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Meet the team: Arlyn
Posted by Martine de Leeuw onWe want to share with you the amazing team of women behind the Notdaydream brand who make our beautiful bags. Without them, we would not be able to create these gorgeous bags made with unique Philippine handwoven textiles. The first mother is Arlyn! Arlyn is our cutting champion. For her,...
Follow Friday: four inspirational women
Posted by Martine de Leeuw onWelcome to our Follow Friday series! Our bags empower women and with this serie we want to share with you four amazing women that we follow on Instagram who both inspire and empower. All of these women have supported our mission of Empowered Women, Empower women and are firm believers that we are stronger...
Curated: Beach essentials to match your Boracay bag
Posted by Martine de Leeuw onSummer is (almost) there! And although you might not be traveling to any beach destination this year, you still can turn that sunny vibe on wherever you are! We’ve curated some beach essentials that go well with our beautiful Boracay bag and a summer state of mind! Beach poncho The soft...
Meet the team: new owners Notadaydream
Posted by Martine de Leeuw onHi! Since the beginning of this year Notadaydream has two new owners. Martha, founder of Notadaydream, returned to The Netherlands and therefore she was looking for someone who could takeover. And guess what? She found two! With the booming business and potential of the brand the team is ready for the next...
Finalist of Independent Handbag Designer Awards 2020
Posted by Martine de Leeuw onNotadaydream 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...
Feeling like Indiana Jones
Posted by Martha Wielens onHandloom 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...
A garlic peeler earns less than 2 euro for 4 hours of work….
Posted by Martha Wielens onThe 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...
The Filipina art of weaving
Posted by Martha Wielens onWeaving 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....
Business update
Posted by Martha Wielens onWe 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...
One step at the time
Posted by Martha Wielens onHelping 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....