Laptop Bag Lifeline

Women in Business Metro Laptop Tote - CareerBags Monthly Giveaway

Ready to kick your career into high gear this fall? You still have time to  enter CareerBags' Monthly Giveaway for September!

Every month I choose a name at random from among our email entries and send the winner a fabulous new career bag. It could be you!

September's lucky winner will be putting her chic-est foot forward with the Women in Business Metro Laptop Tote.

The Metro is fashion-forward laptop bag that blends the best elements of computer case and favorite handbag. The perfect tote for the style-conscious woman, you may never put it down!

All-in-all, the Metro laptop tote offers easy organization without sacrificing comfort and style.

Want your own Metro Laptop Tote? Naturally. It's easy to enter:

1. Go to the CareerBags.com Monthly Giveaway page.
2. Enter your name and email address so we can keep you posted on the lastest trends and fantastic sales that we offer. We promise not to share your information with anyone else.
3. If your name is drawn, we'll contact you via email and send you your new bag!

Once you receive your bag, we invite you to come back and give it a review so you can share your comments with other CareerBags shoppers. 

September's almost over - come by CareerBags.com and enter to win today!

Black Galaxy Laptop Sleeve - CareerBags Monthly Giveaway

Looking for a little back-to-school boost? Enter CareerBags' Monthly Giveaway for August!

Every month I choose a name at random from among our email entries and send the winner a fabulous new career (or student!) bag. It could be you!

August's lucky winner will be blasting off - or her laptop will be - with the Laurex Black Galaxy 14" Laptop Sleeve.

The Black Galaxy is a newly-designed Neoprene with PVC laptop sleeve. The cover is made of durable and water-repellent high quality material and it's nicely padded to protect your laptop.

It features user-friendly pockets for laptop accessories on the back. You can use your sleeve by itself when you want to travel light - or put it in a matching messenger bag from Laurex.

Want your own Laurex Laptop Sleeve? Of course you do. It's easy to enter:

1. Go to the CareerBags.com Monthly Giveaway page.
2. Enter your name and email address so we can keep you posted on the lastest trends and fantastic sales that we offer. We promise not to share your information with anyone else.
3. If your name is drawn, we'll contact you via email and send you your new bag!

Once you receive your bag, we invite you to come back and give it a review so you can share your comments with other CareerBags shoppers. 

Come by CareerBags.com and enter to win today!

Vintage Tapestry Laptop Bag - CareerBags Monthly Giveaway

There are only a few more days left to enter CareerBags' Monthly Giveaway for July!

Every month I choose a name at random from among our email entries and send the winner a fabulous new career bag. It could be you!

July's lucky winner will be turning heads wherever she goes with this Butterfly Touch Vintage Tapestry Laptop Bag.

This bag is the messenger version of the gorgeous rolling vintage tapestry laptop tote I wowed my art classmates with last month (they've spoken of it with longing ever since).

The Butterfly Touch bag is hand-beaded for an extra special touch - and it's as functional as it is comely! It features a nice padded sleeve for up to 16" laptops, zippered pockets front and back and plenty of room inside for the rest of your career necessities. Plus - so pretty!

Want your own Vintage Tapestry Laptop Bag? Of course you do. It's easy to enter:

1. Go to the CareerBags.com Monthly Giveaway page.
2. Enter your name and email address so we can keep you posted on the lastest trends and fantastic sales that we offer. We promise not to share your information with anyone else.
3. If your name is drawn, we'll contact you via email and send you your new bag!

Once you receive your bag, we invite you to come back and give it a review so you can share your comments with other CareerBags shoppers. 

Come by CareerBags.com and enter to win today!

Casauri Portfolio Valise - CareerBags Laptop Giveaway

 CareerBags.com just loves to give away laptop bags for women!

Every month I choose a name at random from among our email entries and send the winner a fabulous new career bag. It could be you!

This month's giveaway winner will receive this palm green Casauri 15.4" Portfolio Valise. The Portfolio Valise is a classic portfolio case, perfect for use as a briefcase or a laptop bag.

I love the summery green of this bag - it's just the right shade, not too bright and not too muted. The shoulder strap makes it comfy to carry for you commuters out there and the interior makes it easy to keep yourself organized on the go!

Want your own Casauri? It's easy to enter:

1. Go to the CareerBags.com Monthly Giveaway page.
2. Enter your name and email address so we can keep you posted on the lastest trends and fantastic sales that we offer. We promise not to share your information with anyone else.
3. If your name is drawn, we'll contact you via email and send you your new bag!

Once you receive your bag, we invite you to come back and give it a review so you can share your comments with other CareerBags shoppers. 

