Notadaydream has been selected as a finalist in the category ‘Most Socially Responsible Handbag’. There were more than 1.000 applicants from 28 countries. We applied with our iconic beach bag ‘The Boracay’. The Independent Handbag Designer Awards 2020 is a worldwide leading awards for the industry. The Award Show will be...

Handloom weaving is part of the cultural heritage of the Philippines. Every tribe has their own patterns, every region their own styles. We love to use local handwoven textiles in our products to create demand for this industry and hence keep this part of the culture alive, but also to...

Now in September the summer holidays are officially over across all parts of the world. We received a striking amount of pictures featuring our bag - your bag - in most beautiful settings during your summer break. The thoughtfulness of making and sharing such a picture and the effort that...

To bring more variety in our product range over the next months we visit trade fairs to find different weave combinations. So far, product design has mostly been done by our founder, but this is about to change. So there we went, visiting a trade fair in a megamall with a small...

The high quality of our products is what makes consumers return and buy more, which in turn creates a sustainable business for our livelihood programs and the mothers involved. One of the biggest challenges we face is ensuring the quality needed to keep our consumers happy, whilst understanding that newly...

Weaving is a fundamental part of the cultural heritage of the Philippines. In this country, with all its tribes across thousands of islands, textiles are part of our cultural identity. Each region has its own type of weaving, each tribe its own patterns and colors that distinguishes it from others....

We are roughly one and a half year down the road and what have we accomplished? We have a team of twelve mothers who work with us. Together they have more than 40 children and grandchildren who are able to go to school. Some mothers have improved the quality of...

Helping others doing what you like sounds like a dream. But social entrepreneurship does not come easily. For every step forward, we take one back. Administrative and logistical topics sometimes become nightmares because we lack the knowledge. A typhoon prevents mothers from working for weeks because their roofs were lost....

Challenges Notadaydream is experiencing while making it's beautiful beach bags.

This was a big day. For the first time since launch Notadaydream had its whole team together. For all of us it was a lovely moment to celebrate the success of the first year and discuss together what 2019 will bring.