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Promotional Bags – Get Your Logo Seen On The Move!

The Ever Increasing Choice in Promotional Bags

Promotional Bags are becoming increasingly popular for the promotional products buyer in the UK and Europe. With a bag to fit every budget and with a fantastic range of fabrics available, there is no excuse to not have your own company’s promotional bag.

The cheapest option is currently the promotional carrier bag traditionally made from polythene. The market is changing at this level with sales of the low cost aperture handled polythene bag being superseded by the contemporary eco-friendly paper bag range that has various styles including Drawtape Bags, Twisted Paper Handled Carrier Bags, and up to the more executive low cost bag: the gloss laminated rope handled paper carrier bag.

Many companies are currently using Jute Bags and PP Weave bags which are hard wearing and can be printed up to a four colour process design. These bags are ideal for high production runs for exhibitions and conferences because they are still great value for money. Business users and consumers are equally aware of basic environmental concerns which results in this eco-friendly type of bag enjoying a much longer usage life than the traditional polythene bag.

Modern Printing Techniques available

The ability to print eye-catching four colour process designs onto the PP Weave bags adds to the retention rate by the recipient. The bags will be used outside of the business environment at the weekends for social, leisure and shopping activities too.

For the more active user, the promotional rucksack is the current choice. Generally made form 70D or 210D Nylon or Polyester, these promotional bags are great for schools and gymnasiums alike. Reflective trim and safety strips help with road safety issues and are available in a great range of colours to suit any corporate look or school colour scheme.

Transfer printing techniques have improved greatly over the last decade which means that printing four colour process designs onto these formerly difficult materials is now no challenge to the modern print shop.

As already mentioned, the environmental message and sentiment is very important to high profile companies who are committed to sending an eco-friendly message to the world. In the middle priced bracket of promotional bags is the Green Concept Organic range of rucksacks, Shopper Bags, Shoulder Bags and Holdall Bags. This range of promotional bags is produced from 100% Organically produced cotton.

Promotional Laptop Bags

For the busy professional there is a great promotional bag selection available too. Promotional Laptop Bags are a must for many IT based companies with the trends in the promotional market mirroring that in the high street. When manufactured at source, personalisation can be added to every piece of trim including personalised lining, zip pulls, woven or printed straps as well as superb logo reproduction via embroidery, direct screen printing, dye-sublimation printing and embossing.

Promotional Bags from Arcadia

Arcadia is committed to providing promotional bags of the very highest standard and is able to select from the very best regulated, ethically focused factories and suppliers in the industry. This is achieved by the selection of relevant and interesting corporate bags which are available online which are only sourced from the most reliable and financially sound suppliers globally.

Arcadia’s promotional bags can be viewed, configured with full printing and product options and ordered online at www.arcadiaonline.co.uk

Steve Barnes is a founding member of Arcadia Corporate Merchandise Limited, the promotional product company based in High Wycombe in the UK. Arcadia has a great independent online corporate gift selection at www.arcadiaonline.co.uk so please visit for further information.

About the Author

Steve Barnes is currently a Director of Arcadia Corporate Merchandise in the Marketing and Advertising industry in the UK. Arcadia is a Promotional Product distributor and a Sourcing company based in High Wycombe, UK - http://www.arcadiaonline.co.uk. Basic branded promotional products as well as bespoke designed and manufactured items are supplied. In the promotional products industry since 1995 with Corinthian Marketing, Steve has been with Arcadia since its formation in 1998. A keen rugby player in his younger days enjoyed spells with Northampton Saints and Henley Hawks. Married with two daughters, life is now very different. As a keen motorsport fan, Steve enjoys his work with the F1 clients that Arcadia has. Arcadia specialises in web based corporate merchandise programmes and manages these on a global scale in conjunction with our partners Club Colors in Chicago, USA. Arcadia is currently launching PROMOB2B - a unique Merchandise Management System. For further information please visit: http://www.arcadiaonline.co.uk/promob2b.php The account management teams at Arcadia, service European accounts from the UK and are available for on-site meetings within the whole EMEA region. Online ordering systems can manage orders for all UK, EMEA and worldwide destinations. Other services available: * Storage and distribution * Incentive programmes * Brand management * Fulfilment and mailing services * In-house design service * In-house embroidery

looking for a reusable shopper bag tutorial?

Am looking for a beginner level reusable shopper bag tutorial, preferrably one with straps that are already cut into the fabric or can be easily cut from the main body of the bag. I found a pic of basically what I just tried so poorly to explain lol

http://www.hancockfabrics.com/Simplicity-Shopping-totes-Pattern-Simplicity-Patterns_stcVVproductId114637926VVcatId553719VVviewprod.htm

I'm too impatient to wait for shipping :p lol so if anyone has an easy to follow pattern for a bag like this id appreciate it, thanks!

Those are SOOO easy. If you've sewn before, all you need is the fabric (any fabric you find appropriate), thread and needles or machine, wrapping paper and a pen/pencil.

With the plain side of the wrapping paper, cut out about 2 feet of it. Fold in half. Sketch out half of the bag so the the middle is on the fold. When just right, cut it out and unfold.

That is your template for both halves. Cut two out. finish edges that will be exposed and sew together with patterned pieces face each other. Turn inside out, there you go!

Be creative!

~Aki

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