Paducah has always been a great show for us. Having moved our booth into the Expo Center (from the Pavilion, where we’ve been for the last 5 years) was definitely a good move. We believe MORE of you were able to see us there and we are so thankful for the opportunity to exhibit there.

This was also the first time we’ve sponsored at AQS. We usually find it difficult to do so because we do allocated ALL the profits from our shows to go back to the talented artisans who make all of our Laga Handbags and Accessories. However, we wanted to try it out and see if it produced better results. We are very thankful that it did.

We are also very thankful for those of you who have attended this show and especially those who visited our booth. Without you we cannot continue providing income and education to the tsunami survivors we serve and who make all of our Laga Handbags and Accessories. We have met more wonderful people this year who have now become our friends. And to our loyal friends/family, we appreciate you more than words can say!

As always, we so enjoy taking photos of you and we’d like to share just a few of them for you here:

        
Lots of BLUE going out the door here in Paducah on the first couple of days, as well as our black combinations, but blue was definitely predominant! Then other colors began to surface… Look at those smiles! Evidence that they are all thrilled with their new Laga acquisitions! The show was so busy the first two days that it was difficult to stop and take pics of everyone, but we are so thankful for all who came in support!

We hope you will contact us and/or post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lagahandbags/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lagahandbags/ about how much you love your new Laga Handbags and Accessories! We sure would appreciate it if you would!

We look forward to seeing more of you in the last couple of days of the show!

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Don’t forget that we do have our Mother’s Day Promotion running right now through April 23! If you’re not on our email list yet, please click here and sign up so you don’t miss out on any specials we have going! And if you mention the promotion in Paducah, we will certainly honor it for you! See you there!

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Please don’t look for us in the Pavilion because we are no longer there! This year, Laga Handbags can be found in the Expo Center in Booth 1109! And if you have a difficult time finding us, we have an ad in the Show Book. Be sure to refer to that ad because you will receive 10% off if you do… and we are also participating in “I Am AQS” so AQS members get an additional 10% off!!

We are so excited to see you! COME FIND US!!!

AQS QuiltWeek Paducah
Schroeder Expo Center
Laga booth #1109
415 Park Avenue
Paducah, Kentucky 42001

Wed, April 18 – 9am to 6pm
Thu, April 19 – 9am to 6pm
Fri, April 20 – 9am to 6pm
Sat, April 21 – 9am to 4pm

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Fun Fact:
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We are also running our Mother’s Day Promotion now through April 23rd, so please don’t miss out on that! Click Here to get on our email list for all of the details! If you mention this in our booth we will certainly honor the promotion in Paducah! See you there!

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Our Very First Time in New Hampshire was a huge success, thanks to all of YOU! We were overwhelmed by your love and support! We just had to include pictures of some more of you with your new Laga Handbags and Accessories:

1. Carla Berno: Tenang shoulder bag and match wallet Uang large fold in black/cream 2. Barbara Keegan: Harapan small shoulder bag in brown/cream 3. Dona McKenzie: Harapan small shoulder bag in black/grey 4. Joan Sullivan: Eyeglass case in blue/red/white, Pagi small handbag in burgundy/cream, Mudah cross body in dark blue/cream 5. Joka Quigley: Harapan small shoulder bag in dark blue/cream, Saku pouches in black/cream, dark blue/black, brown/cream 6. Peg Kelley (and her mom): Harapan large shoulder bag in burgundy/cream 7. Kellie Parham: Sehat handbag in burgundy/cream 8. Terri Vadenais: Harapan large shoulder bag in dark blue/cream and matching Uang zip small wallet 9. Katherine Roden: Damai handbag in black/pink/white 10. Adele Scott and her staff/family: Pintar cross body in black/cream, Uang zip small wallet in dark blue/black, Tenang shoulder bag in black/grey 11. Sally Payne: Ria Plus cross body in black/brown, Uang small fold wallet in black/batik and Robin Bunch: Ria Plus cross body in black/brown, Eyeglass case in black/batik 12. Tracy Batryn: Pagi large shoulder bag in brown/red/cream

Thank you to ALL of you ladies who so graciously humored me by letting me take your picture (there were SO many more that I couldn’t include here) – we certainly do appreciate ALL of your loyalty, support and friendship!  It has been such a blessing to be here and to meet all of you and to have the opportunity to share our Laga Story with you!! A very special thanks to Janet-Lee Santeusanio and Mary Schilke and the entire MQX staff/volunteers for all of their hard work on making this show a great success for everyone!

We’ve already packed up and are already on our way to our next show:

AQS QuiltWeek Paducah
Schroeder Expo Center
Laga Handbags Booth #1109
415 Park Street
Paducah, KY

We hope to see you there!

