What a fun find! Lorie English recently posted this on Instagram, you can find her @recreated_now. Lorie makes fabulous upcycled handbags. She uses feed sacks, cargo pants, and colorful fabrics. For this one she found my 70’s Fab Floral in Avocado! How groovy! I love the simplicity, and the clean lines.
Looking through her Etsy site, LoriesBags, I was reminded of a favorite bag I had when I was about nine. It was 1976. The bag was navy blue, with red, white and blue stars on the wide fabric strap. The top flap closed with a metal twist clasp, and had a large “’76” on the front. It was about 8 x 8 inches, and “U” shaped, much like this one. I loved that bag. I’m pretty sure I wore it like a crossbody bag. And I vaguely remember collecting rocks with it that summer.
I love the pockets on the inside!
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Nature abhors waste. And so should we.
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth
There is no such thing as ‘away’.
When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.
Annie Leonard, Proponent of Sustainability
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors;
we borrow it from our children.
Native American Proverb
