I have a gorgeous new Jan Constantine Romany satchel!
I am not a beauty or fashion blogger. Don’t worry, I haven’t suddenly switched blog themes! I don’t follow fashion trends, I never have and I don’t intend to start. Getting dressed in the morning for me involves 1) checking the weather outside to see how many windproof/waterproof layers I’ll need and 2) is it clean? does it smell?
I kind of suck at being a girl.
There was one time it was suggested by an ex that I should make more effort to be feminine. A brief stint at wearing pink high heels was soon given up on in favour of sensible hiking boots. Heels schmeels.
I am, however, a practical sort of person, so when the lovely PR lady at Flamingo Gift, a UK based gift company, contacted me and asked if I would like to review something, anything, from their website – I set to browsing.
Flamingo Gifts boasts a wide range of products for every taste and style – even for those hard to buy for people like me. I headed to their home and kitchen accessories section first, admiring their quirky and unusual selection of products from Orla Kiely mugs and herb planters, to cake tins, wooden plaques and arty coffee pots.
There was plenty of things I liked, but nothing I really needed (see above about my practical trait).
What I needed was a new handbag.
I detest shopping for clothes, shoes and handbags. I would just rather spend my time doing something else, so I have a tendency to use everything until it quite literally falls apart before replacing it (that striped top you see me wearing in the photos – it’s at least 8 years old!). A trip into town with a specific intent at purchasing any clothing item fills me with dread and I want it to be over as soon as possible (I told you, I suck at being a girl!).
Imagine my delight when I stumbled across the shoulder bags & satchels section of Flamingo Gifts and immediately found not one, but two bags I instantly fell in love with!
The first, a gorgeous Jan Constantine Romany Satchel in deep red faux leather. This gorgeous satchel has the Romany heart embossed on the flap in a darker red which matches the two pockets on the lower part of the front. The interior is lined in red cotton with the Romany and love design. There’s no shortage of practical pockets for storing things too: besides the very spacious main compartment and two pockets on the front it has a secret zip pocket on the inside and two other inside pockets. The bag is fastened by two buckles and has an adjustable shoulder strap.
I love this bag so much!
The second bag I was sent was one by Gorjuss. I discovered Gorjuss while walking through the Post Office in the Toll Clock Shopping Centre in Lerwick, Shetland. They’ve had a display of various stationery products from this fantastic brand for years and I always slow down a bit to have a peek at the designs. I’ve never bought anything (none of it has been stuff I need, just stuff I like) but when I saw this Poppy Wood Saddle Bag I instantly fell in love.
Look at that quirky design! This saddle bag is much smaller than the Jan Constantine one, so it’s not as practical for someone like me who carries around several notebooks and assorted random bits and pieces (my bag is like Mary Poppins’ handbag!), but it’s a great day bag for going into town for a coffee. It has a press stud fastening and zipped & velcro pockets on the inside to keep things safe. Lined with cream & black stripes, it also has a lobster clasp on the end of an piece of elasticated string so you won’t lose your keys.
Jan Constantine Romany Satchel RRP £43.99* (price taken from Jan Constantine website)
Gorjuss Saddle Bag – Poppy Wood RRP £45* (price taken from Santoro-London website)
A note – I did not request both bags for review. I noticed that one of the bags was the last in stock on the website, so I suggested an alternative just in case it had sold. The lovely PR lady sent me both bags because, in her words: “I thought it would be nice to have a choice every day!” Over the moon, me! I’ve never had two handbags to choose from before!
I would urge you to have a peek at all the fabulous gifts Flamingo Gifts stock – they really do have something for everyone and every occasion, and their prices are notably cheaper than the original brand websites. The website itself is very easy to navigate, with clear menus in many different categories. You can also find Flamingo Gifts on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
GIVEAWAY
Flamingo Gifts are stockists for the very popular colourful Orla Kiely range, and they have offered my readers the chance to win a random set of four of their china mugs! RRP £34* (price taken from Orla Kiely website).
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The prize is offered and provided by Flamingo Gifts. The prize is to win four Orla Kiely mugs RRP £34. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.
