This giveaway is closed, and the winning number is #79. Congratulations, Crystal P!
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As anyone who has visited this blog can attest, I’m a sucker for a cute handbag. I can’t believe that I used to have one handbag that I carried for an entire season. These days I swap out handbags more often than Lindsay Lohan changes her hair color. I’m kind of a Plain Jane when it comes to my wardrobe, so a cute handbag is my favorite way to jazz up an outfit.
I tend to go for leather bags, and I also love the laminated canvas bags for durability and practicality. But sometimes a cloth bag is the perfect thing — particularly when you want something light weight. Initials, Inc. has the most adorable cloth handbags. They offered to send me a bag to see for myself, and after much perusing and deliberation, I chose the Hippie Chic.
It’s a messenger-style bag, and at $39.99, it’s quite affordable. It comes in two colorful, summery prints — Oasis and Cosmo (don’t you love those names??) I chose Oasis because I tend to go for pinks and I thought it would be fun to have something different. The green and blue pattern reminds me of the swimming pool. It’s lightweight and easy to carry. The strap is adjustable so you can carry it over your shoulder or across the body. It’s the perfect bag to take to Disney World or Hershey Park or anywhere that you need a light-weight, versatile bag to carry.
Here’s a photo of me with my bag at my daughter’s Mother’s Day Tea last month.
They have tons of different styles and patterns to choose from, and they monogram each one for free. It would make a great personalized birthday gift for a mom or sister, or bridal party gifts or, well, a myriad of possibilities.
The other thing I like about Initials, Inc. is that it’s a mom-owned company, and I’m all for supporting mom-owned and run businesses.
Initials, Inc. was founded by Sisters – Britney Vickery and Ivy Hall shortly after becoming SAHM’s. During that time they loved being home with their children but found that they were seeking three things; to be challenged creatively, to have flexibility in schedule and to contribute financially to their homes…but they didn’t want to give up time with their young families to get it. Initials, Inc. was created to meet those needs as women and new mothers. Over time, they quickly realized that the solution that they created for themselves could be a blessing to other women. Initials, Inc. officially launched in February 2005. Today, Initials, Inc. is national in scope and is supporting women and families all across the country through home parties selling personalized gifts! Personalization is always FREE!
Initials, Inc. is also a party plan company. If you like the product, you can find a rep in your area and host a party in your home, or you can even start your own Initials, Inc. business. Or if you just want to shop, you can go here to find a “creative partner” in your area.
WIN IT! Initials, Inc. would like to offer one $50 gift certificate to a Musings of a Housewife reader that can be applied toward any product of their choice in the catalog. To enter, take a look at their catalog and then come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me which bag you would get with your $50. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents. I’ll select a winner with Random.org on Friday, June 11.
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I LOVE the brown and white polka dotted tote
Black & White Polka Dot Hobo Bag – so cute & chic!
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I would go with the Hippie Chick too. Very cute!
I’m loving the pleated Swag bag–so cute!
I definitely loved the Jubiliee Bag!! Although-finding so many I liked, narrowing this down to just one was difficult! What a neat company!
I’m hopeless when it comes to handbags, I don’t own a single one, I think I like the ones in the Upper East Side Collection, (don’t make me choose yet, that’s stressful)
Cute! I love the back sacks for kids. Very cute and a unique look to the personalization.
I’m torn between the Swaggalini and the Jubilee….I’ll have my decision made by the time you e-mail me as the winner….
Too hard to make a decision with one glance through the catalog, but since I’m always drawn to polka dots, it might have to be the brown and white polka dot tote. They have very cute bags of all types.
Wow! What cute, cute bags! I love the travel tote and the resort tote. I’m always on the hunt for a big pool bag. What I love about the company is that personalization is free! Of course, two SAHM’s know what is important to other moms!!
Hmmm….decisions, decisions. I’m thinking the Swagalini. Or the travel tote would be great with the kiddos!
Thanks!
Lots of great things to choose from!! I like the Hippie Chic as well as the Tycoon Tote in lime green!
I love the blue & brown resort tote..perfect for weekends away..
The swagalini – Because I love that name and because it would look adorable adorned with MY name! =)
Wow! Love the bags! All of them.
