the next step

i'm back!
march was a very busy month for me. i worked all month, sewing bags and making boxes for the annual wisteria festival in my hometown of sierra madre, california. and......        it rained.
i was disappointed but the good news is that i have more inventory for greenbugmarketplace!

i've decided to take the next step with my business. i'm going to be combining my two shops. this means you will be able to find my bags in my greenbugmarketplace shop. for now, this blog will keep the name "greenbugbags." i was hesitant to make this decision, but i feel like this is the right one. thanks for riding along with me so far. i can't wait to see where greenbug will take me next!

in the meantime, here are some new listings. more to come!

spring 2012

i've been working on my spring collection! i have lots of new listings including fabric ribbon, pillow boxes perfect for st. patty's day, easter, and mom's day. i've also included pictures of my newest design- my poppy boxes!

 

7 years

fabric ribbon

i've been workin' away. more product to come!

this speaks for itself

inspiration: yarn bombing

public art can be amazing! have you heard of yarn bombing? google it!!!
i want to meet the artist(s) who created this.
i want to watch them work.
how is this possible?
how long does it take?
i have so many questions.....
i wish i could see this in person :)

sweethearts

yesterday i headed to target to browse through the valentine candy to buy some photo props. i didn't think twice about this.... most retailers have halloween stuff out for the fourth of july and christmas stuff out before halloween! they were sure to already have valentines day candy! well... they didn't. i couldn't believe it. it was the first year that i was on top of my valentines day shopping (normally i avoid the commercial valentines day stuff) and it wasn't even out! i laughed to myself and then headed to walgreens, where they were on top of it!!!

i bought some sweethearts. did you know that sweethearts now have "text me" and "tweet me" notes?

hope you like my valentines!!! fill them with your sweetie's favorites!!!!

friends & green bug around the world!!!

i am privileged to still keep in touch with a good friend from high school. we've been friends through many experiences...getting our driving license.... college... studying abroad.... first jobs.. our quarter life crisis', and even getting married! we often reminisce about the days we used to hand write letters to each other. remember friendship before the internet?!
last year she moved to the fabulous city of San Francisco! although we can't just grab a cup of coffee like we used to, it's still great to have her as a long-distance friend. she recently asked if i could make some custom pillow boxes for her. i was thrilled! she wanted to be able to give these boxes to her husband for the eight nights of Hanukkah. what do you think?

in other news, i have been featured in even more blogs... all over the world! wow!
here are the links

in brazil:
http://www.copyepaste.com/2011/12/pacote-barato.html

in turkey:
http://cepaynasi.blogspot.com/2011/12/yine-paket-leme.html

in korea:
http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=okdongsoon&logNo=20143871519

i was also featured on a polish website but i can't seem to find the link.

till next time....

new fabric! new features!

here are some of my most recent thrifting finds! can't wait to make them into bags!

i've also been featured in two more blogs! check em out!

****http://modishlydelishblog.com/chic-holiday-gift-wrapping-inspiration-ideas/

****http://www.libbywilkiedesigns.com/2011/12/crafty-christmas.html