Last week, I met Rebecca after work and we headed to Lord & Taylor for an epic moment in Nest history. We attended the launch party of the limited edition FEED Guatemala bags. FEED is an organization that donates a percentage of their sales to help fight child hunger in developing nations. Rebecca met the founders, Ellen and Lauren, at an event we threw at the Ralph Lauren Rugby store last summer, and their friendship evolved into a partnership where the FEED ladies agreed to create a limited edition line of bags that were to be handmade by the artisans Nest works with in Guatemala.
After a year of hard work and collaboration, these bags were finally produced and shipped to Lord & Taylor, where they are now being sold exclusively. Seeing our bags on display at this department store reminded me that it was that very trip to Guatemala in 2008 that transformed my own personal involvement with Nest into what it is today – needless to say, that trip changed my life.
I wear my FEED Guatemala bag every day now, and find any excuse to tell people the story behind it. I'm like a proud mother, gushing over the pattern and handiwork of the bag, and mostly over the label inside that reads, "Handmade by Nest Artisans in Guatemala," with our logo and website stitched right into it. Yes, maybe I'm a little obsessed, but wouldn't you be?
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