Check out our new bungee wrap video. Enjoy!
October 24th, 2011
Finally–Mix and Match EveryDay Wraps!
For the first time ever, our EveryDay Wraps are available to purchase online a la carte. Previously distributed as singles through our retail partners only, our best selling Everyday Wraps are now available to mix and match online. Bungees are optional!
Check out all the happy colors and easy tutorials!
May 22nd, 2011
Get on the BAN Wagon!
Plastic bags are the largest source of ocean litter. Second is cigarettes. We’ve come so far in this country to reduce smoking –it’s time to do the same with plastic bags.
A medium sized wrapping scarf in your bag will take care of all your small everyday purchases. Bring your own bags to the grocery store and make a quiet but strong statement every time you check out. Go Earth!
Graphic by ReuseThisBag.com
December 16th, 2010
Sold Out 2 Weeks Before Christmas!
Cambria Cove is sold out of our exclusive set of 3 Red wraps…2 weeks before Christmas!
We have only the highest praise for the team of buyers that have worked with us from the beginning stages of sampling throughout the shipping and reordering. This was an exclusive set created for Cambria but get other great red wraps at bobowrap.com.
Cambria Cove is a carefully curated collection of unexpected delights from artisans, designers, and visionary brands from around the world. Check out all their great items here.
December 15th, 2010
Special Offer! Chocolate Dipped Cookie Sticks
One of our very favorite treats of all time. Try these delicious chocolate and almond dipped cookie sticks by Lotte and you’ll be hooked. Pre-wrapped and ready for gifting!
Regularly: Single $16, Double $26
Special Introductory Offer: Single $10, Double $20
December 5th, 2010
Holiday Gifts, Exclusively at BOBOwrap.com
New gift items have arrived and we are so excited to give you a first look.
1. Ladies Who Lunch, Insulated Lunch Tote with Bamboo Handles
A lunch tote elegant enough to use as a purse!
2. Almond Delight, Chocolate and Almond Dipped Cookie Sticks
A favorite snack in Korea, these crispy delights from Lotte Confectionery are simply heavenly.
3. My Own Lunch Bag, Cotton Reusable Lunch Bag that You Decorate Yourself
Colorful Fabric Markers are included to make lunchtime an eco-fun activity.
4. Sushi Snacker, Sheets of Roasted Savory Seaweed
Everyone who loves sushi knows that seaweed is an amazingly delicious and nutritious food. Now enjoy the crispy savory goodness anytime with these roasted seaweed sheets. Just cut with scissors and enjoy alone or with steaming hot rice. Yum!
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November 13th, 2010
An Evening with Artists and Writers
Many thanks to the National League of American Pen Women for a lovely evening in Old Greenwich. Here’s a wonderful note of encouragement from an attendee.
Dear Patricia,
Because I did not have your home address I am emailing you to thank you for your most informative presentation at Images and for entertaining us so delightfully with your very artistic demonstration. I went home determined to copy as best I can your wonderful ideas. It was three in the morning when I woke up thinking about scarf wrapping, got up and proceeded to wrap my husband’s birthday gift (November 12th is his Birthday). I used a beautiful silk scarf that has been sitting in my drawer for years, and while following the instructions in your book, made a most fetching package. This morning my husband commented on the wrapped gift more than on the gift itself! Hooray for your great idea!
Thanks again for a wonderful evening of learning!
Sincerely,
Elvira S.
September 14th, 2010
Purse Hanger 2.0
Purse hangers are a lifesaver for anyone who has been in a bathroom stall with no hook and for all of us who hate putting our purses on a dirty restaurant floor. Here is our pick for the best one on the market and one we’ve dubbed: The Pursehanger 2.0.
Not only does this do the job of an ordinary purse hanger, it hangs on the handle of your purse as a cute accessory, always on the ready for when you want to use it. Here it is in Antique Gold on our Riviera Hobo Bag.
How cute is this? You can wear it as a bangle bracelet and the spring loaded action allows you to open the ring with one hand.
Hate when your purse goes flying off the car seat onto the floor? Problem solved.
Even if someone wants to ride shotgun, you can hang your purse behind the front seat and keep things nice and tidy. Ahhhhh happiness.
And just when you think things can’t possibly get better than that, the piece de resistance: it’s made in the USA! We love buying American. As with all our gift items, this awesome accessory comes BOBO wrapped for easy eco-gifting to all the great women in your life.
August 21st, 2010
Real Men BOBOWRAP!
Thanks so much to Steve for this kind note and pic. Proof that bobowrapping is easy as well as beautiful and eco-friendly!
