This is a Nahui Ollin and (I can't believe this) it's made out of candy wrappers.
Nahui Ollin, also known as Ollin Arm Candy, is a bag company born out of the need for eco-friendly fashion accessories. Each bag is made up of defective candy wrappers, thousands of pieces of plastic that would otherwise go to a landfill.
Instead the candy wrappers go to artisans in Mexico, who hand-stich each bag. One bag can take up to 4000 candy wrappers and 4 days to complete!
This bag is small but mighty. It's just about the size of my hand, but it fits:
- keys
- lip closs
- an iPhone 5
- mints
- all the cards
Pronounced "now-we oh-lean" the name Nahui Ollin derives from the Aztec term meaning literally "four-movement," which refers to the constant movement of our world and the universe. An apt name for a company taking a product meant to be discarded and moving it along to a new life.
Many thanks to my dear blogger friend Jen at The Wandering Pea for introducing me to this bag!
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