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Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a Jan Constantine satchel and a Gorjuss Poppy Wood saddle bag for review. All opinions expressed are our own. This is not a paid post.
the bogey man egg seperator is great
love the IN THIS HOUSE… PLAQUE.
I would love this bag! https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/gorjuss-woollen-slouchy-bag-last-rose
The Reserved For Dad Cushion, it would make a great gift for Fathers Day x
i love the mugs it would be perfect for my new house 🙂
The Deer Head Jewellry Box is one of my favourites
The mugs are gorgeous. I would choose them 🙂
I love the Bogey Man Egg Separator – so funny – https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/bogey-man-egg-separator
I love the Creative plaque in black xx
I adore this wine glass https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/lolita-queen-of-hearts-wine-glass. Stunning
GRUFFALO FEASTING SET would be my choice as a pressie for my grandson
Deer head jewellery box
I’d get my hubby some Mystical Coloured Fire Dust
I love the Purple Gummy Bear light. It would be a fabulous gift for my nephew.
My other half would love the stag chalkboard https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/stag-head-chalk-board
I have got to get the bogey man egg separator, that really made me laugh.
the retro telephones are fab 🙂
I love the Swarovski Heart Wine Glasses ♡♥♡♥
I would love the VW Camper Van Wash Bag x
folk blue owl mug
Zoola Giraffe Ring Holder, Umbra
Having one teen and another about to turn teen I would love the TEENAGERS… PLAQUE…..as they are driving me nuts!
The gorjuss saddle bag love their products
Rubik’s cube bean bag for my other half to remind him of his youth
I like the Siamese cat salt and pepper shakers
Love the Forest Friends Cake Tins would look lovely in my kitchen.
I like the Mystical Coloured Fire Light
Would love the VANILLA & BLACK PEPPER FLAMINGO CANDLE!
The bogey man egg separator looks a great gift
The cranberry, orange & cinnamon candle
I love the retro phones. Funny as when I was a child, was dying for my parents to get a modern one!
Orla Kiely mugs
I adore owl mugs. The thing is that my 2 year old is mad about owls. She absolutely loves everything owl related. And my 40 year old hubby broke most of the mugs in our house. Only 2 are survived. These owl mugs are so lovely and they would make all our family happy. I love the Orla Kiely mugs too. They will make mummy happy!
love the Thrush Birdy cushion
Nutella recipe book for my son he adores nutella
I’d love the Paisley Park Oilcloth Weekend for myself.
love this case… https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/ted-baker-stag-laptop-sleeve
I’d buy my daughter the Paisley Park Oilcloth Weekend Bag, she loves travelling and would adore this! https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/paisley-park-oilcloth-weekend-bag
love the Folklore coffee pot
Gummy bear lamps! One in every colour!
I love this retro phone! https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/746-french-blue-telephone I think I might buy one (if they’re still in stock) when we move house this summer. So cool!
Cotton candy tea tin
Love all the Orla Kiely mugs but would love the Epic Fail mug for my grandson
I love the retro telephones, I remember having one at my parents house!
The wooden fox coaster set
These are the cutest! Would love them 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway!
I like the 70s make up bags – frosted flakes!!
I love the retro telephones!
I love the Siamese cat salt and pepper shakers. They are adorable.
I adore all the candles and the beautiful Folklore Coffee Pot.
Love the Please Excuse The Mess Storage Box In Large will be perfect in my living room table as my kids enjoy playing around the house. When guest will come they will get this wonderful message.
I love the retro telephones.
I love these mugs. They remind me of my Nans kitchen when I was little.
I love the Orla Kiely mugs too!
I love the Lost for words gorjusss woollen slouchy bag
The deer head jewellery box
I just really love the mugs
I’d have the rainbow overknee stripy toe socks – impossible to have a miserable day when you’ve got these on!
I just really love the mugs
52 THINGS TO DO WHILE YOU POO – Because I have a friend that would find this hilarious
I find this adorable, I’d love to keep my jewellery in it!
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/deer-head-jewellery-boxwu-and-wu
I love their cushions
love these Modella wine glasses https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/modella-wine-glasses-set-of-2
I would buy my sister the Nutella recipe book as she absolutely loves the stuff – and it might stop her eating it straight from the jar!
i really love there selection of cushions such beautiful designs some fab gifts on there site fab giveaway x
the deer head jewellery box is nice!
