WEARABLE PLANTER TRUNK SHOW WITH FINELY CRAFTED THIS WEEKEND

This weekend, we're having a trunk show at Paris on Ponce hosted by local boutique Finely Crafted. There will also be air plants and mosses from Terraria for you to add life to your planter. If you're in Atlanta, we would love it if you stopped by the event! We'll have a small station for you to plant your new jewels, and there will be snacks provided by Bear Maker Bakery. RSVP and learn more about the event on Facebook.

Paris on Ponce is also accessible from the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail, and you can stop by if you're out on a stroll enjoying the beautiful spring weather.

NEW LOOK AND NEW ITEMS FOR SPRING

We would like to share with you our new items for Spring and Summer 2013! We had a great holiday season, and in the small bits of free time that we had, we got to create some new products with new ways to carry plants to bring to you for this spring!

A lot of the feedback we heard from customers was that they wanted to see more lapel pins. We brought the form of one of our more popular necklaces to a lapel pin, and we're really thrilled with the way it turned out.

We've also been playing around with some more classical shapes than just the simple modern ones we usually create. The Amphora necklace is inspired by vases seen on a recent trip to the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

We're also bringing out new colors for this spring like purple and bolder blues than we've used in the past. We're adding to our line of bag planters, so now you have a way to carry some fresh picked flowers on your tote.

Also, if you've visited our site in the past few days, you've probably noticed some changes to the appearance. We've updated the look and feel of the site. We've made some cosmetic improvements and fixed a few kinks, and we've also made some usability changes that we hope will make your experience on the site better. We've added a new way for you to checkout directly on our site with our new credit card processor Braintree, so now you don't have to worry about trying to use PayPal.

WEARABLE PLANTER IN PRINT AND ON EXHIBIT

This year, 2013, marks the 60th anniversary of the Industrial Design Program at Georgia Tech. What started as a program within the architecture curriculum, is now the School of Industrial Design. To celebrate 60 years of Industrial Design Education, the school is currently exhibiting a show of alumni work. The works in the exhibit span the course of these six decades, and demonstrate how product design, people, and technology have evolved in that time.

As an alumna of the program, work from the Wearable Planter collection was chosen to be on display and included in the booklet for the exhibit.

The exhibit runs from now until February 8 at the College of Architecture East Building. For more information, visit http://www.id.gatech.edu/.

TWO WEEKENDS OF MAKER FAIRE

We're really excited about the next two weekends! Why? Because we have two weekends in a row of getting to attend and exhibit at Maker Faires! Maker Faire is the celebration of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness, and there are almost always robots and lasers for attendees to play with.

This weekend we'll be at World Maker Faire in New York, as part of the Bust Craftacular. We'll be with Metta Metalworks representing businesses working with 3D printing with Shapeways. 

The following weekend, on October 6, we'll be at Atlanta Mini Maker Faire. We'll be bringing our MakerBot and giving 3D printing demonstrations and possibly have a planting DIY activity.

A lot of our other friends and people we like to work with will be at these events, too. If you're going to World Maker Faire in New York, make sure to see LittleBits, Shapeways, and Belle Helmets. At Atlanta Mini Maker Faire, the Georgia Tech Invention Studio and GVU will also be there demonstrating their abilities of what they can do and student projects. 

SHAPEWAYS 3D PRINTING & THE CULTURE OF CREATIVITY

A few months ago I was asked to take part in an upcoming video series for 3D printing startup Shapeways to showcase the broad base of talents found amongst their users. Above is the first video of the series to get you excited about the possibilities available with this emerging manufacturing technology. At 0:35, there's a cameo of our planters, and soon you'll see me talking more about my work in another video. The videos were shot by the talented Stephen Malik, and it was great to spend a day hanging out with the people at Shapeway. You can learn more about their video profiles on the Shapeways blog.

NEW ITEMS FOR THE END OF SUMMER

Summer for the northern hemisphere is ending. Well, not really, but all of the back to school sales that have started popping up are trying to make you think so. School might be starting soon, but summer and warm weather are still going to be here for a while.

We have some new items in the store to help you enjoy the rest of the summer in style and with some cool plants by your side.

We have new planters that can attach to your tote bag or purse that work great with air plants and succulents, as well as some new smaller bike planters. If you're still in school, maybe you can incorporate some greenery while carrying your books around campus? It would look pretty cool on a backpack, too.

This necklace, our genie bottle vase, can be worn with small little flowers you've found, or can be worn without them by itself. Maybe you could roll a secret little note up inside it if you're giving it to someone as a gift. 

We're also working on some new ideas that aren't more planters, but are still related to gardening that y'all will still find interesting. Above is a little teaser of one of the new things you can expect. Follow us on twitter as @wearplants and on instagram as wearableplanter for fun updates as we make new things and develop new ideas.