So writes Emily Bronte in her poem ‘Fall, leaves, fall’. It is a season of many moods, not always blissful ones but rich with change and colour. We’ve got some blissful, colourful things coming up this fall, and we hope to see you all at some of them! Members Art Market, The Joe Center for the Arts, September and October 2025 This is the second … Continue reading Every leaf speaks bliss to me…
It’s been the most beautiful spring in Atlanta this year, with such amazing colors. It all bodes well for the Inman Park Festival coming up this weekend, on April 26 and 27. We are so excited to have been selected again to be part of the juried arts & crafts market at this amazing festival! Inman Park Festival began more than 50 years ago and … Continue reading Springtime!
Summer is here, and it’s been a mixed bag of weather – rainy in London, steamy in Atlanta – and we have a mixed bags of news to report. Sadly, our shared shop in London will be closing at the end of August. We’ll still be making and selling bags, but our showroom will be our home-based studio, at least until we can find a … Continue reading A mixed bag of a summer
We are so excited to have been selected to take part again in the juried arts & crafts market at the amazing Inman Park Festival this year! Inman Park Festival, which began in the 1970s, celebrates the neighbourhood of Inman Park, one of Atlanta’s oldest residential areas. It’s full of gorgeous houses, splendid parks, and wonderful people, and the festival includes a tour of houses … Continue reading Spring fling!
In her book The Secret Lives of Colour, Kassia St Clair writes that ‘[a] certain distaste for colour runs through Western culture like a ladder in a stocking’. A distraction from form, dishonest, even sinful – these are some of the many attitudes towards vibrant colour expressed by Westerners, from Herman Melville to Le Corbusier. Colour, when used, was often highly controlled and hugely political … Continue reading Bursts of colour
Bledsoe Bags people are one-of-a-kind people. We think you’re so great, we made a little film about you. Happy New Year, and thanks for all your support this year! Continue reading One-of-a-kind people
Read on to find out more about our upcoming in-person events….and to get a feel for the delights of upcycling….. Transformations It’s satisfying to turn a piece of clothing, no longer wanted, into a much-wanted Bledsoe Bag! We find you need to let the piece sit a while until it speaks to you, telling you what kind of bag it wants to be. Or bags! … Continue reading Spring events…and more upcycling action
We’re so excited to be back together after two years….and to be back at the fantastic Chomp & Stomp festival! This Saturday, November 6, 11am to 6pm, in Cabbagetown, Atlanta. Last time we were there was 2019…. We’ve been doing this festival for 8 years, and we missed it when it was Covid cancelled last year. Come and see us and check out our new … Continue reading The Bag Ladies are back!
We’ve been having fun repurposing some much-loved pieces of clothing we no longer wear – turning vintage skirts and tops into our signature Walkabout phone bags. It actually takes much longer to take something apart and upcycle it than to make something from a pristine piece of fabric, but it’s worth it! We’ve also used some fabulous vintage ties in storage baskets and gadget bags … Continue reading Wear and re-use, then repeat
‘Take me outside, sit in the green gardenNobody out there, but it’s okay nowBathe in the sunlight, don’t mind if rain fallsTake me outside, sit in the green garden…’ We love Laura Mvula’s ‘Green Garden’, her love song to nature. She has said her 2013 song celebrates the creative influence of her childhood back garden in the suburbs of Birmingham, England: “When we moved to our … Continue reading Green garden
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