Come by CareerBags.com and enter to win today!

CareerBags' New Monthly Giveaway - Enter Today!

CareerBags.com just loves to give away laptop bags for women!

Each month I will choose a name at random and send the winner a fabulous new career bag. We'll be giving away a different bag every month!

It's easy to enter:

1. Go to the CareerBags.com Monthly Giveaway page.
2. Enter your name and email address so we can keep you posted on the lastest trends and fantastic sales that we offer. We promise not to share your information with anyone else.
3. If your name is drawn, we'll contact you via email and send you your new bag!

Once you receive your bag, we invite you to come back and give it a review so you can share your comments with other CareerBags shoppers. 

This month's giveaway winner will receive this gorgeous Gnana 15" College Laptop Messenger. I love the spirals and other embroidered detailing on this bag - the embroidery combined with the natural jute creates an striking look and inviting texture. Maybe a little too inviting...

When you're done running your fingers over it, you'll find the stylish, lightweight Gnana College Messenger fits your 15" laptop and your other daily necessities too.

Come by CareerBags.com and enter to win today!

Congrats to Linda, our Laptop Bag Winner!

Thanks so much to all you fabulous, accomplished women who submitted your 10 most memorable business moments! I've sent each of you my personal recommendations for what I think would be your ideal laptop bags.

It was hard to choose a winner - your lists were all so unique, inspiring and entertaining! But in the end, I went with artist Linda Carson's list as my favorite.

Linda blogs at Linda Teaches Art and her artistic sensibility and funky laptop bag style inspired me to choose the Veronica London Wirkin Laptop Bag for her. Congratulations, Linda!

Here are Linda's 10 Most Memorable Business Moments:

Much as I'd enjoy a personally-selected bag for my Fujitsu Lifebook tablet PC, I'm really in this for the storytelling. I'm an artist and playwright who built a dream job at university, but gave up her dream jobs teaching in her own studio and operating a funky independent art supply store to do it. So I'm all nostalgic about my art-business experiences:

1. Taking a plaster bandage cast of the torso of a very generous, very pregnant friend . . . and nestling her newborn daughter under it just two weeks later.
2. Translating between French tourists and the Spanish guide in the Galapagos Islands, using a bit of high school French and a lot of sketchbook illustrations.
3. Learning American Sign Language to teach drawing to a Deaf boy who wanted art lessons more than hockey skates.
4. Every time I taught egg tempera and watched the self-deprecating housewives blossom a little bit when it turned out being able to separate eggs is an essential skill!
5. Shopping for silverpoint supplies and pigment in Florence, Italy, literally in the shadow of the Duomo.
6. Anatomy classes: Showing twenty-year-old women a real female pelvis and a real fetal skull, and watching every one of them mentally reviewing her birth control precautions!
7. Last weekend, sitting sketching in a butterfly conservatory, when a passing mom said exactly the right thing to her daughter, "Yes, she's drawing. Isn't that great? If you practise a lot I'll bet you could do that, too."
8. An artist-in-the-school gig at a Labrador high school . . . in the grade nine *science* class.
9. Preventing two unnecessary circumcisions (boys 8 and 10) with timely advice and educational diagrams for mom. Really.
10. Every time I overheard a student passionately explaining my studio rules to a newcomer:

• Don't put down anyone's work, especially your own.
• Don't lick the brushes.
• No adult slave labour.
• You can quit but you can't whine.

Thanks so much for sharing, Linda! I really loved reading about your experiences. Hope you enjoy your new Wirkin.

You don't have to enter a contest to get some personal shopping help at Career Bags. If you need some help choosing from our wide array of fabulous laptop bags for women, shoot me an email ellen[at]careerbags[dot]com or give us a call toll free at 1(877) 261-7953.

Share Your 10 Best Business Moments - Win Your Perfect CareerBag!

One of my favorite parts of this job is personal shopping - I love to pick out the perfect laptop bag or business tote for my customers. I also love to hear my customer's stories about their business lives - the ups, the downs, the triumphs, the drinking to forget.

So I thought it would be fun to combine my love of personal shopping with my love of personal stories and create a contest!

Here's the deal - between now and March 15, you tell us your occupation, laptop size (if you have one) and your 10 most memorable business experiences in the comments below.

Based on what you share with us, we'll send you an email recommendation for what we think would be your ideal career bag (plus a special discount code!).

After March 15, we'll pick our favorites of the lists you've submitted and give you all a week to vote for the one you like the best. Whoever gets the most votes wins their ideal career bag!

When you leave a comment, there is a field where you will enter your email address. DO NOT put your email address in the comment itself!