Their bitty bags are adorable! And the polka dots, ooooh, the polka dots. I think I’d choose the Library Tote just for those cute polka dots! Thanks for giving me a new place to drool over bags.
I am really drawn to the Swaggalini – and so far I like every pattern it comes in! It would be a hard choice. I like the pleats in it.
Wow, so hard to choose just one. I’m partial to the Hippie Chic in the pink, the Resort Tote, and the preschool book and snack bags with the big polka dots. Adorable stuff. In my profile I describe myself as a girl who loves colorful handbags, so I appreciate knowing about these moms and their fabulous business.
I would choose the smart tote! All their stuff is adorable!!
I love the smart tote….all the designs are chic. I like that
Ooh – tough choice! I love a fun pocketbook. Like you, I tend to wear pretty basic clothes (t-shirt and capris, skirt and top) so it’s fun to jazz things up with jewelry and a fun bag. But, I think I’d have to use the gift card toward the Family Canopy Umbrella – it would look great on a deck at the lake.
This was tough but I’d have to say my first choice would be the Resort Tote!
I think I would have to go for the smart tote!
I like the Bowler and the Swagalini. Hard to choose. Great line!
i LOVE their resort bag … it’s calling to me
Love the Upper East Side collection-I am a total sucker for the croc texture
Love the look of these bags. Hippie Chic would be what I would go for also. I’m sure my oldest would find one in here she would like also. She has been asking for a bag like these.
So very cute! I just browsed through the catalog and I don’t know what I’d order. The resort bag looked nice or the hobo bag. Not sure if I should order a bag for me, little coin purse or even something for the kids. Decisions, decisions!! Thanks for the opportunity to win a great prize!
Either the Bowler or the Hippie Chick would be good!
Thanks for the chance
I love the Hippie Chic bag that you got for myself and the superhero Backpack for my son who will start preschool in the Fall.
The Preschool Backpacks are adorable!
MERCY! I love everything in their catalog so it was tough to choose.
I like the Upper East Side bag in the croc print in pink.
I’d love that Hobo bag in the black and white mod dot print. So classic and classy – perfect for work!
What a great company!
The resort bag is so cute just as it is in brown w/ white polka dots!
the resort collection is so cute! i love anything with brown and white polka dots! the bag or the cooler tote would be my choice.
Oh, I just love the Swaggalini! It’s too cute!
The brown and white polka dot cooler bag is too cute!
I love the UES collection and the you’re hired bags. I think I’d have to choose the resort box cooler as my favorite though. Would be perfect this summer for picnics and the pool.
What adorable bags! I would have to pick the Jubilee. Love it!
Definitely the cocoa-brown satchel from the “upper eastside collection” and I would have my monogram in orange or something contrasting like that.
It looks big enough to be able to stash a diaper or 2 (plus cell phone, wallet, lip gloss (ok, glosses), sunglasses, a few pens, and a little pad o’paper… etc…) 
if I was just running a quick errand with my kiddos! 
I like the brown & white resort tote!
hobo or hippie chick
Fun!! I would spend the $50 on the Hippie Chick bag in Oasis as well. It’s super cute for the summer. Although the Travel Tote in Chocolate would be my second pick!
I’m a sucker for polka dots, so I’d pick something in that pattern. The jubilee is super cute and that brown and white resort tote is awesome!
How cute, I’ll take one of each! If only Mr E would let me. But if by some chance I won I would so get that adorable Bowler Bag in the Soho. Can you say CUTE!!
I think i would get the Hippie Chic also. It’s VERY cute.
either the hippy chic (love the versatility) or something from the Upper East Side collection – so fun!
Oh boy, the messenger bag or the lunch bag. Hard to pick
I love the Resort tote and cooler bag. My family takes alot of day trips throughout the summer and these bags would be awesome (and cute) to take along!!
I’d love to get their storytime tote for my daughter. Because her name has a unique spelling I love the option to personalize the bag for her!
i like the travel tote. i always have a lot of stuff to carry around for other family members who are too manly to carry a purse. it would be great to have a huge bag to stash in the backseat to hold everything. of course, the personalization is great!
good giveaway, great hostess!
I’d get the story time tote and snack sak for my daughter who starts kindergarten this fall!
