ONA wrote to me after I had featured their Brooklyn Camera Bag in a roundup of cute camera bags, offering one to me for review. They’d also like to give one away to one of my lucky readers!
The bag is beautiful, and I can fit my camera inside with my nifty fifty attached, plus two other lenses. I like that there’s a big pocket along the outside to hold a notebook or an iPad, and then a smaller pocket under the flap to hold essentials (I carry a cute business card holder instead of my usual wallet, keys, my phone, a pen, and lipstick). The leather is thick and holds its shape well, and the interior padded compartments are adjustable so you can get a good fit for your gear. The buckles are pretty, but buckles can be tricky to undo in a hurry. Here, they’re actually a cover for quick-release clasps that can be done and undone with one hand. Smart!
I have another camera bag that is adorable, but this one is a better foil for all of my dresses. Plus I like that the strap allows the bag to be worn as a cross-body, since you can see that I usually have my hands full.
Win a Brooklyn Camera Bag
Would you like one too? ONA would like to give away a Brooklyn Camera Bag to one lucky Making it Lovely reader!
Leave a comment on this post to enter. One entry per person, open to U.S. and international entrants, and you can have your choice of color (black or chestnut). The giveaway ends Friday, September 2 at midnight CST, and a winner will be selected randomly. Good luck!
p.s. You can keep up with ONA by liking their Facebook page.
Congratulations to Julie, commenter #457 and winner of the camera bag!
sukanya
September 1, 2011 at 10:12 pmI love love love the chestnut one
Ali
September 1, 2011 at 10:16 pmI sooo need a cute camera bag! Thanks for doing the review on some great options!
melanie
September 1, 2011 at 10:18 pmwhat a gorgeous bag – of course, i’d have to have it in black.
Hien Hoan
September 1, 2011 at 10:21 pmThis bag is so gorgeous, leather’s always spin my mind. I cannot imagine how wonderful my life if I had this bag as a partner (:
chelsea
September 1, 2011 at 10:32 pmI’d love it – perfect for my new camera!
Ana Luisa Pesserl
September 1, 2011 at 10:39 pmI’m having my second baby next month and would really looove to have that stylish bag to carry my things for my mommy/babies photoshoots!
Carla
September 1, 2011 at 10:48 pmI’ve been slowly falling in love with my DSLR camera. I had it over a year but was too intimidated to use it; imagine! This would make it so chic and easy to tote around. Crossing fingers and toes =)
Angee C.
September 1, 2011 at 10:49 pmWow! That bag is gorgeous! Love it. :D
Mandy
September 1, 2011 at 10:56 pmToo cute for words! And I’m not even talking about that killer bag…..
nole
September 1, 2011 at 10:57 pmSuch a beautiful camera bag! It would be perfect for all of my trade show visits!
Penny Sheehan
September 1, 2011 at 11:09 pmLove the bag… I got a new camera for Christmas and the bag us ugly!!!!
Audrey
September 1, 2011 at 11:16 pmThis would go perfect with my new camera! Thanks!
Jenny
September 1, 2011 at 11:29 pmThat would be amazing for my new camera!
Angela
September 1, 2011 at 11:42 pmI love these pics! Perfect for this bag giveaway!
Aimee
September 1, 2011 at 11:50 pmOh my goodness, it’s the perfect camera bag!
Love the photos by the way.
Cristin
September 1, 2011 at 11:58 pmI would LOVE a camera bag like this!
Hilda H
September 2, 2011 at 12:04 amThat side-pocket would make grabbing a notebook for some quick inspirational doodles so much easier! Beautiful bag! :)
Nicole
September 2, 2011 at 12:13 amGreat looking bag and so functional! My camera needs a cozy place to hide when not in use :)
Simone
September 2, 2011 at 12:24 amThat is a sweet camera bag! I am in love! I would buy a new camera for the bag.
Trina venard
September 2, 2011 at 12:30 amLove the bag and the giveaway. Thanks for sharing.
Jen
September 2, 2011 at 12:42 amOh, that bag is stunning! My camera would have room to grow!
ANDAC
September 2, 2011 at 12:44 amThe color is amazing and the look is quite vintage. I love it!
Jen {fuzzy sushi}
September 2, 2011 at 12:52 amThis might be the most handsome camera bag I’ve ever seen!
Andrea
September 2, 2011 at 1:03 amI love the ONA bag, the classic masculine styling is perfect with the smaller shape. I want one so badly!
Analu Valois
September 2, 2011 at 1:03 amI’d like to win the camera bag in chestnut!
