwork
• White Leather has a semi-gloss finish and is stain repellent, cleans with a dampcloth.
If you are a wedding photographer, get ready to outshine the bride with this one!
We have enough leather to make approximately 12-15 of these, so get your orders in soon!
It can be made in all sizes by custom order. The one in the photo is available now for immediate shipping!
Visit our Etsy store or message us to create a custom order for a different size: orders@porteengear.com
To celebrate the warmer weather we know is coming (its snowing today!) We are happy to announce that we have added new features to all camera bags!
There is now extra height on the pockets under the flaps to accommodate taller phones like the Iphone 6.
We have added outside back pockets to all messenger style camera bags. It’s a great place to stash maps, lens caps or easy to reach items. We have already been putting these on all orders since March 1st. So if you have an order in-house right now, don’t worry, it’s already being done.
COMING SOON!
We are excited to announce that our bag builder is getting an upgrade and we are almost ready to roll out the new website that will have customer galleries, style guides, easier to navigate information and everything will be in one place!
Do you get overwhelmed by the Bag Builder? Shop our new Pre-Order section and you will be able to customize the basics by changing the interior color or waxed canvas to suit your style. Pre-Orders are our top selling designs, so the hard part is already done!
We might even have a couple new designs up our sleeves for the smaller sizes of cameras that are popular on the market.
This blog will start back up again with camera reviews, new product announcements and travel tips!
Stay tuned!
15% OFF on all orders over $50.00 Through Monday!
To celebrate one of our top selling countries, Use Coupon Code: AustraliaDay to get 15% off from now until 6 PM EST (-5 GMT) Coupon code works in our Etsy store and on the Bag Builder.
While Australia is in the middle of their hot summer months, the Porteen Gear Studio is in the middle of Winter and dreaming of being on those beaches!
Use Coupon Code: AustraliaDay to get 15% off from now until 6 PM EST (-5 GMT)
HOW TO ORDER!
Please pardon our remodeling of the online presence of Porteen Gear! Until our transition is complete, there are two places you can visit to get your Porteen Gear bag.
1. The Bag Builder:
Here, you can be the designer by picking swatches of fabrics and leathers to design a bag that is unique to your personality. All six sizes are on the bag builder in the standard formats. You can go add your bag to The Cart right from here and pay with a credit card or Paypal.
(If you want any different customizations or add-ons, you will need to contact us so we can make a custom listing for you in our Etsy store.)
To start building your own custom bag, visit: The Porteen Gear Bag Builder.
2. Custom Bag Orders and In Stock Items:
We are still on Etsy and this is the best place to contact us for custom orders for different styles of bags, (Tuscany, Verona, alterations to the flaps). You can also find bags that are ready for immediate shipping and all of our camera straps and misc. items.
Visit the Porteen Gear Etsy Store to read the reviews, design and find inspiration for your custom bag!
Valentine’s Day is coming up! Give the Gift of Design with a Porteen Gear Gift Certificate!
Gifts Under $50.00 for the Photographer
We have several gifts under $50.00 this year! Our Camera Straps come in 30 different colors and we have many designs in the wrist straps from leather with rivets to colorful webbing.
We are please to announce that the Large Market Totes are back for Black Friday Weekend for Only $50.00! Regular retail price is $75.00.
We have 4 New Designs and we brought back the popular Plaid Bag with the Evergreen Bottom.
Plaid Market Tote
Tribal Market Tote
Purple Flower Tote
Mod Market Tote
Gray Ice Market Tote
These will all be available in the Porteen Gear Etsy Store on Friday, November 28th. The $50.00 Sale will go through the end of Cyber Monday. Stay tuned for more sales announcements tomorrow!
The Leather Camera Card Cases are available this year in limited supply! This is a unique gift idea for the photographer on your list! These are available now in the Porteen Gear Etsy Store.
Min·i·mal·ism (noun) : a style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity.
The minimalist bag is sleek, clean and simple with black and creme leather, creme tweed, black waxed canvas and an asphalt linen interior.
