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Two canada goose outlet in usa West Reading clothing stores are offering handbags made from recycled materials.
At Imagine That Boutique on Penn Avenue, purses made from discarded candy wrappers are a popular item. A few doors down, Firefly on Penn, a boutique with fashion and home accessories geared toward children and their mothers, offers handbags made from recycled billboards.
For women concerned about the environmental impact of the items they purchase, such items have a feel good factor.
But the items aren’t just good for the conscience the handbags at both stores also are striking.
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“I was attracted to it visually,” said Imagine That owner Cheryle buy canada goose jacket cheap Egan of the bright bags and cell phone cases from the Nahui canada goose coats Ollin line she carries.
The bags are made from candy and gum wrappers and soda bottle labels that are factory canada goose outlet uk rejects, ready to be discarded without being used.
They are woven into a checkered design that can be bright and busy as canada goose black friday sale in the Tutti Frutti designs that combine dozens of different colored wrappers or more sedate, as in all white or all brown designs.
When she found out the bags canada goose outlet jackets canada goose uk black friday were made from recycled materials, she said, that was an added bonus.
To test the bag’s durability, she bought one and used it for several months before beginning to offer them in the store last year.
The Vy Elle bags at Firefly, made from vinyl billboards, also are visually striking.
Meant to be viewed from a distance, up close the bags have the pattern of a digital picture blown up on the screen, with canada goose outlet shop pixels visible. Some have graphics, and others merely colors.
“It’s always going to be different,” Simmons said of the bags. “No bag is ever canada goose clearance sale going to be the same.”
Many of the bags have snatches of text on them that suggest their former use.
Simmons said she and her employees sometimes look over new bags and try to determine what they might have advertised as billboards.
A rare identifiable bag one made from a former Coca Cola advertisement was snatched goose outlet canada up almost as soon as it was delivered a few weeks ago.
Specific designs can’t be ordered, but Simmons said she can request certain color combinations.
Simmons carries wallets, card cases, giant totes, diaper bags and purses from the line.
Both stores also offer a handful of other items with canada goose outlet reviews the same philosophy.
Imagine That sells jewelry made from used vodka bottles and handbags made from old cloth, buttons and metal by local canada goose outlet store uk artist Annie Canada Goose Online Harlin.
And Firefly offers home cheap canada goose uk decor made from reclaimed metals, clothing items made from recycled fabrics and bulletin boards made from old picture frames, as canada goose outlet online uk well as vintage purses and children’s clothing.
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Simmons said she thinks offering environmentally friendly options when she can is part of buy canada goose jacket her responsibility as a retailer.
“For me, it’s an extension of who I am,” she said. “People want that. The consumer wants that.”
Simmons said her first venture into environmentally conscious products was a canada goose outlet online home decor line canada goose outlet she carried made from reclaimed wood and metal.
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