We'll only use your email to send you your laptop bag recommendation - I promise we won't auction off your email address or give it to someone who wants to sell you a timeshare in Boca Raton.

In your comment, make sure you include:

• Your occupation
• The size of your laptop (if you have one)
• Your 10 most memorable business experiences (good, bad, ugly)

Be sure to leave your comment by March 15! Here is my list to help you get inspired:

I am an online retailer and laptop bag designer and I carry a Mac Book. And my 10 most memorable business experiences are:

1. I once pulled a file folder out of an attache case and out flew a tampon across a conference table full of men.
2. In 1989 my wholesale company won a national sales contest for most products sold.
3. I designed one of the first line of business cases for women in 1994 and sold it to a major luggage company(Hartmann Luggage) After signing the contract, I took a shot of tequila and jumped up and down on the bed in the hotel room.
4. Resigning my position at Hartmann Luggage because selling out to big company was not what I thought it would be.
5. I negotiated a licensing agreement with Rawlings Sporting Goods Company in 1999. When we were awarded the license all of the guys in the company were taking bets on whose idea it was. They all thought that it was my husband's idea and were shocked to find out it was mine.
6. I got our first line of business cases for women in Macy's New York and did a personal appearance at the Herald Square Store (my 15 minutes of fame).
7. Opening my first showroom in the Dallas Trade Mart in 1982.
8. Doubling the size of my first showroom 2 years later.
9. Selling my showroom to a competitor in 1990.
10. The day I quit my job of 16 years to start Careerbags.com. Really scary and really exciting and the best business experience I have had so far!

Valentine's Day Giveaway at CareerBags.com!

CareerBags.com has teamed up with some fabulous fashion-loving bloggers for a Valentine's Day giveaway!

Go check out the blogs below and enter for your chance(s) to win a luscious red Veronica London Monogram Laptop Tote.

• At Musings of a Housewife, you can enter by sharing your best and worst Valentine's Day gifts in the comments section. I laughed out loud several times reading the comments - if my husband ever gives me re-gifted steak knives, I'll know it's time to, ahem... cut my losses.

• Are you a fashionista? Take on the challenging fashion trivia quiz on Stylin' & Profilin' for your chance to win!

• You can enter to win the Veronica London and get all caught up on all the latest fashion trends and celebrity obsessions over at Fabaholics Anonymous - an excellent place to get your style fix in a supportive environment.

• Ah, romance. Tell Kate at Funchico your favourite romantic couple from history or literature and she'll enter your name in her draw. I see someone already chose Bogey and Bacall...so I guess I'll have to go with those crazy kids Harold and Maude.

A Veronica London Red Monogram Laptop Tote is the perfect Valentine's Day gift for yourself or for the stylista in your life. It's the gift that says: "I love you. I want you and your laptop to travel in style. And, baby - I know your initials."

The giveaway ends February 4th, so go and enter now!

Fashion Fun with CelebStyle's Giveaway

Poring over the latest styles of the rich and famous is definitely a guilty pleasure of mine. So when I found out about PopSugar's new site, CelebStyle, I made a beeline over there to check out what was new!

CelebStyle draws fashion inspiration from celebrity sightings and trendy tv shows like Gossip Girl and my personal favorite, Project Runway. See the clothes your favorite stars are wearing - then shop their looks right there on the site.

Or you can sign in and create your own looks, discuss designers and styles with other fashionistas on the site or even ask the CelebStyle team what Audrina was wearing in last night's episode of The Hills. Fantastic!

To celebrate their launch, CelebStyle is giving 12 lucky winners an assortment of accessories from the set of Gossip Girl. Head over to PopSugar's site for info on how to enter the CelebStyle Giveaway.

So far, Celebstyle is low on fashionable laptop bags, but it's still a rich source of eye candy and fashion fun. Enjoy!

Win a $25 Career Bags Gift Certificate at The Integrated Mother

The Integrated Mother is finishing off their Back-to-Mom Giveaway this week and CareerBags.com is a sponsor!

The Integrated Mother is a fantastic site for working moms, "helping women bridge the gap between motherhood and career by providing them with resources, advice and community." It's a great place to connect with other working moms - and their Back-to-Mom Giveaway gives you a chance to win some amazing prizes from Working Mother Magazine, Sitter City, Flex Success and more.

Speaking of more - you could win a $25 gift certificate towards any purchase from CareerBags.com! It's a snap to enter (the contest is designed for working moms, after all) - just leave a comment describing your ideal handbag on this post and wait for the prize draw September 12.

There are several other great prizes to be won but the contest closes at 11:59 pm EST on September 11, 2008. So head over to The Integrated Mother and enter now!