June 2nd, 2010
Celebrate: BDay Presents from Philly
Having grown up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, I am a Philly girl through and through. I am super picky about my cheesesteaks (provolone, wit!) and the memory of a city gone wild when the Phillies won the 1980 World Series is seared into my mind forever.
I have 3 friends with similar birthdays and this year I scored with this cute Phillies baseball shirt I found on a recent trip to my favorite city of brotherly love.
Here’s how I bobowrapped one of them using a variation of the Single Handle Wrap found on page 46 of The Wrapping Scarf Revolution.
First fold the t-shirt so that it is a nice solid piece instead of all bendy wendy.
Then place items on the diagonal in the center of a small size wrap and tie opposite corners in a square knot (a secure double knot).
Bring the other 2 corners together and tie a snug half knot which is just the first part of a double knot.
Bring those corners together and tie a square knot to make a little handle. Presto your’e done!
Happy Wrapping to all my fellow Phillies fanatics. 
May 20th, 2010
The Good and the Ugly at The National Stationery Show
Finally back in the office after an AWESOME week at the National Stationery Show. Opened some kick a** new accounts and loved seeing many of my best customers at the show. Sadly many of them reported that a copycat has been calling all my retailers and doing their best to knock off BOBO. Really?? Calling my hard earned customers and shamelessly trying to knock me off?? Many words come to mind but most of all: KARMA!
If you are interested in launching a product that would be of interest to stationery stores, event planner, or novelty shops, this is the place to show your stuff. On the down side, there are definitely people walking the aisles looking for ideas to rip off and even snapping pictures when that is clearly against the show rules. I guess it’s a bit of a double edged sword but all we can really do is aim to be the cream that rises to the top!
Thanks for all your support everyone!! I’ll keep on truckin to bring you the best and most extraordinary products possible. ♥♥♥
May 12th, 2010
Eco-Fabulous at the JDRF Promise Ball
We are so proud to have been a supporter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Promise Ball last week. For this year’s “Cirque du Cure” theme, the Ball chairs were looking for a super fabulous way to wrap special gift boxes that were being auctioned off to raise money for the charity and fell in love with our Earth friendly BOBO Wraps. Look at this amazing presentation!
There currently is no cure for Type 1 diabetes, although there is a lot of promising research. The JDRF is constantly striving to find new, less intrusive treatments and ways to monitor blood sugar levels. They offer assistance, training and funding to hospitals, clinics and other organizations that are working hard to find a cure, or better treatments for this disorder. This, as with most medical research, involves a great deal of time and money and events like the Promise Ball are essential to this effort.
Bravo to all the volunteers, staff members, patrons, and guests for making the JDRF Promise Ball a huge success. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so directly to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. No amount is too small, or too large, to help in the race to find a cure.
May 4th, 2010
Spring Special: A Proper Cup of Tea
Making a proper cup of tea from loose tea leaves is an affordable luxury that can add so much pleasure to your day. However, with all the extra equipment and hassle, you might often find yourself reaching for that lower quality tea bag instead. Take a look at this!
I first discovered the ingenious 3 piece tea mug years ago in Korea and marveled at the beautiful marriage of form and function. A matching ceramic strainer actually plops right into the tea mug and the lid goes right on top of that for proper steeping of the tea leaves.
Loose green tea leaves are hand picked and unoxidized. They contain life-giving nutrients such as cancer fighting anti-oxidants called catechins, theanine, chlorophyll and Vitamin C.
When making tea bags, lower quality leaves are crushed and chopped into small particles called Fanning and Dusts. No wonder tea connoisseurs are only interested in loose-leaf. Loose leaf has so much greater aroma, body and nutrients.
This tea mug set makes it so easy to brew loose tea. When your are finished steeping, you just flip the lid upside down and convert it into a holder for the strainer that will now sit and drain mess free. After enjoying your tea, you can plop the strainer back in the tea mug and steep the leaves for a second cup. Many tea lovers actually like the second brew better! So peaceful. So wise.
Don’t you love discovering great design that functions as beautifully as it looks? The beautiful crackling of the celadon porcelain is a topic for another day but you can read a bit about it here.
These celadon tea mugs are our Spring Special and are available now pre-wrapped and ready to delight you or any tea lover in your life. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!
April 27th, 2010
Toting Fruit with a BOBO Bag
My boys sure love them some grapefruit. We buy it by the boxful and devour all through the winter to steer clear of colds and other nasty winter bugs. Since it’s the one thing we always have lots of, we often share the wealth when going over a friend’s house or repaying some debt of neighborly gratitude. Here’s how to make a great little hobo bag from a wrapping scarf for carrying your fruit.
