Showing posts with label market bags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label market bags. Show all posts

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Wash Your Grocery Bags!

A study from the University of Arizona says that reusable grocery can be contaminated with E. coli and other germs, if the bags are not kept clean. Eeewwww!



Here's a link to the story:

Reusable Grocery Bags Contaminated with E. coli, other bacteria



So, what's the answer? According to the above article, a "thorough washing kills nearly all bacteria that accumulate in reusable bags."



I just washed a couple of my bags and hung them to dry. They did just fine, washed in the machine with a load of similar color items. The bags I make are cotton, with cotton lining, just fine for a trip through the washer (and the dryer, if you like).



I just finished this one, with a yummy cupcake fabric. It will be available in my etsy shop soon. And it's washable!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Christmas Peddler Craft Show


The Bede Sisters had a great time at the Christmas Peddler Craft Show in West Columbia, SC, this weekend. It's a small show, but the best run show we've done all year. Many thanks to Darius Suber, who coordinates this event. He is readily available all day, making sure things are running smoothly and that vendors are well cared for. There's a vendor break room, with coffee and doughnuts, and lunch is delivered right to the booth. You read that right--lunch, from Subway, is included in the booth fee. Great job, Darius and staff!

The photo below is of Lori's jewelry table. Her husband came up with the pendant tree after seeing a gargantuan pendant tree in Tennessee. Our setup is...shhhh...a bowling ball inside a plastic flower pot with tree branches stuck into the finger holes. Lori wrapped the flower pot in a tree skirt for the Christmas show. Leaving it exposed does have an advantage, though. Men will come into the booth to check it out, and hopefully, bring their wives with them.


This photo is of my scarf and market bag table. Many of the scarves are made of bamboo, which is my new favorite thing. It's amazingly soft, just feels like air. I'm planning to photograph them this week for our etsy shop, bedesisters.etsy.com.
So, how was your weekend?


Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Yart Sale on Etsy


Etsy, the website for all things handmade, is sponsoring a Yart Sale this Wednesday through Sunday.

What is a "yart sale", you wonder? Why, I'm so glad you asked!

Art+ Yard Sale = Yart Sale

Just go to etsy.com and search for "yart sale". You'll find loads of items with special pricing for the event. The bedesisters will have items in a special yart sale section of our shop. Need a shopping bag?

See you there!