This week ONE winner will win a gorgeous $155 envelope clutch from sheilaOdessey.
I’m obsessed with this line of bags, which are all upcycled from discarded plastic bags, crafted into chic little outfit-completing perfectness.
Lest you think this is trivial, here’s something to think about: Global consumption of plastic bags is estimated at one million per minute. And where do we think all those bags are going, hmm…?
I’m a big fan of BYOB–I have a reusable in my purse at all times–and of finding awesome upcycling designers like sheilaOdessey, who are making something beautiful and diverting trash from the landfill, to boot.
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