How Twilight Made This Fremont Bag Lady's Fortune

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Renee McMahon

Once upon a time, Angie Bowlds was just another seamstress with a day job, pulling threads in her off hours to bring in a little extra cheese.

OK, so she might not be rich (yet), but ever since Twilight introduced "The Bella Bag" to the world, Fremont's Angie Bowlds has been busy. The 27-year-old seamstress is frantically churning out the bags and selling them on Etsy to fans of the angsty teen vampire romance series/movie. This is her story.

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