Bagging up about 9-10 regular sized grapefruits will require a Medium sized wrap.
Spread out the wrap and fold in half so that the wrong side is showing.
Take one corner of the wrap and tie a single knot about a third of the length of the side. When making the single knot, try wrapping the fabric around your hand to make a neat knot.
Repeat on the other side with a nice snug knot.
Open the wrap by separating the corners that aren’t tied.
Give the whole thing a little fliperoo and fold the knotted ends into the center of the wrap.
Lift up your newly formed bag by the free corners and give her a little shake down. Gently punch your fist into the bottom of the bag to form the pocket.
Tie the loose ends in a tight square knot. The bag looks deceivingly small. But look at how much grapefruit goodness fits inside!
So much nicer than a yucky plastic bag. Now off to my wonderful neighbor Ann’s who gave me a tub of the most wonderful kimchi a couple weeks ago. Easy peasy grapefruit squeezy. ^^
Wildflowers wrap on sale now at bobowrap.com. While you’re there, check out all the limited time special values.
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April 22nd, 2010
This Earth Day Join the Wrapping Scarf Revolution!
Going green can seem more than a little intimidating sometimes. Solar panels sound wonderful and as I look out at my laundry drying in the sun, I dream of the day I can harness that same great energy to power up my home. But for now, I 
reach for the lower hanging fruit on the tree of eco-living. Wrapping with fabric to reduce senseless garbage? That’s like fruit on the ground!
Giving gifts is one of the great pleasures in life and the suspense and mystery in unwrapping a gift is the icing on the cake. But did you know that during the holidays alone, Americans create 5 million additional tons of garbage and that 80% of this garbage is just wrapping paper and gift bags? These are crazy numbers and there’s a lot we can do about it without eliminating the joys of beautifully wrapped gifts.
The ancient Korean people really hated waste and considered it bad luck. They created the concept of the wrapping scarf or wrapping cloth called bojagi (boh-jah-kee), which they used to wrap and carry everything from gifts to bundles of merchandise for the market. The great thing about wrapping with bojagi is that it adapts to the shape being wrapped for a custom fit and then can be reused countless times. This was my inspiration in creating my own line of reusable wraps called BOBO.
BOBO wrapping is a lot like origami in that a square shape works best. Try the bow tie wrap technique for wrapping up your next gift with a square scarf or hankie. If you like the contrasting reverse effect, try using 2 scarves put together with a bit of light spray adhesive.
If you are crafty and have fabric lying around your home from old projects, you can make your own BOBOs by taking a square piece of fabric and finishing off the edges. Just make sure the fabric’s not too thick by grabbing a corner of material and tying in a knot. If it doesn’t knot easily, it’s probably too thick.
Stanford University Recycling Center says ”If every American family wrapped just 3 presents in re-used materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.” Now 3 presents a year is a number we can all commit to.
I wrote The Wrapping Scarf Revolution to teach a new generation of Earth citizens a great old way to be kinder to the planet. Join the 
Wrapping Scarf Revolution and take the pledge to wrap at least 3 gifts in reusables this year. Send me a picture of your fabric wrapped gift and you may receive a nice a little gift certificate from yours truly. Happy Earth Day everyone. Let’s hear it for the low hanging fruit!
For more information and video demonstrations on how to wrap with fabric, visit the How-To Page at BOBOwrap.com. To enter a great book and wrap giveaway, check out the original site of this post at galtime.com. Write a comment there by tomorrow and be entered.
For a nice 15% off discount to try our products, use this great coupon by the Eco Diva. Code: DIVA410 Expiration: 4/30/2010.
April 21st, 2010
Mother’s Day Gift Guide
A selection of our favorites for all those special Moms out there. LOVE the new Celadon Tea Mug set from Korea. Steep loose tea in the ceramic strainer then just lift out and place on the lid while enjoying all the health benefits of a great cup of tea. All lovingly pre-wrapped with Earth friendly reusable BOBO wrap. We’ll even hand write your message on a beautiful BOBO card. Check out all the great wrapped gift items in stock now.
March 30th, 2010
BOBO Live in DC
We were a few days too early to see any real cherry blossom action but what a night we had in DC last week. So many wonderful people came out to the Korus House of the Korean Embassy to hear my little Bojagi to BOBO presentation. Even the overflow room was full to capacity and it ended up being standing room only.
