Guess what? Joshu+Vela is now making keychains. Guess what else? They want to give away three of them to Well Spent readers. Simply leave a comment below between now and Thursday, May 31st and you’ll automatically become eligible to win. They’re also giving away one of their knockout gorgeous XL Boat Totes (I guess that’s a little more exciting than the keychains). Read More »

I feel like describing the Zip Backpacks from San Fransisco’s Joshu+Vela as just “handmade,” doesn’t really do justice to all of the work that goes into making them. From vat-dying the canvas, to hand-cutting the leather, to casting the hardware in custom wax molds, nearly every step of the bags’ fabrication is a process unto itself. And it shows in the final product. Like it says on Joshu+Vela website, “these bags don’t fall apart over time; they come into their own.” Read More »