She Percolates With Jen Hatzung & Danielle Spurge

Find Laura here: Website // Shop // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter Laura Collins a handbag designer and the woman behind Pansy Maiden & Stitch Rx. Pansy Maiden was born in the Spring of 2009. A year before, Laura knew very little about the “business” world and very little about designing and sewing bags. What she did know was she wanted her life’s work to mean something. She had spent the last decade fumbling through several career paths hoping that one of them would feel right. Before blowing 30 candles out on her birthday cake, her professions ranged from PBS TV Production Assistant in Indiana, Warner Bros. production intern in LA, Associate Director of an all-girls summer camp in Connecticut, and Executive Assistant to the CEO at a publishing company in Massachusetts. She woke up on my 30th birthday and realized what was missing: a purpose.   We had a great time chatting with Laura. She shared so much about how Pansy Maiden came to be and how she wanted to it a brand and company that reflected her li