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Reusable Bag Contest - Vote for Me


I'm a great fan of reusable bags.  This is my oldest.  I haven't lived anywhere near a Smith's since 1994 so this bag has been in use for a long time.  It really annoys the cashiers because they don't stand up like the new bags but I keep using them because they work so great.

Speaking of new bags, I found an on-line contest sponsered by the Kroger's chain (King Soopers around here).

They give you all the tools to design your own bag and vote on bags designed by others.

I thought, how fun would it be to have a bag with a sampler on it so I made up a quick design and submitted it.


I had fun making some more bag designs.  Besides this I've imported pictures of the snowflake flowers and put them on bags.  I've also played around wth some of their drawing tools.  All my bags are in a group called "emcstitches" if you would like to check them out and vote.  I'll try to stick a vote for me icon on the blog for your convenience.

If you don't want to vote you can try designing your own bag.  I had fun "playing" with the design tools and I may end up designing some more.

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  1. I think this is a clever idea and love what you did with it. I went and voted for ya!!

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