This is the little black dress of camera bags.
Black and creme in 2014 Fall Fashion.
The Porteen Gear Convertible Camera Bag is now available in three sizes! In addition to our current Medium Camera Bag, we have now included a Small and Large size. We thought we’d celebrate these new sizes by showcasing them in the bright colors and mixed patterns that are popular on the runways this Fall!
The Convertible Bag is designed to be versatile, no matter the size and come with removable inserts to change your bag into an every day purse or carry-on. Whether you’re a photographer, business woman or student, our bags will hold your possessions safely and in style!
Small Convertible Bags are great for compact and mirrorless camera systems and for those wanting to only carry the basic everyday essentials.
Gear Shown:
Exterior:
Medium Convertible Bags are excellent for mid size gear like the Canon Rebel. A great bag for those that need a little extra room for larger items, and yet do not want the bulk of a larger bag.
Gear Shown:
Exterior:
Large Convertible Bags are specialized for the pro photographer and for those that have a lot to carry on a daily basis. This bag makes for a great carry-on.
Gear Shown:
Exterior
These three bags are currently in-stock and are ready to ship! Once these bags are sold out, availability will become pre-order and will take 2-3 weeks to make and ship. Visit the Porteen Gear Etsy Shop to order yours today!
Large Convertible bag
Medium Convertible Camera Bag
It’s time to celebrate!! The Porteen Gear Bag Builder is up and running! All six camera bag sizes are now available for custom design.
Medium camera bag on the bag builder.
Features:
Easier ordering for custom designs – add your bag to the cart right from the design page.
Register on the site to use the Wish List – a place to save your designs and to share for gift receiving.
A Men’s room for simple designs like Plaids and Tweeds for the guys or gals who like a simple design with a solid leather flap.
Take a Screen Shot to share your design on Facebook, Instagram or other social media sites (instructions in the Bag Builder Tips)
Compact camera bag on the bag builder.
Coming Soon
We still have some minor projects to complete.
There will be a style gallery with customer designs for inspiration and a model gallery to show bag sizes on people.
A guide to packing your gear for travel.
Convertible camera bag/handbag on the bag builder.
The Darby Camera Bag in the Men’s Room
Important!
Please use the Contact form to email me if you have any questions or issues. The Etsy Store will still be up and running for In Stock bags and special custom orders that cannot be completed with the Porteen Gear bag builder.
All Bags that are In Stock and ready for immediate shipping are in our Etsy Store.
We’re in!
I am happy to announce that Porteen Gear is seen in the August issue of British Vogue! I would like to extend a warm welcome to our new visitors and encourage those to visit the Porteen Gear store. There are two places you can visit to get your Porteen Gear bag.
To start building your own custom bag, visit: The Porteen Gear Bag Builder.
Then, visit the Porteen Gear Etsy Store to shop around or find design inspiration for your custom bag!
Stay tuned for more upcoming announcements as Porteen Gear will be adding new fabrics and designs!
We thought it would be a good idea to show you all of the people that have a hand in making all of the Porteen Gear products and are a key part of helping the business run smoothly. We will be showcasing the small family owned businesses and individuals who are part of the daily happenings at Porteen Gear. It was asked of each person to hold something that is their passion for a portrait to be taken after their interview.
Our first Between the Seams will showcase Danielle.
Danielle came aboard this past April to help with all of the miscellaneous tasks in the Porteen Gear studio. She cuts most of the pattern pieces for the camera bags, gathers all of the hardware and other parts for the weekly batches of bags to be sewn, makes all of the camera straps, and lovingly wraps and ships the orders. She is a joy to work with and brings a fun and happy personality into the studio.
The sad part of this story is that Danielle will be leaving us soon. I hired her for the summer knowing that she was married to a Marine and will be departing with her husband, Koen to Japan in August. Koen is a Marine and has been stationed in Japan since December. She was in need of a job that occupied her summer and I needed some time to think about who I would hire full time before the holiday rush in late fall. It worked out well for both of us and I will miss her dearly!
