Comments on: How to Make Candy Wrapper Bags

By: gabriela

gabriela — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:53:30 +0000

how do u make that stuff

By: How to Make a Candy Wrapper Purse

How to Make a Candy Wrapper Purse — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:43:46 +0000

Yeah, I remember seeing a site a while back somewhere that showed pictures of prisoners making purses, picture frames, boxes, etc. Don’t remember where it was though. Kind weird/cool seeing this “rough & tumble” guys making these intricate purses. haha Seem like most of em were using cigarette packs, etc to make them. Just imagine how many packs it’d take to make one… wow!

By: i'm not one to wear fancy jewelry | transient travels

i'm not one to wear fancy jewelry | transient travels — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:14:16 +0000

[...] Fox. I bought a very pretty ring for about 5 dollars from a local artist and I got a beautiful candy wrapper bag as a gift for my sister which was very reasonable. Since this experience, my eyes glaze over the [...]

By: claudia

claudia — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:20:59 +0000

does someone know how to make the ending of the purse square instead of zigzag??

By: admin

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:41:54 +0000

Thanks for your comment! I think the idea of prisoners making these (or similar bags) is great. There are plenty of examples worldwide of prisoners (and prisons) taking a lead in creating income generating opportunities. I was just down in Belize earlier this year for example and there is a very famous prison there which has an income generation program for prisoners along with a gift store open to the public. While it requires the leadership of the prison administration coupled with political will/public backing for something like this to take place, when it does occur it can be a win-win situation. I wish there were more of them that did this.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:08:29 +0000

This comment in no way is to say that the bags I have seen for purchase are not absolutely stunning and innovative. However, I live in California and through the famous “friend of a friend, actually of a friend” story, know that many inmates make bags, purses, and coin type purses that look virtually the same and it is quite surprising to see that possibly a craft that has been practiced for quite some time within our prison system has now gone mainstream/designer. Too bad these inmate produced items can’t be sold since CA is facing huge budget issues due to the high inmate population and it would be great to divert tax money elsewhere if the incarcerated could bring in some funds through their craftsmanship! Once again, I mean no offense by this comment to any designers/producers of these items; I was merely shocked to see the prices of these purses and the striking similarities to what is seemingly nothing new to a particular, isolated population.

By: design hive: buy local | Transient Travels

design hive: buy local | Transient Travels — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:56:00 +0000

[...] and also on founder Shana Yansen’s blogs Jute & Jackfruit blog & Green Cotton. The Candy Wrapper Bags were my absolute favorite - they are handmade using Mayan weaving techniques by indigenous men [...]

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:24:59 +0000

On my chain it’s all gum wrappers. I used magazine covers for the bags, but I think plastic coated chip bags would work better.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:25:57 +0000

Hi Carol, thanks for sharing your post. I think it is very cool what you are doing with the chains– and gosh I wonder what candies are on those chains? Nice way to be green year after year. Happy Holidays to you and enjoy your candy wrapper tree!

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:51:10 +0000

I just posted about making a gum wrapper chain purse yesterday!

http://extremecards.blogspot.com/2008/12/gum-wrapper-chain-purse.html