Striped Take It Away Custom Storage Pouch - Custom Grove

What It Actually Is

The Striped Take It Away Custom Storage Pouch is BaubleBar's answer to the chaos at the bottom of every travel bag. It's a soft, zippered pouch — roughly carry-on-friendly, compact enough to nest inside a tote — printed in one of several striped colorways and stamped with two uppercase initials in a clean outline font. That's it. No internal dividers, no separate compartments, no hard sides. Just a roomy, flexible pouch you can fill however you like.

At 0.16 lb, it adds essentially nothing to your bag. That's the quiet selling point: it packs flat, holds more than it looks like it should, and doesn't make you feel like you've over-engineered your carry situation.

The Customization

You pick two uppercase letters — outline font, no style variation — and choose from BaubleBar's curated color combos. The palette is inspired by their Striped Custom Alpha Tote, which means if you want a matching set, that option exists. The color pairings we've seen lean preppy and summer-ready: bold stripes in combinations that read as intentional rather than generic.

One honest note: this isn't a fill-in-every-field custom product. You get two letters and a color combo from a pre-set list. If you were hoping for a script font, a third initial, or full color control, this isn't that kind of personalization service.

How We'd Use It

Travel jewelry is the obvious use case — earrings, rings, a couple of delicate necklaces — and it works well here. The pouch is soft enough that it won't scratch anything, and the zipper keeps things from migrating. We'd also throw it in a gym bag for hair ties and earbuds, or in a carry-on for the usual liquid-limit beauty items.

The fit-in-everything pitch holds up. It slides into the outer pocket of a standard tote, sits flat in a backpack, and doesn't bulge inside a weekender. The stripe print means it's easy to spot in a dark bag without rooting around.

The Matching Tote Angle

BaubleBar sells a matching Striped Custom Alpha Tote in the same color families, and if you're buying this as a gift — or as a set for yourself — that pairing is genuinely appealing. The two together read as a cohesive travel kit rather than a random assortment of pouches. The pouch alone still works fine without the tote, but the matching-set angle is where this product starts to feel like a considered gift rather than a commodity.

The Honest Case Against It

Thirty-eight dollars is real money for a pouch. You can find unbranded zippered organizers for a fraction of that. What you're paying for here is the personalization, the specific colorways, and the BaubleBar name — not construction that's meaningfully superior to cheaper alternatives. If you genuinely don't care about custom initials or the striped aesthetic, the value case is thin.

The two-letter limit also means this isn't going to work as a full monogram for people who want the traditional three-initial treatment.