Interview with Danielle
Q. What is your passion?
A. I have always been passionate about Halloween, ever since I was a kid I loved Halloween. I love Tim Burton and I’m fascinated with special effects.
Q. What was your favorite part of working for Porteen Gear?
A. Honestly? My boss and the atmosphere at the studio. Porteen Gear is founded and run by great people who work hard and care about putting out a great quality product.
Q. If you could jump on a plane in the next 10 minutes, where would you go?
A. Nowhere! I am already dreading the long plane ride to Japan in a week.
Q. What was your worst job ever?
A. Without mentioning the company name, I worked at a home improvement store and had to listen to an auto-play of the company jingle all day and was forced to up-sell from a list at the check-out.
Q. What is the most exciting thing coming up in your life in the near future?
A. Most looking forward to moving to Japan, experiencing the Japanese culture and being able to travel.
Q. What is the least exciting thing coming up in your life in the near future?
A. Being away from family and the plane ride to the other side of the world.
We wish Danielle and Koen a safe and happy trip to Japan! It will be exciting to keep in touch with Danielle and hear how she is doing!
Danielle and Koen reunited in Grand Rapids after 8 months apart. He came home to Grand Rapids to bring his bride back to Japan to their home near base.
Update: Danielle agreed to model the latest size of convertible handbag in tribal fashion before she left. Here are a couple of previews.
“I’ll paint myself because I am so often alone, because I am the subject I know best.“-Frida Kahlo
Painter. Born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon on July 6, 1907, in Coyocan, Mexico City, Mexico. Frida Kahlo is best known for her surreal self-portraits that feature bold, vibrant colors and visual expressions.
She suffered many physical ailments throughout her life. At the age of 6, Kahlo contracted polio that caused one leg to be thinner than the other and was in a traffic accident that left her in a full body cast at the age of 18. Frida was hospitalized for a few months to recover from injuries to her pelvis, shoulder, collar bone, and foot injuries. She had over 35 operations and was unable to have children due to medical complications. To cope with the pain, Kahlo turned to painting as her outlet.
Frida was greatly influenced by the indigenous Mexican culture, her physical pains she endured and her husband, Mexican painter Diego Rivera, whom she married at the age of 22. By the late 1930s, Kahlo had her first and only solo gallery, was featured in an exhibition in Paris, and sold a painting, The Frame, to the Louvre. 
Frida died on July 26, 1954 at the age of 47 in her beloved Blue House in Mexico City. The official cause of death was pulmonary embolism but there was speculation that she may have committed suicide by overdose. An autopsy was never conducted.
We love Frida Kahlo because she was a visionary. She had the incredible talent of being able to capture her pain and express it so vividly. Frida was a strong and passionate woman, traits we admire and are greatly inspired by. She suffered emotionally and physically, yet she was not afraid to pursue her passion and share it with the world.
I have an exciting new announcement! I have been asked to be the writer for the Global Snapshots portion of Wanderlust and Lipstick, a blog and tour site for female travelers. I will be giving tips on traveling abroad with your gear, HDR photography on the go, How to take Panoramas with any camera, and sharing some of my personal travel stories.
Please take the time to sign up for my Global Snapshots Blog to follow my musings. I originally intended the Porteen Gear blog to be my personal blog for writing, but I am going to keep it open for new product information on the Porteen Gear store. I will be posting weekly on Global Snapshots and will be reviewing photography gear as it related to travel with a little help from B & H Photo. You can subscribe in the box directly under my profile and bio here: Global Snapshots
A couple of new designs in the Porteen Gear store today! I have a new Teal Plaid and a beautiful leather with a Lace imprint. 
I was finally able to get away and take some highway time last month. After a nice stay in New Orleans and visiting friends in Atlanta, I headed over to Tennessee to meet my leather supplier in person for the first time. I was able to see all of the leathers up close and I must have had a creative eye that day because I came back with some very unique and One of a Kind leathers! I do not have high quantities of these leathers, so they will not be put on the Bag Builder. The bags shown are available for immediate shipping and will then turn into pre-orders until the leather runs out. If you would like to design a specific bag with any of these, please email me at porteengear@gmail.com
Robyn Porteen
Lime Cow Hair anyone!