PS: Please post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lagahandbags/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lagahandbags/ about how much you love your Laga Handbags and Accessories! It would mean the world to us!

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MOTHER’S DAY IS AROUND THE CORNER!

As we do every year, we hold a Mother’s Day campaign of special savings. Usually we do this in the month of May. However, this year we have decided to do this in April! So…

TOMORROW April 17th we will BEGIN our Mother’s Day Campaign!

APRIL 17-23

you can expect to SAVE for Mother’s Day!

Beginning at midnight PST, you will Save 25% on EVERYTHING on our website https://www.laga-handbags.com/

Use Coupon Code: MOM25

If you reside in or near the Southern California area, please feel free to visit our Showroom!

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Fun Fact:
The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665

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Thank you to all who have supported Laga Handbags thus far – we have enjoyed every minute! And a huge “Thank YOU!” to Janet-Lee for encouraging us to vend at this show! JL and Mary (gotta take time to get a pic of those amazing girls!) put on a beautiful show – amazing quilts (gotta get time to take pics of those, too!) – and, from what I hear, some pretty awesome classes! 700 students!

As I always try to do, I’ve included a few photos (there are tons more) of some of you who were not too shy to let me take your picture:

Cathy Dyckman and Rada Elegant… such fun ladies! (And I found out they run a show up in Cape Cod. Yay!) Cathy couldn’t decide between two Laga bags so, with the help of Fay Labanaris (I’ll try and include a pic of her in my next post), she bought them both! Damai handbag in silver/pink and Pagi large  shoulder bag in black/red/yellow. It was so good meeting you both! Thank you for your support!

Leanne Brunelle also couldn’t decide between two bags so she also purchased both! Aren’t they cute? Paspor small cross body in dark blue/cream and Pagi small handbag in black/cream. Thank you for your generosity, Leanne!

Karen Magnant has been buying Laga bags for quite a while. She came in wearing her Bunga dark blue/black cross body and came in to the show to purchase a few more! Harapan small shoulder bag in silver/pink and dark blue/black, as well as a small wallet (not shown) Uang small fold dark blue/black to match! Thank you for your faithful support, Karen!

Tracy Kennedy came back again and again to choose just the perfect combination! Tenang shoulder bag in black/cream and matching wallet Uang large zip. We appreciate you, Tracy!

Lori Bessette was really happy with her choice of Laga handbags: Selalu shoulder bag in dark blue/black. Thank you so much, Lori!

Estelle Banks loves her new Hidup handbag in black/cream! We hope you will love your Laga bag for many years to come, Estelle!

Ginny Canning spent some time looking around before she made her final decision – isn’t it perfect? She looks great with her new Pagi large shoulder bag in brown/red/cream! Thank you for your support, Ginny!

And although there are many more, I’ll end here with Bethanne Nemish for whom we had a very special “special” handbag made in her fave colors – and chose this beautiful wallet to add to her collection: Uang large fold in black/pink/white. We appreciate you so much, Bethanne!

Our visit with you all has been pretty fantastic as you can see by all the pics! We hope you will contact us and/or post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lagahandbags/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lagahandbags/ about how much you love your new Laga Handbags and Accessories! We sure would appreciate it if you would!

We look forward to seeing more of you in the next two days!

MQX New England
Laga Handbags Booth #192
700 Elm Street
Manchester, New Hampshire

Friday, April 13 – 9am to 6pm
Saturday, April 14 – 9am to 5pm

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Here are a few of the moments we shared with our lovely customers this week:

Bunga seemed to be a popular bag with several of our customers this year!



Sharon Benz (wearing the black/grey) got support from her friend to buy her first Laga! Lori Jones snagged the only Bunga we had in black/red/cream and Linda Edwards (who has several Laga’s of her own) encouraged her friend Regina to buy the blue/cream who was truly pleased with her first Laga bag! Congratulations ladies!

Lorraine Harnish from APQS has been coveting co-worker Gretchen Adams’ Harapan large handbag and decided it was high time she got one of her own! Isn’t it a beauty in burgundy/black? Great choice, Lorraine!

Mothers and daughters LOVE Laga! Yet another family, Elizabeth Brigham (holding her new Pagi large in black/brown) and her daughter Barbara Denys with her Harapan small in black/grey, chose Laga to be their new handbag obsession, and we are so grateful they did!

And Kathleen Webb, from Studio 180 Designs, came to purchase three Laga bags to give as gifts to some very special (and lucky!) people in her life. She chose the Ria in black/cream and brown/red/cream and the Mudah in blue/cream. They are all so adorable, don’t you think? Thank you, Kathleen!