746 phone box red telephone
I love the herb pots!
Purple Gummi Bear Lamp. My young Great Nephew would love the lamp for use in his bedroom.
the deer head jewellery box
THE AVIARY IPAD CASE, DISASTER DESIGNS
I love the Abode Espresso Set , it is so cute.
I love the deer head jewellery box, I think it would look lovely in my kitschy flat.
I like a zap cushion
OLIVE CRUET SET, CULINARY CONCEPTS
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/reserved-for-dad-cushion
I love the Thoughtful Gardener Bug Motel https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/thoughtful-gardener-bug-motel
I really like the Candy Stripe Party Lights 🙂
I love the Coach Lanterns https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/large-rectangular-coach-lantern-culinary-concepts
fox cushion
The button coasters
I love the Swarovski Heart Wine Glasses for myself
The wildlife fox cushion 🙂
Button coasters
I’d like a whole flock of https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/floral-spring-hanging-owl
I would like the stag cruet set.
I like the Mystical Coloured Fire Light x
Love the watering can salt and pepper pots
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/watering-can-salt-and-pepper-set-culinary-concepts
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/hook-line-and-sinker-fish-ceramic-mug I would love this for my dad who has not yet succeeded in catching a fish no matter how hard he has tried.
one of the French telephones, love them
this is gorgeous:
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/blue-ice-hummingbird-scarf
The wildlife fox cushion, adore foxy items!
The gold corsage mirror is just lovely
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/boho-dress-scarf-holder this would come in handy!
I absolutely LOVE the HERITAGE & HARLEQUIN ZEBRA CLUTCH, DISASTER DESIGNS!!
I love the rubix cube bean bag. x
I’d buy all of the Orla Kiely tealight holders, they’d look fab in the garden in the evenings!
I love a lot of gifts off this site, i can’t really choose.
I love the satchel bag too!
i love the Gorjuss Saddle Bag
The rubix cube bean bag is awesome!
I love Rubik’s Cube Bean Bag, love it for the ‘Man Cave’.
I LOVE the quirky gifts, like the unicorn horn for cats, the Mr Bogey egg separator, etc.!! So funny! That’s probably what I’d buy!
I’d like to buy myself these mugs they look smashing 🙂
SET OF 3 PASTEL RETRO SUITCASES is my fav and would love to give as a gift or just might keep for myself
My fave little joy loves dinosaurs do I would love to give Dominic this https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/origami-dinosaurs-set ty for the chance x x
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/united-kingdom-large-map-vintage-hanging-heart I love maps – this is so cute
I love the VW CAMPER VAN WASH BAG BLUE
The Siamese Cat Salt & Pepper for my cat mad friend
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/gruffalo-childrens-cutlery-set
The saddle bag
I am a total sucker for scarves.. i also think they make nice inexpensive gifts. The floral & robin scarf is lovely
The Teenager plaque – oh so very apt at the moment in our household!
I like the Gruffalo Feasting Set, perfect for our little Grandson
the VW lunchbox
tHE fOX CUSHION FOR MY WIFE
The button coasters are so cute.
I love the SIAMESE CAT SALT & PEPPER SET…sooo cute!!
I love the gummy bear lamp
I’d pick the HAPPILY EVER AFTER HANGING PANELS for myself – they’re so sweet!
Betta Silver Hoop Drop Earrings
I’d offer my niece the inflatable massive t rex, just to see my brother’s face when it is set up in the flat.
I love the forest tin set.
the Saddle Bag!
the Vintage Floral Lady Jeanne Suitcase would be my favourite
HORSE HEAD SQUIRREL FEEDER What a classic, I do feed the squirrels anyway so this will keep me amused
Thoughtful Gardener Bug Motel.
Map Vacuum Flask for myself.
The bag for my sister
i love the GRUFFALO MELAMINE DIVIDED PLATE
the doctor who glasses 😀
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/746-french-blue-telephone i’d like this phone 🙂
My son would love the Volkswagen lunch box
My son would love this lunch box ! https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/vw-campervan-insulated-lunch-bag
I love the Jumbo storage bags for all my sewing accessories, especially the Suki design
I love the The cotton candy tea tin
the navy dragonfly scarf is beautiful my friend would love it
Definitely that Gorjuss Saddle Bag for my darling wife
So many pretty things to choose from. I think my favourite is definitely the Orla Kiely Tea Lights!
