a bag out of bags!

I've always been a pretty crafty person, and so I researched a ton of recycled projects. One of my favorites is a messenger bag out of plastic bags. I saw this video online, and I really wanted to try it out for myself. And it was incredibly easy! And it was so much fun.
The instructions were to 'fuse' the bags together, and then treat it like fabric.

Here's a link to the original youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB1mE8e35UY

Here's a tutorial to fusing plastic bags: http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/2007/05/long-overdue-fusing-plastic-bag.html

Another website about reusing grocery plastic bags: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/diy_plastic_bag.php

So now you've got plenty of sources to start recycling your bunch of old plastic bags into something beautiful and much more useful. Here's one of the little pencil bags I made;