There are so many more pictures we took at the Lancaster show but this is just a sampling of our wonderful Laga friends and family… hopefully we can include some of those pictures in a later blog. Thank you ALL for your loyalty, support and friendship! It means the world to us and to the tsunami survivors we serve <3

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We look forward to seeing you at our next show coming up next month:

MQX New England: April 11-14
Radisson Manchester Downtown Hotel
Laga Booth #192
400 Elm Street
Manchester, New Hampshire

We hope to see you there!

PS: Please post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lagahandbags/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lagahandbags/ about how much you love your Laga Handbags and Accessories! That’s a wonderful way of spreading the Laga Love!

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SPINACH based salad

Ingredients:

5 ounces fresh spinach (half a 10 ounce bag)
3/4 cup chopped celery
3/4 cup dried cranberries
1 can (15 ounces) mandarin oranges – or fresh Cuties or Halos
or 1 cup of pomegranate seeds
1 large Granny Smith Apple
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/3 cup pecans
Optional: Feta cheese & Orecchiette (little ears) pasta

Dressing:
4 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2-4 teaspoons white sugar – Or use Honey to taste or Stevia
1/8 teaspoon each: paprika, onion powder
1 tablespoon poppyseeds

Throw it all together!

Fun Fact:
Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter are all banned in China

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We have been having so much fun at AQS QuiltWeek Lancaster this week! In spite of the crazy snow storm, we were so please to find a nice-sized crowd at the show! It’s hard to believe there are only TWO DAYS left!

Thank you so much to those who have supported Laga Handbags thus far this year – we have so enjoyed seeing our long-time friends and making new ones!

In your honor, we have featured some of you here:

Gwynne Geyer, Metropolitan Opera Singer and professor at Franklin & Marshall College Artist in Residence, has recently become a staunch supporter of Laga! Thank you for your support, Gwynne! This Pintar cross body in black/grey must be your…. 4th Laga bag?

This beautiful mother-daughter team has been a part of our Laga family for many years! Jeanne, can’t wait for you to receive your Besar in burgundy/black in the mail! Jeanne Garber (holding Rajin in burgundy/black) and mama Linda McCuean – thank you for always being so supportive! We appreciate you both!

Susan Stokes is now finally in the “family” after having seen us several years. Your Ria Plus cross body in black/brown looks fab on you, girl!

This cute Paspor small cross body in dark blue/cream is one of several Laga bags that Sharyn Franck owns. We appreciate your support so much, Sharyn!

Hey, Kathy Lindahl! You picked a really special Laga bag! That Sehat in burgundy/cream fits you like a glove – thank you for your support! Love to meet new Laga friends and welcome them into our family!

Another of our wonderful and faithful mother-daughter teams, what a blessing! They each have several Laga bags – mama is shown here wearing the Pintar cross body she purchased last year, Sandra Miland was wearing the same Pintar but in dark blue/black that she bought last year but this year the Mudah in black/batik and matching Saku pouch were her picks – must be her 5th Laga bag? What a blessing to have you both in our Laga family!

It was such a pleasure to meet and have a heartwarming discussion with this adorable couple, Russ and Lisamarie Mikkola, who have served in the mission field in Haiti. How awesome to meet like-minded servants who have a heart for the Lord! Thank you for your support! We hope to see you much more in the future! Lisamarie is holding the Uang small fold wallet in black/red/yellow and Russ is proud to sport the Tenang in the same color combination. Beautiful!

What a blessing it is to come out and visit with you all! I hope you will contact us and/or post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lagahandbags/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lagahandbags/ about how much you love your new Laga Handbags and Accessories! We sure would love it if you do!

We look forward to seeing more of you in these last couple of days of the show – we still have lots to choose from  because this year we brought enough inventory for TWO SHOWS!

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Lancaster holds such a special place in our hearts – maybe because it is the Very First Show we ever did! It’s been 10 years now that we have been exhibiting in Lancaster and it has never been a disappointment! The people, the weather, the atmosphere, the food, the people (oh, did I say that already?)…

Yes, the PEOPLE who live there and the PEOPLE who have so graciously and faithfully supported Laga Handbags have been there for us each year. And it gets better and better with each show; we are so very thankful!

This year is starting out a little bit crazy with the Fourth Nor’easter hitting Lancaster with several inches of snow. School closures and a state of emergency for Lancaster was called yesterday. They are expecting 8-12 inches of snow tomorrow. But we are keeping our fingers crossed that the numbers are much lower! Because if the roads are all open, we will be there!

We can’t wait to see you in Booth 1118! But Please Travel Safely!

Lancaster County Convention Center
Laga booth #1118 
25 S Queen Street
Lancaster, PA 17603

Wed, March 21 – 9am to 6pm
Thu, March 22 – 9am to 6pm
Fri, March 23 – 9am to 6pm
Sat, March 24 – 9am to 4pm

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