Well, I just ordered a custom handbag/diaper bag for myself from Etsy, but I can always use another one! Choosing something would be tough. I like the hippie chic bag and the swagilini bag a lot, and the soho pattern is cute.
I think I’d buy the Travel Tote. These are really nice looking bags!
Love the Jubilee bag, very cute idea!
what great bags! I really like the Bella GoGo bag!
I would have a hard time deciding between the Hobo and the Tycoon Tote.Forget choosing a color for the tote. That’s too many decisions for one day!!!!
I would get the Soho Jubliee bag! SO CUTE!
I would get one of the monogrammed lunch bags for my daughter to take to school with her. Everything is so cute!
Love them all. I would love the Bowler or Hippie Chic! So many cool choices!
You know I used to NEVER carry a purse… then I had a diaper bag… and then I started knitting and FELL IN LOVE with felted purses. I have a few now and sell the extras cause I’m a little addicted!
I think I like the Swag and the Bowler… all so cute!
Definitely the Hippie Chic bag that you have! Adorable!
I like the Hippie Chick too, in pink!
Definitely the resort tote!
I like the polka dot one on the cover and the one you got, hippie chic. Lots of cute things and gift ideas.
They have some really great bags and it was hard to choose but I would say the Jubilee was my favorite and then the Hippie Chic.
Great giveaway, thanks for hosting.
The Resort Tote would def come in handy for pool and park trips this summer, but I also really like the Hippie Chic and the Tycoon Tote!!
I really like the Resort tote.
The resort tote!! I need something big for our family of six!
Fun! I would have to choose between the head honco messenger or the power tote in brown…NICE!!!
I love the little wallet size bags. They’d be perfect for organizing all the cards, bills, coupons, etc. that I carry around! Also, obviously the resort bags were gorgeous. Thanks for offering the giveaway!
I like the Shadylady case.
i like the hobo bag.
For practicality’s sake I would pick the resort box cooler because we spend so much time at the pool in the summer! I may as well look cute while I’m there!
Wow- their stuff is super cute! I’d probably get a duffle bag for my kids. The brown purse on the cover is super cute too.
Too many cute choices! Probably the Upper East Side Satchel.
I like the Smart Tote
Ooooooo…….I think I would have to get the upper east side Satchel. I just totally fell in love with it!
Funny! I don’t own one leather purse! They’re all seatbelt bags, Sak crocheted, or Vera Bradley.
I loved flipping through their catalog, and though I loved their bags, my favorite was the resort cooler!! I would love to have that near me by the pool this summer!!
Oh my gosh they are all SO cute! I would buy either the resort tote or the Hobo Bag, but the basic tote in black & white is super adorable too, probably that one, it’s SO hard to decide. Cute bags, great site!
Definitely the Story Time Tote and the Snack Sack! There would be enough to cover both! WOOHOOO! Those are great!
Love love love the Hippie Chic!!!
Hippie Chic in Cosmo! Or the Story Time Tote and Snack Sak in Bubbles!
Deinitely the Smart Tote in Cosmo! So cute!!!!!
If I won the $50 gift certificate I would like to buy the Jubilee handbag. It would be handy and stylish while grocery shopping among other things.
Love the Tycoon Tote in Avacado!!
I BROKE MY ACHILLIS TENDON 4 YEARS AGO. I WORE A BIG BOOT FOR 6 MONTHS AND FOR ABOUT 4 OF THOSE MONHTHS I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PUT WEIGHT ON THAT FOOT. I SAW AN AD ON TV FOR THE ORECK VACUMN CLEANER. I BOUGHT IT ON LINE AND WAS ABLE TO VACUMN FROM MY WHEEL CHAIR. I WAS 68 YEARS OLD. I DON’T SEE HOW ORECK COULD IMPROVE ON PERFECTION BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE NEW GENERATION OF ORECK. HOWEVER, I AM NOW 72, ON A FIXED INCOME AND JUST CAN’T AFFORD IT. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A VUCUMN ON BOTH LEVELS OF MY HOUSE ALTHOUGH THE ORECK I HAVE IS LIGHT WEIGHT.AND I LOVE IT.
I love the Story Time Tote. Just what I need!
I loveeee the swaggalini and jubilee!!! Super cute and i love that they come in different patterns!
Resort Tote is my favorie. what a nice colleciton.