The zoola elephant ring holder for myself
I like the In This House… Plaque
Thoughtful Gardener Bug Motel for my Dad who is a keen gardener
I would choose the Vintage Floral Lady Jeanne Suitcase for myself 🙂
The Home Chalk Board – https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/home-chalk-board
some wine glasses
I’d love someone to buy me the Toto Storage Box, Umbra as a gift – it’s a clever little storage box that would be really well used.
would love these
The wooden owl coaster set would be fab for my house! https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/wooden-owl-coaster-set
Love this.
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/flower-fairy-lights-red-rose-disaster-designs
Got to be this one https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/teenagers-plaque I know so many people who could use one of these
Lovin’ some of the flamingo home wares, the “live life plaques are fab!
My sister has recently bought a small flock of chickens and is quite literally chicken mad, so the Madeleine Floyd chicken mugs would make a lovely gift.
The Priscilla owl cushion, Sass & Belle for my lovely new home.
The cotton candy tea tin
Got to be the button coasters – wonderful
I can’t help but love the horse head squirrel feeder ha ha, but I don’t think I would actually use it. Love the VW camper tent!!
Oh it’s a washbag… so distracted by that darn squirrel feeder! Still love it as it’s VW!
I’d get my three-year-old the Gruffalo Melamine Divided Plate as she is obsessed with the Gruffalo and also hates her food to get mixed up on her plate (she’s a bit OCD about it)
WOODEN OWL COASTER SET
These look gorgeous and are so different
The “Futile Attempt At Organising My Life” is just the sort of gift my sister expects from me – and I am happy to oblige 🙂
I really want a Gummy bear lamp!
I love the deer head jewelleru box x
I love the Mr P tape dispenser.
Love the vintage floral suitcase
I adore the daisy plasters and really want to try any of the scented candles
button coasters are cute
Lolita Tattoo Amore wine glass
I would love one of the Series 746 Phones any colour they are all cool
The FRENCH BLUE TELEPHONE
My partner and I are expecting out first grandson soon so would choose this for us to give our little darling when he arrives. https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/blade-and-rose-monster-leggings
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/button-coasters Too cute x
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/patchouli-and-orange-flamingo-candle
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/reserved-for-dad-cushion
Wow, they have some great things to choose from. I’d love to buy the BE CREATIVE PLAQUE IN BLACK for our dining room.
I love these mugs.. I got a thing for kitchen stuff
Vanilla & Black Pepper Flamingo Candle
I love the look of the Cotton Candy nesting tins.
Wine glasses are really fine quality
Cat dress up coasters! hehe so cute!
I love the button coasters!
I adore all the wine glasses – especially the Lolita Tattoo Amore wine glass…might have to get it!
I love the button coasters
Love the fox cushion! https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/angus-the-fox-cushion
the bacon toothpaste 🙂
I love the Blade & Rose Rabbit leggings – they would be perfect for my neice!
What a lovely website & a very lovely PR lady!
nice
love the colourful wine glasses
the bogey man egg seperator is very cool
I would like to try their candles
ORLA KIELY, MEDIUM PLANT POT SCRIBBLE STEM, it matches my bedding.
The purple gummy bear lamp is lovely x
I’d have the Gorjus woolen slouchy bag, Lost For Words. I’m a big fan of the Gorjus range but never seem to buy any because I’m trying to cut back on buying things I don’t need.
I know my wife would also love that Gorjuss Saddle Bag…..Well that’s one birthday gift problem solved for me!
Blackboard & 3 wooden hearts is perfect for my kitchen
https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/black-board-and-3-wooden-hearts
They have some gorgeous items! I love the VINTAGE MIRROR WITH GOLD CORSAGE FLOWERS and woul treat myself to it for my bedroom!
I would buy my friend these wine glasses because she loves wine & pink! https://www.flamingogifts.co.uk/products/lolita-baby-girl-personalised-it-wine-glass