by Percy Cat | Jul 25, 2012 | Bag of the Month Giveaway, cortese design handbags, Cortese Designs Bag of the Month, GIFTS, nature's energy
Just a quick post today. Sign up to receive our newsletter and you are automatically entered to win our bag of the month. Drawings are on the last tuesday of the month – so next week, July 31st we will draw a name to win the Orchid Cascades Tote Bag – a $130. value and one of the top selling designs in the Cortese line.
by Percy Cat | Feb 17, 2010 | art business, cortese design handbags, nature's energy
to expand custom art/design business. Nature’s Energy art
and custom designs for business, organizations, special events,
fundraisers, for your boutique fashion shop, for hotel gift shops,
for island resort and garden specialty shops.
Especially seeking self-motivated, entrepreneurial business manager,
and sales professionals.
partnerships 
collaborations
flexible
negotiable
I need your help!
email: cortesedesigns@debracortese.com or call 305.298.2023
Cortese Design Bags
Art & Design for Licensing
Custom Design Samples
Art on Products
by Percy Cat | Oct 19, 2009 | cortese design handbags, GIFTS, nature's energy, Press Release

Cortese Design bags are more than fashionable, they can energize you! Designer, Debra Cortese says, “When you carry one of my Nature’s Energy Design bags, and consciously tune in to the vibration of the plant that is at the core of the design, you can virtually ‘feel’ the positive, magical energy of nature.” She explains that every element of nature emits a unique vibration or energy field. When you are in nature and truly focusing your attention of a flower, (how the light plays on the petals, the gentle swaying in a breeze, the interaction of a tiny, hovering bee coating his little bee legs in pollen) you’re able to connect with the vibration of that flower, that bee, and that moment in time. This is an excellent, natural way to enhance, stimulate or soothe your own energy.
The Design Process
Cortese Designs are a visual transference of Nature’s Energy. Debra tells us “The design for each bag is intentionally created to share the energy that I experience when I am tuning in to a particular plant or flower. I begin by photgraphing a plant that is emitting positive vibrations. (Poison Ivy would not be a plant I’d choose for sharing any energy!) Next, I choose one of the photos that visually shares the strongest sense of that energy and use it as the basis for my design. I then go into the flow of the creative process, and using a range of digital painting tools and a sequence of custom techniques, I work the image until I achieve a visual presentation that most effectively transfers the vibrational energy of that plant, flower, creature or environment.”
Cortese Design Bags are available online at: www.debracortese.com, and at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida where they sell an exclusive, custom designed line of Cortese bags.
Custom Designs for Businesses, Organizations, Fundraisers
Debra’s focus is on growing the Cortese line with additional fashion and home decor products and through licensing her designs with businesses and organizations that share a vision to increase awareness of our magical environment. She enjoys creating custom designs and collaborating on projects that promote positive, joyful vibrations in the world, and is particularly fond of projects that benefit the environment, animals and children.
Bag images and links at: https://www.debracortese.com/CorteseDesigns_PR_GiftGuides.html
photo: Paul Andre Photography
model: Diane Mooney
by Percy Cat | Sep 12, 2009 | Art Licensing, Bag of the Month Giveaway, cortese design handbags, nature's energy
“White Orchids Swaying Ferns” (shown above), “Blue Tango” and “Fuschia” Tote Bags by Cortese Designs are partying in New York at the Inc Lounge in the Time Hotel on West 49th Street. They’re part of the “Untapped Fashion & Music – NYC 09” event which happens tonight between 8 to 11 pm.
After that, they are off to a NY after-party at Greenhouse. (Lucky bags!)
I’m physically here in Miami, but my inner designer is definitely right there in New York via the three tote bags that bear my name. For this event, editors from local & national press (hopefully all of the following):
OceanDrive,
Time Out New York,
Miami Herald,
People Magazine,
US Weekly,
W Magazine, VOGUE,
Glamour,
Lucky Magazine,
New York Post,
Village Voice,
WWD) get to view collections from many designers, while listening to music from unsigned & talented musicians. The fashion designers’ creations will be showcased on models strutting around the lounge. The event is sponsored by
Eric and Luck, Sagatiba, and
Starlite Shoes & Accessories. Celebrity guests will be in attendance including Isaac Mizrahi, Real Housewives of New York and New Jersey, MTV’s Real World contestants, America’s Next Top Model contestants, Malan Breton of Project Runway, Kristen Dalton – Miss USA.
Once again,
Jordana Engholm of
Jordana PR has gone above and beyond the usual to create this innovative, intimate club event to promote the work of emerging fashion designers and musicians.