Brand new Ruffle Bag color...and giveaway!

It's here, the newest color for spring!

The Grass Green Ruffle Bag 

To celebrate, I'm going to give one of these beauties away to one of my followers!

The contest will run from Friday, March 14th at Noon, cst, until Wednesday March 19th at Noon, so you'll have plenty of time to enter! (and tell all of your friends,wink!)

Here is how you enter:

-It's important that you comment ON THIS POST to qualify.
-Comment below each time you fulfill any of the 6 entry requirements. The more you share, the more you help me, the MORE CHANCES YOU GET TO WIN :) Notice that #6 has a way for you to re-enter every day of the contest!

1. Follow Gathered & Sown on Facebook
2. Sign up to receive my newsletters (sign up at the bottom)
3. Follow me on Instagram
4. Follow me on Twitter
5.Follow me on Pinterest
6.Share this contest on your facebook, twitter, instagram, pinterest or blog (you can get up to 5 extra entries per day by re-sharing!)


I have so many of you to thank for the word of mouth exposure that I've received for Gathered & Sown! My little business has grown so much over the last 2 years, and I am truly grateful <3 p="">

Thank you and best of luck!
Angie

Sneak peek inside my new studio

I've been promising a peek into my sunny. new studio since we moved into this house last June. Well....here it is! 

Where I spend 90% of my time, at my favorite sewing machine, Verena <3 br="">We bought an old house, so I'm loving all of the built-ins and charming details, like the beautiful ceiling. A great backdrop for my purses...

On top of my ugly, yet super functional HUMONGOUS filing cabinet, I store all of my hardware in little jars. Right within an arms reach of my work table. I like to scour our local Habitat Restore to find old, wooden crates to store larger things in, like my shipping supplies. They are so much cuter in this crate :) And those hydrangeas? I picked them this fall from my front yard. And they are in a fabulously ugly, green vase that I took from my Grandmas house. I love it!

Another crate holds my ready to ship, leather clutches

I'm using these built in shelves to display the bags I have on hand. Something I never had, but wonder how I lived without! It's great when my locals want to drop in to see what I have.

My little, tiny computer desk, with the chair my friend Amy made for me in my old studio. The filing cabinet holds all of my orders with magnets, Inside the drawers, I store all of my purse parts. It's not cottage chic, but I can't live without it, so I try to make it work...