After many bumps and hurdles, the Bag Builder is finally coming to life!
Introducing the Porteen Gear Bag Builder! For those that have been anxiously waiting, you can now have fun and start playing with swatches!
The Medium Bag Builder is ready to Roll, you can select the swatches and place your order directly from the new store:
Porteen Gear Store – Medium Bag Builder
The Darby Bag is also ready to go in the “Men’s Room”: The Medium Darby Style Camera Bag
The Convertible Bag is in Design Mode only, but you can still play with the swatches to design the outside of the bag.
**Be sure to Visit the Bag Builder Tips section at the top of the page to see how to capture your design and as always…if you have questions or need suggestions, use the Contact Us form on the website or send an email to porteegear@gmail.com
The rest of the site will be coming along in the next few weeks. In the meantime, you can still see all of the products and place orders for other sizes in the Porteen Gear Etsy Store
Thanks for your patience! Stay Tuned for more New Store Announcements!
Introducing the Porteen Gear SPRING LINE 2014!
The first bags will be sold as In Stock and available for immediate shipping, they will be available as Pre-Orders after that.
The Spring line fabrics and Leathers are exclusive to this collection and the bags will retire when the fabrics have run out.
Featured bags are: The Tuscany, Unisex Men’s bag, Convertible Camera Bag, and a Medium, Compact, Small size camera bag. The is a Shop section called SPRING LINE 2014 in the Etsy store where these can be purchased.
These are all available in limited quantities, so get your orders in soon to own a Spring 2014 Porteen Gear Bag!
To celebrate the first official line of Porteen Gear bags, we are giving away a Free Tote Bag and a $50.00 Gift Card!
We want to see what you pack into your Porteen gear bag! Take a photo of some of the interesting items that you carry and enter it on Facebook http://bit.ly/1eY0Qpy or Instagram with the hashtag #porteenspring2014
This contest will run for two weeks. You can find all of the details by visiting the Porteen Gear Contest Page.
We have some exciting changes coming our way in 2014!
I have always loved older historic buildings and Grand Rapids has plenty of them. Home of the Furniture Making Industry of days long gone, vacant furniture factory buildings are being turned into loft apartments, condos, photography studios and creative spaces. Porteen Gear is lucky enough to have found a new home in one of these buildings. Think, brick walls, wood floors and huge windows. The journey into this space will be documented on our Instagram feed. Which brings me to the next subject……
Help us build up our Instagram feed! We will be giving away a $50.00 Porteen Gear Gift Card daily for the next three days. All you have to do is Follow Porteen Gear on Instagram. Click on this link for the web version: http://instagram.com/porteengear. If you are mobile, search porteengear under users and you will find us.
Following our Instagram feed will let you see daily happenings in the studio where you might even get to see your own product being made. We will be announcing the Spring Line of camera bags next week with all new fabrics plus we have exciting giveaways planned for the month of March with themed photography contests to celebrate the new line. You can be in the loop first just by following the Instagram feed.
We will announce the daily winners at 4PM EST. This contest starts now and ends at 4PM Sunday EST (-5 GMT).
Give the gift of Design for Valentine’s Day! All gift certificates will come with the Vintage Valentine’s Card shown in the photo. If you would like a hard copy mailed to you, please get your orders in now. Gift Certificates can also be emailed with a full color printable copy of the card shown. Porteen Gear Store
Porteen Gear is excited to announce that our products will be available at the WPPI Trade Show in Las Vegas this year! Acme Camera Company will have a full line of our camera bags and straps in their booth at the show! If you are going this year, this will be a great chance to see the Porteen Gear bags in person and meet the owners of Acme Camera Co., the hippest camera rental shop in Salt Lake City! You can find out more about the show by clicking on the WPPI logo below.
