The theme this week at Lens-Us-Together was “green”…so appropriate for the spring season as well as for St. Paddy’s day…and was suggested by Caroline at Constantly Evolving.
There’s so much green inspiration around right now, with nature literally exploding all around us but the greens that are inspiring me these days are the greens that I’ve been both wearing and decorating with…the lime and tropical greens that I spoke of in my last post.
Just before I left on my holiday I ordered the green bag in the photograph above and ladies, you’ll love this…it’s actually a camera bag ! It’s lined inside with strips of Velcro on each side of the bag and padded dividers can be moved around to provide sections for various lenses, etc. It was perfect for traveling as it eliminated the need for both a camera bag and a purse. Mine holds my Nikon SLR, two lenses, a small Canon point-and-shoot, my wallet, glasses, sunglasses, notebook, pen, lipstick and various misc., quite easily. It’s a bit on the heavy side when it's fully loaded but I find it easier than taking both a camera bag and a separate purse and it has a cross body shoulder strap. While I was traveling, I also packed a smallish over the shoulder, smaller knit purse that I could use when I wasn’t taking all the camera paraphernalia...out for dinner etc. It scrunched up in my suitcase easily.
(image from Jo Totes)
The other reason I was happy to have this bag was that we were traveling just as all the new regulations for carry on baggage were “in flux”. They weren’t allowing large tote bags and were strictly limiting what could be classified as carry on, but they were allowing camera bags.
I had been waiting to get one of Maile’s new camera bags (love them!) but they weren’t available before I left…they’re now available and look fabulous. My bag is from Jo Totes and is very similar but not quite as stylish.
The only trouble that I can see with these bags is that once you have one, it won't be long before you'll want another…a new style or a different colour for the change of seasons!
Colourful blessing to each of you dear bloggy friends,
