Vera Bradley’s Hope Garden Featured in Major Parade

Vera Bradley is going to have a giant 30 foot float in the Tournament of Roses Parade.  The Parade will be held on New Years Day and be held in Pasadena, California.  So if you planned on sleeping in and you are a big Vera Bradley fan than sorry to say you will be missing out.

The name of the float is "Hope Grows" which clearly is to refer to their newest pattern for Spring of 2009 Hope Garden.  If you have not already, check out the new Spring 2009 patterns.  The float should be a beautiful display that will include a garden filled with butterflies, and of course it will have many of the new patterns, especially Hope Garden featured all around the garden.  This 30 foot float should be a very pretty site.

The Hope Garden design is another one of Vera's patterns that benefits breast cancer research.  The company is very committed to using a lot of it's resources to finding a cure and everytime purchases are made from patterns like Pinwheel Pink, some of the money goes towards research.

I think it's rather fitting for Vera Bradley to be in a Tournament of Roses parade, and it's a great oppoturnity to show off a very appropriate new design as well.

I have a poll on the Spring 2009 patterns page and Hope Garden is still a close second to Purple Punch at the time of the writing of this post, so I think it will be a very popular pattern this coming year.

See the New Vera Bradley 2009 Spring Patterns

Check out the Vera Bradley Summer 2009 Patterns here

So have you seen the new Vera Bradley patterns for Spring of 2009 yet?  If not you can check them out here, so the wait is over to check out the new spring patterns those designers at Vera have cooked up.  And I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

As much as the last batch of patterns in the fall were loved by many, I think this new collection will be even more sought after.

So we have a couple of cupcake patterns, and those little circles are reminiscient of cupcakes.  Might make ya hungry during the day though.  They are subtle and fun patterns that I think will be very popular.

The purple punch pattern has already seen a little bit of buzz.  Those big daisies on the dark background give it a unique elegance, and it's about time Vera had some classy purple patterns to wear,

I actually like Hope Garden a lot.  It might seem a little too hopeful to some with all those bright and colorful flowers on a white background but it really is a cheerful pattern and looks great on this bag, I think.  Of course, I am sure some will argue that they think the pattern is absolutely dreadful, but as always, I welcome any comments on these new Vera Bradley patterns for Spring 2009.

These won't come out until January.  So if you don't like what you got for Christmas.... a nice tote in one of the new patterns might make you feel better=)

Which pattern do you like the best?

So what do you think?  You likey?  Tell me what you think about the new Vera Bradley patterns by leaving a comment below this post?  Think they are better than the Fall patterns?