We also want to send a very warm welcome to Daphne from France. She is the first International Porteen Gear customer to come visit the studio. She designed her bags during the time she was here and was able to watch them being constructed. We had time to play around with a photo shoot to help capture the theme for the 1st Annual Porteen Gear Photography contest called “Masked”. To celebrate Mardi Gras this March, we will be launching the photography contest around the mystery behind masks. There will be some great prizes, all to be announced soon, but we can tell you that First Place will include a Retina Display Ipad Mini with a World Travel Adapter Kit. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks!
Happy winter! This is the time of year to feel warm and cozy, read a good book or stretch those creative muscles with projects you have been putting off. I have finally had time to get out there and do some photography. I miss the free time I used to have to just take in the scenery and “see”.
2014 is going to be a great year for Porteen Gear. We are launching a new website with a “Bag Builder”. This will make the design process easier for all of you.
This year will be about travel! Porteen gear will be one of the US retailers for Happy Cow in Australia. All of their products are made with recycled leather. I have owned a few of their products over the years and feel confident that they will be a good fit for my customers.
I will be offering their backpacks and am working on the design for the “camera cube” to go into these for travel. The camera cubes will also have removable shoulder straps so they can also be a camera bag on their own. They fit into luggage and carry-ons to protect your gear while in transit. I tried out my proto-type in Ireland this year and it was very handy to have. Stay tuned for more details on this product!
Other items to be on the watch for include, passport cases, waxed canvas toiletry bags, lens bags and a bigger convertible camera bag.
Fine Print: Sale does not apply for Pre-Paid Porteen Gear Gift Certificate Redemptions. Those will be redeemed at Face Value.
The final shipping day for orders to make it before Christmas is Tuesday, December 17th. I have put the final “In Stock” bags up in my store this morning, so get your orders in soon! This also goes for the Hard Copy Gift Certificates with Swatch Books. Camera Straps can still be made up until Wednesday. Express Mail (overnight shipping) at an additional cost will be the final option through Thursday.
Emailed Gift Certificates will be available through Noon, December 24th.
Happy Holidays!
The last day for custom camera bag orders is December 6th. This is for the US only! The International Deadline has already passed. Any order placed before or on the deadline will ship on the 17 and 18th of December Priority Mail.
Stock items and Hard Copy Gift Certificates can be purchased through the 18th. Online/emailed Gift Certificates can be purchased through December 24th.
The Bag Builder
There will be a new way to order custom bags from Porteen Gear! We are excited to announce the “Bag Builder”! It will be a fully interactive experience, you will get to click on swatches and leather samples to see your design online before you make your purchase. This should be rolled out by the end of March and I will be giving updates as we go. The Creme Colored canvas bags are now finished and ready to be photographed as the base bags for the new website. It was really interesting to see all of the Porteen Gear camera bags done in Ivory canvas!
Lily is dressed and sitting pretty in the studio for Christmas. She is Porteen Gears muse and has been used in many photo-shoots. She will be coming to life as the new year starts, stay tuned for the Lily Chronicles.
The Black Friday sale is on! 10% off everything in the Porteen gear store. COUPON CODE IS: blackfriday13
We have loaded the store with over 40 camera bags available for immediate shipping. Some of these are one of a kind designs!
We are also offering NEW oversized tote bags for $50.00 each all weekend. These will go up in price after Cyber Monday.
I will be putting more of these tote bags up in the Etsy store tomorrow morning. After a white knuckle drive in the snow, coming home from a family dinner, I did not have the time to get them all listed today.
Details:
This tote bag is great for overnight packing, going to the market, or carrying small packages to the post office. I use mine on a daily basis for several things.
It would make a great travel bag, it can pack flat or rolled up and would be a great carry on for those items purchased during your trip.
This tote features a water repellent interior, upholstery fabric and waxed canvas.
The two leather carry straps are designed for over shoulder carry even with a big coat on.
Inside pocket to keep small things separate.
Dimensions (flat): 21 inches wide by 18 inches tall. This tote is a soft bag and the size varies by how you have it packed.
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