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Purse Stories Website Featured in Houston Woman Magazine

PurseStories.com, Squidz Ink Design & DMLCo announce: PurseStories.com receives high praise in Houston Woman Magazine

HOUSTON, TEXAS (USA) -- May 22, 2004
HOLD THAT HANDBAG -- IT MAY HAVE A STORY TO TELL
Contact: Beverly@houstonwomanmagazine.com; info@pursestories.com

Vintage Koret bags, decoupage cigar boxes, bead encrusted evening bags or grandmother‚s utilitarian leather pocket books, they are all filled with memories, illusions, dreams and stories.

Houston Woman Magazine captures the story behind www.pursestories.com, the website that collects and celebrates the memories and emotions that purses evoke. Visual artist Mary Margaret Hansen launched the site a year ago after responses she received for an installation of vintage handbags, text and photo collages created for FotoFest 2000, The International Month of Photography in Houston.

On www.pursestories.com viewers can add their own handbag stories and photos or meander through the story collection that includes titles like My Mother Was A Belle, Aunt Anna‚s Iguana Bag, Besotted, Alligator Skin is Tough and Lost Marriage. Viewers may also leave their email address on the site to receive monthly newsletters with links to the newest stories.

"The website is a giant collaboration",says Hansen. "Whether our purse is slung over our shoulder or cradled under an elbow, it is very personal space, holding what we need to face the world. There is always a story we can tell about the purse we carry.

The Purse Stories website was conceived by Mary Margaret Hansen and brought to fruition by the design/development team of Squidz Ink Design and DMLCo.

Based in Houston, Texas, Squidz Ink Design, Inc. provides creative services geared to generate brand awareness, credibility and sales through a unified, cross-media approach to business communication. We believe in the value of differentiating, challenging the mundane and risking being noticed. For more information, contact Cole Schweikhardt at (713) 868-2500 or www.squidzink.com

Founded in 1996, DMLCo specializes in Web development, content management, E-commerce and information architecture solutions. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, DMLCo combines cutting-edge technology expertise with proven business practices. www.dmlco.com