Aug 26, 2011
Where Creativity is CultivatedBy Katie BainGlendaleNewsPress.com

Pasadena, CA – Courtney Collins dreamed of planting a garden. Not in her yard, or even at her house, but in a store. Here, she wouldn’t grow flowers or vegetables; she would cultivate creativity.

Enter Little Junebugs, Pasadena’s newest crafting space and gift store for children and adults. Collins, a former art teacher and nanny, created the recently opened shop with co-owners Brian Flanagan and Andrea Jensen Wader.

Little Junebugs, (named for the June birthdays shared by Collins and Jensen Wader), is a whimsical venue for children and adults to make art. The garden-themed store, located in historic downtown Pasadena, is decorated with nature-inspired handmade crafts and stocked with an expertly curated selection of books, art projects and other innovatively designed gifts for the young and young at heart.

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