It was one of those lucky nights when things just seemed to click. DC/MD/VA traffic can be murderous but it was smooth sailing all the way from the highways to the triangular mazes that lead to Embassy Row. The audience was also amazing and we were so on the same green colored wavelength. Heavenly!
Main Presentation room at the Korus House of the Korean Embassy in Washington DC
Speaking to a room full of DC intellectuals was daunting but the guests were very warm and engaged in the topic of the night. A 25 minute presentation with slides was followed by a demonstration time.
Then we had a very lively Q & A with many great questions and comments by the audience. Wish we had more time to hear from everyone. Here’s a sampling of what was asked:
Q: What is the Korean etiquette with using a bojagi (wrapping scarf)? Is it rude to take the wrap back when giving a gift?
A: There are many correct ways to use a bojagi. Many people choose to give the bojagi to someone as part of a gift. Others use the wrap as a personal accessory much like a bag and use it to transport a gift of wine or food. They unwrap the gift, hand it to the recipient and put their wrapping scarf away.
Q: What are the best fabrics to use as a wrapping scarf? I have a lot of cotton fabrics at home and would like to try the techniques.
A: The beauty of wrapping scarves is that you can use so many different fabrics and materials depending on what you may have available. My book, The Wrapping Scarf Revolution, goes into more detail as to what fabrics and sizes to use for specific projects but one easy test to see if your fabric will work is to hold a corner of the fabric and tie a knot. If you can’t tie a knot easily, the material is probably too thick.
Some of our lucky raffle winners.
We gave 7 lucky winners a BOBO wrapped and signed copy of The Wrapping Scarf Revolution.
I loved seeing my friend and eco-warrior Reena Kazmann. Thanks for coming Reena!
Reena Kazmann of ecoartware.com
A mini exhibit of BOBO lovelies.
Before and after the presentation, everyone had a chance to check out the small exhibition of BOBO wrapped goodies. Here’s some of the great feedback we got from the guests:
“Intelligent, poignant, impressive!” -Soojung K.
“Excellent: very informative and comprehensive also greatly appreciated the historical research.” -Peggie D.
“Excellent presentation. Clear and concise, your vision is ecologically appropriate.” -Beth C.
“Absolutely wonderful! I know what I’ll be playing with next week!” -Peg H.
“Well presented, well organized. Enjoyed every moment and learned a lot.” -Regina C.
Many thanks to the Korean Embassy and to all the people who came out for a fun and memorable evening. Cheers!
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March 23rd, 2010
Red Hot Eco Mom!
A fun article on how I started my business in the April 2010 issue of Redbook. Many many thanks to Reena Kazmann of ecoartware.com for nominating me! Check it out at your local grocery store or newsstand!
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March 12th, 2010
Funny Friday: The Other BOBO BLog
It hasn’t been too long that we’ve had a blog here at BOBO, but I never imagined that there would be another blog out there with the same name. Well I did a little search and lo and behold, there it was: the BOBO Blogger. Last post was from 2005 but far from being outdated, I found myself spending way too much time on the site reading all the hilarious posts. Most had to do with rednecks in one form or another and the funniest thing was that the author was half Korean. Here are a couple of the preciously unPC images I found there.
White Trash Penthouse
Responsible Hands Free Cell Phone Use
Some other Bobos I’m aware of:
- Bobos in Paradise, this is a great book by David Brooks about what happened when bourgeois met bohemian and all lived happily ever after in the great US of A.
- My friend Tracy’s Mom.
- BOBO NYC, supposedly a very swanky restaurant in the big apple.
Here’s to all the Bobos of the world. Cheers!
March 11th, 2010
A Rocky Mountain Wedding
When my sister announced a few years back that she and her fiance had decided to get married in the month of January, we all said “Great!”. When she said that the January wedding was going to be in Aspen, Colorado, we said, “What?!”. Destination weddings in warm balmy places is one thing. 200 guests flying out to Aspen in the middle of winter is another thing entirely!
Having lived and worked in Aspen as a reporter for the Aspen Times, my sister fell in love with the beautiful town and her fiance was and is a ski FREAK-nuff said. Anyway, they had their hearts set on it despite protests from both sides of the family and we all finally gave in.
At the Hotel Jerome gettin my little sister ready for her big day!
Though we did have a few travel related glitches, the wedding “event” turned out to be a magical affair, with snow lightly falling amid the mild and sunny weather that is the signature beauty of a typical Aspen day.
The wedding party outside the church.
Though it seemed like a crazy and completely impractical idea at the time, we were richly rewarded with memories of a truly rarefied moment in time.
Mother of Pearl Lacquer frame now available at BOBOwrap.com.
