Carla has decided to extend the deadline for the baggin’ contest until October 18. That means you’ve still got time to send us those pictures of you and your bag! With a $50 Pastice gift certificate on the line, it is worth the time to email us your pictures.
Remember to email them to pasticedecor@gmail.com
Another entry in the baggin’ contest.
… Anyway, these are from this summer when we visited the Freitag shop in Zurich. That is me with my friend Frank Chimero, who visited us in July. And there is a shot of Allison inside the store look at all her choices.
I love me some Freitag!
Best,
{doug}
Since it’s time to start hauling around all those wonderful textbooks, we’ve come up with an exciting new contest for our viewers!
One day, while having coffee at The Coffee Ethic,
(Yes, a shameless plug for our friends at The Coffee Ethic!)
we noticed a young woman walking by with her Feuerware bag. Immediately we knew she shopped at Pastiche and thought how awesomely cool.
Now we wonder who else wears or carries their Feuerware, Freitag, or Gecko Traders bags around town.
So, with this thought in mind, here’s our contest:
Do you have a Freitag, Feuerware, or Gecko Traders bag? If so, how do you use it? Do you carry your laptop to the office? Do you use a bag to carry groceries? Maybe it’s your everyday purse. Do you keep all your most valuable items in one? How, where, when, and why do you use your bag?
Yes, we really want to know these things so we’re asking you to submit a picture of you and your Freitag, Feuerware, or Gecko Traders bag to us. We’ll post them right here on our blog. Then tell all your friends, family, or strangers on the street about it and we’ll go by popular vote. Each photo submission will have it’s own post, open to comments. The photo with the most comments will be our winner.
Yes it’s that easy! Submit it, we’ll post it, then let the world decide who has the coolest bag for the coolest uses. This is open to everyone who has one of the above mentioned bags. Please limit yourself to one submission, even though it will be incredibly tempting to detail the many, many uses these bags have.
So here’s the low down. Email your photo to pastichedecor@gmail.com. Start submitting now. You have until September 24 to get one in. We’ll keep the pictures and posts easily available until September 30. Tell everyone you know to visit this very site and leave a comment on the post with your picture. On October 1st we’ll announce our winner! And what does the winner receive? We twisted Carla’s arm and sat on her for awhile (well, Jeremy walked on her back which she greatly enjoyed) and she is giving out a $50 gift certificate to Pastiche. This will be a perfect excuse to get something wonderful for yourself in celebration of your mighty, baggin’ accomplishment.
If you think Pastiche is the coolest store in Springfield, follow the link above and vote for us on 417 Magazine. Ballots are also available in the September issue of 417.
Thanks for the support!
Wednesday was incredibly exciting around Pastiche. The Tour of Missouri came by the store and we were amazed at how many people showed up for this event. We set out some snacks and water and have live coverage of the race playing so people could check on the status of the race.
A lot of people came by and the whole thing kind of turned into a block party with all our friends and neighbors. The excitment really peaked when the riders came into Springfield and were heading to Jefferson Street.
The race was fantastic. Carla even got a close up look at George Hincapie in action!
The race continued on, even after the break aways had made their loops.
All in all it was a very fun day and we all had a great time. These cyclist are all amazing! We’re hoping that the race comes by again next year! Here are a few more pictures taken by Todd closer to the finish line.
Thanks to everyone who made this day so special for us!
It was another fun and crazy Frist Friday Artwalk last night. Thanks to Damsels in Distress for keeping us entertained throughout the evening. They were great!
So on to the contest. What is the frame made from?
Rubber. Yes, it’s a bouncy, no-break frame. Who would have thought to make a rubber frame? Someone did and someone guessed right. Daniel just glanced at the frame and came up with the right answer. Way to go Daniel! Ok, we’ll mention that our brilliant landlord guessed right, but he doesn’t count since he didn’t write it down.
Some of you had some really great ideas though and we’d like to mention them:
Tara said bat guano. That’s great but what a hard thing to sell!
Erin was thinking along the same line and said manure.
Michelle thought it was recycled dryer lint. Very cool idea! That’s worth some research.
Bob was thinking overtime. He came up with cornstarch. Wow.
Alysha thought it was a street light pole. Great idea!
Dean got very technical on us and said anthracite. (It’s a stone.)
Steve’s mind was on something else. He guessed recycled Stag Beer cans. Cool.
Both David and Jo came up with wax. Great, creative thinking. That would work!
Nic was coming from somewhere strange as he thought it was camel’s tooth. Ok. We’re not sure what to think of that one.
Chad came up with the idea it was blueberries. Very cool We love blueberries. But, if it were made from them, it would have been eaten a long time ago.
Micah took the sign very literally and said the frame was made from commodified labor power. We don’t know who made the frame or where it came from so we’re not sure about that. We’ll have to take that up with Micah later.
Thanks to everyone who participated. We had a great time and hope you did too. And thanks to our friend Lori who gave us the frame!