Drella
September 2, 2011 at 1:14 amWow, open to international entrants? ONA rocks! Thank you Nicole, for hosting the giveaway :D
Anne-Marie T
September 2, 2011 at 1:16 amIt’s beautiful. Please count me in.
Sharon S.
September 2, 2011 at 1:21 amGreat giveaway. What a beautiful bag.
Wrenaria
September 2, 2011 at 1:33 amGorgeous bag! Love the chestnut one!
Abbie
September 2, 2011 at 1:34 amLove the camera bag! It’s the perfect neutral… and I love that it doesn’t scream that there’s a camera inside. perfect!
KatieP
September 2, 2011 at 1:57 amI’ve been looking for a camera that would fit it with the lens attached, thanks!
nini sarmiento
September 2, 2011 at 2:12 amsuper cute bag! i love it
Suzy Q
September 2, 2011 at 2:49 amI have a b-day wish for a beautiful Chestnut Brooklyn Camera Bag. Maybe, just maybe, my b-day wish will come true this September!!!
Julie
September 2, 2011 at 2:57 amLove the bag! It would be perfect with my chocolate coat.
zen
September 2, 2011 at 3:26 amAwww~~so in love with this bag!!! perfect for me & my camera!!
Adrienne
September 2, 2011 at 3:30 amSo excited that I can enter internationally and join the draw for the bag that says “yes I do really love my camera”.
Burcu Tuncer
September 2, 2011 at 4:24 amlovely bags. I would love to have it in black:)
Elinor
September 2, 2011 at 4:44 amWhat a great bag! Fab giveaway, thanks for the chance to win :)
Agnieszka
September 2, 2011 at 6:08 amThe bags are great! I would relove to win a chestnut one!
Traveling Mama
September 2, 2011 at 6:53 amwow! I want one today!!
Sophia
September 2, 2011 at 6:58 amThe chestnut one looks great! I want such a bag for my camera as well !
Lauren
September 2, 2011 at 7:03 amThis would be perfect for my trip to Seattle!
Helen
September 2, 2011 at 7:31 amI’d love love LOVE the black one :)
anthie papathanasiou
September 2, 2011 at 7:35 ami just love it…i would love to win a chestnut one!!!
lidnsay p
September 2, 2011 at 7:56 amI love that bag, it’s gorgeous!
Julie
September 2, 2011 at 7:57 amGorgeous!!! Love it!!!
Charlotte K
September 2, 2011 at 7:59 am#2253 comment. Well… it’s better chances than the lottery. ;) Love this bag btw.
Ariel A
September 2, 2011 at 8:05 amWould be a great bag for my camera, especially when I am taking pictures for my blog
Kim Landsborough
September 2, 2011 at 8:10 amI need this camera bag to take photos of my newborn girl, Edie! Love it!
Kristen Brassard
September 2, 2011 at 8:19 amThis bag is beautiful! I’d love to own one. WOW! Lots of entries! That will be one very lucky person!!!
Gigi
September 2, 2011 at 8:24 amI’d like to enter.
Carolyn
September 2, 2011 at 8:24 amWhat a fabulous and fashionable idea for a camera bag. Sure better then those ugly things sold in the camera stores…. or wrapped in a towel and stuffed in my bag!
sara
September 2, 2011 at 8:25 amlove it!! and totally love that dress you’re wearing…
Karin Wold
September 2, 2011 at 8:26 amLove this bag! I always end up hanging my big camera around my neck, and it doesn’t look very chic! It would be great to have a stylish bag instead!
Mary Kate
September 2, 2011 at 8:43 amLove your blog and that bag is gorgeous!
sunny
September 2, 2011 at 8:53 amWhat a perfect bag!
Also, your dress is beautiful. I love, love, love all the colors in it.
Kaitlin
September 2, 2011 at 8:55 amLOVE the look of this camera bag! And very gender neutral so my husband could carry it too! =)
kelsey
September 2, 2011 at 9:02 amWhat a gorgeous bag! I’d love to own that beauty!
Ciara Fitzgibbon
September 2, 2011 at 9:20 amOooh how lovely! Pick me!! xx
MrsADS
September 2, 2011 at 9:24 amI’m in love, please enter me :)!
Laurie
September 2, 2011 at 9:42 amI LOVE this bag!! :)
Dan H.
September 2, 2011 at 9:43 amNice bag! Pick me!
lisa cox
September 2, 2011 at 9:46 amWhat a great bag. I would love it!!!!
stacy
September 2, 2011 at 9:52 amGreat giveaway, thanks for a chance to win!
