Buying products off Facebook - Doodlebags

When I first set up a Facebook page my main aim was to keep in contact with my family and friends, I never even considered using facebook as a way of purchasing and buying goods. But as I came across business pages & clicked "like",  mostly small businesses ran by mothers trying to make an income from their hobbies and handmade crafts, I fell in love with their stories & their products. One of my favourite pages is called Doodlebags, and is own and run by a gorgeous lady called Helen, whose page is quirky and funny & she is passionate about recycling.

Helen - owner of Doodlebags

Everything Helen makes for Doodlebags is upcycled - a term which  is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environmental value. For example Doodblebags hearts are made from old wool blankets and the lavender is grown and dried at Helens house (which must smell gorgeous).

Lavender Hearts, they smell devine

Helens bags "doodlebags" are made from curtains, bedding, fabric sample books. Helen said "I wanted Doodlebags to embrace my commitment to recycling and chose to work with textiles which had been something else in a previous life (curtains, bedding, fabric sample books). It would also be the ideal opportunity to make use of the stash of buttons and trimmings that I had removed from clothing over the years and kept in the belief that they would 'come in handy one day' "

Doodlebags

 I would see the photos of the Doodlebags craft stalls and wish I could go there and browse over their products. The main problem was that the Doodlebags craft stall is in the UK and I am in Australia,

Doodlebags Craft Stall

I decided if I needed to buy products then there is no need to get in my car and go to the chain stores and buy cheap imported goods when I can support another woman in the same situation as me by shopping at one of my favourite facebook pages. So this is how I managed to get a gorgeous Doodlebag in my possession and I love it.

I was blown away by the packaging, which was a recycled paper box, and the quality of the material, and the attention to detail in the stitching and construction of the bag. I have had so many compliments on the bag, that i cannot keep count, I will be shopping at Doodlebags again in the very near future.

Doodlebags branding

Check out the blog by Doodlebags - BLOG
and Doodlebags Facebook page

Cheers Chantelle

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