Thoughtfully designed, sustainably made bags and accessories.
Welcome to MAIKA. Stylish, functional bags with perfect everyday details. Featuring original artwork hand-painted or illustrated in Oakland, California. From sketch to stitch, we create each piece with love and delight.
Its bigger than I thought, and all good! I use for traveling, carrying stuff to work as a teacher, and my various crafts to classes. It's really pretty too!
This bag has worked as I intended. It's lightweight and has nice compartments inside to slide paper, palettes, brushes, water bottles, etc. I was shocked to realize it does fit my 16" Macbook. It is a tight fit and offers no protection for the corners (which is ok because it's not advertised to even fit that size). But in a pinch, it would work.
I bought this bag with the intention of controlling how much I bring to painting and flameworking classes and it works for that. It is not too big and not too small. Plus, I love that it slides over a luggage handle.
Absolutely LOVE my Essential Tote from Maika. I'd had it saved to a memo on my phone since 2022 and finally splurged to get one when I knew I would be traveling quite a bit in the span of a month. I've had it for four months now and it is the best! I love that it has a water bottle holder on the inside of the bag, it's got a perfect space for my laptop, and plenty of room for literally anything else I need to keep easily accessible under my seat on a flight. And the heavy-duty zipper to keep everything contained is wonderful! So far it's been on four cross-country flights, two 12 hour train rides, and I started using it as my daily work bag as well. It's still in excellent condition - I love that it's made from a heavier canvas type of fabric, so it feels very durable. I've gotten many compliments on it!
Shipping was troublesome, but the product is great. It label prepared for weeks and weeks. Finally I contacted the manufacturer and they resolved it very quickly and I think I got the product five days after I contacted them via email. It’s probably a one off, but it did happen.
I could not be more pleased with this tote! I was a little hesitant by the price with ordering online and not getting to see it first hand before It was even better than I hoped! The water bottle holder is perfect, even for my large 32oz bottle, the pockets are good size and the quality is excellent. I highly recommend this bag!
I ordered the creator backpack bag for our daughter’s birthday and she loved it! Lots of room and pockets inside, material is very durable, the design is modern and chic!