One of my favourite companies is 3 bugs in a rug. I love their simple and normal style. I love the fact that there are so many new lines to chose from. I love the fact that their stickers are done on cardstock which always makes them easier to use.

So i emailed them and asked them to answer a few questions about themselves. Here is what they had to say.

How did you get started in the scrapbooking world? 

Kristine ( my wife) has been Scrapbooking with friends for several years and I wanted to start our own business.  Kris came up with the idea of starting our own online scrapbook store.  When we were about to launch our site, she decided she wanted to design her own products to sell.  While I ran the store she started designing paper collections.  After several months we we’re finally ready to release her products.  We had some designers create some layouts and post them online and it began to snowball from there.

Why the name 3 bugs in a rug? 

We named the company after our 3 Boys.

Who designs your products for you and how did you select them for this job?

Kristine designs all our products. 

How do you think your products standout from other manufacturers? 

There are so many great companies out there.  Kris tries to use unique color combinations like using pink in her Christmas lines to help distinguish us from other papers in the industry.

How do you pick your design team?

  We ran a design team contest to pick our current design team.  We received so many great entries; it made it tough to pick them.

Where do you see your company in 5 years? 

We hope we are doing what we love, providing paper designs and embellishments that inspire scrap bookers to create amazing layouts for their photos and other craft ideas.

How long from the actual starting a design to the shipping to customers? Can you tell us about this process? 

Kris’s first designs took about 6 months.  Now it’s about a 3 to 4 month process. The first couple of months Kris designs them on the computer.  The last month is having proofs printed making design changes, creating the catalog, uploading images on the web-site and creating names and UPC item numbers.  We have so many things to finish the last month because we are usually fairly close to trade show dates when we need to show our new products.  It’s very stressful but also very satisfying after everything is done.

What is the best thing about working in the scrapbooking business? 

  Seeing the amazing things people create using our products is very fulfilling.

 Here are some of the things i have done in the last week to show you a few different ways to use 3 bugs stuff.

Wendy