Leila
September 2, 2011 at 9:52 amBeatiful!!
Allison
September 2, 2011 at 10:08 amIt’s gorgeous, just what I need.
Sarah
September 2, 2011 at 10:12 amIt would be rad to win this! Love your blog!
Sunya
September 2, 2011 at 10:16 amHow adorable and perfect. Love this bag! Thanks for the giveaway. ;-)
Laura
September 2, 2011 at 10:22 amBEAUTIFUL camera bag! So very lovely, and what a generous giveaway!
Lindsay
September 2, 2011 at 10:34 amOooh, I would love this bag. And a copy of your dress to go along with it, please! :)
Jenn
September 2, 2011 at 10:49 amThis bag is gorgeous…my camera would be so happy to travel in it!!
Heather
September 2, 2011 at 10:57 amSo chic, so functional, so perfect! Fingers crossed.
Janet Payne
September 2, 2011 at 10:59 amI LOVE this bag. It would be a joy to own such a great bag!
Michelle
September 2, 2011 at 11:10 amI would love the bag in Chestnut! I am on the hunt for a great camera bag and ONA’s Brooklyn Bag is just b-e-a-utiful!
rita
September 2, 2011 at 11:13 amWhat a gorgeous bag – would make a perfect office bag too
Christine
September 2, 2011 at 11:19 amOh hello beautiful :]
Brittany
September 2, 2011 at 11:45 amLOVE your blog and LOVE this bag! Hope I win :)
Claire
September 2, 2011 at 12:11 pmI’d love one of those! What a great giveaway!
Ida Mae
September 2, 2011 at 12:12 pmWhat a nice looking bag! I’d love one :)
jessica
September 2, 2011 at 12:21 pmoh, it’s beautiful!
gosia
September 2, 2011 at 12:29 pmI.Want.This.
Please!!!!!
Lindsay
September 2, 2011 at 12:40 pmEnter me please!
Dianne Nelson
September 2, 2011 at 12:45 pmThat is really lovely! I had no idea this company even existed! Thanks for the info, and the chance to win. :)
Valentina
September 2, 2011 at 1:34 pmI love this bag! The chestnut is sooo beautiful. Yesterday I was thinking how hard is it to find nice camera bags in Chile (where I live). I wish I could win this one!
BTW, I LOVE that dress. Want it now.
Best!
Elia
September 2, 2011 at 1:35 pmWould love this beautiful camera bag..chestnut.
Kelly G
September 2, 2011 at 1:39 pmI would LOVE to win this bag! My poor camera lives in an ugly nikon bag. It needs a prettier home…
Kate doForno
September 2, 2011 at 1:41 pmOooh what a beautiful bag! I’d love to win it!
Caitlin
September 2, 2011 at 1:51 pmI would love this bag because it could hold camera stuff and kid stuff (I am 36 weeks preggo with my first, a girl). AND I am a teacher so I feel this bag is quite teacherly in a cute way and not a flaking-lipstick-khakis-and-ugly-blouse kind of way.
Paola
September 2, 2011 at 2:09 pmThis is so lovely! I’ve been on the lookout for a stylish camera bag like this!
nikki
September 2, 2011 at 2:27 pmcrossing my fingers…
MademoiselleG
September 2, 2011 at 2:30 pmOooouh. I’ve been searching for a pretty and functional bag for a long time! Count me in!
Tina
September 2, 2011 at 2:49 pmGreat blog and bag!
Carol
September 2, 2011 at 3:01 pmWow, that camera case sounds like it is thoughtfully constructed, and it’s beautiful besides!
Please enter me for the giveaway.
Victoria white
September 2, 2011 at 3:01 pmHow divine, it would be well taken care of.:)
Victoria white
September 2, 2011 at 3:03 pmHow divine!
Kiley
September 2, 2011 at 3:09 pmi love, love, love this bag–it would be so wonderful not to feel like a dorky-dork schelping my camera around.
Ally Bench
September 2, 2011 at 3:12 pmThis bag is GORGEOUS! I am in desperate need of a new purse and would love to win :)
Elizabeth J.
September 2, 2011 at 3:20 pmWhat a great looking bag! I love that it looks like a ’40s school bag. :)
Cinthya
September 2, 2011 at 4:04 pmLovely bag
Mayu
September 2, 2011 at 4:12 pmlove this bag! would love to own it. much more versatile than the one i have now (it worked well when i had one child, but with a five year old and 7 month old twins, its just not as easy to use).