Why make a bag outta of 'em of course?!
tho I am not a DIY type nor super crafty--I am determined to recycle, reuse, put good leftover coffeebean bags to use... at least for myself, as I doubt I would share these with anyone else (but I did find a few in searching for How to Make a Bag who can sew 'n are selling them online too hah?! this is 'not' one of those....)
you can see I had a lot of material to start with, there could be more than one tote bag made with all these - if I care to make another after just this 'one' hah (we'll see how it does...)
chose the more colorful ones, but local to start
the all brown ones will save for another bag, maybe
cut them open, took out the plastic vents 'n lay them out to see how well they'd fit into a square
found an old thick plastic rectangular bag to just cover with coffeebean bags 'n duct/duck tape
used the regular silver duct tape 'n the fun duck tape with trailers/flamingos on it
and started placing 'n cutting tape 'n placing to hold down all the edges of the coffeebags
front side one - #sweetbloomcoffeeroaster bags
back side two - #novocoffeeroasters 'n #loyalcoffeeroaster
side side one - #holdfastcoffeeroasters at #peakplacecoffeehouse
side side two - #storycoffeeroaster Walden 'n Colombia
front 'n bag hanging - left to do, the handle
if will make short or long or wider
bottom of the bag - an extra #novocoffeeroaster bag
note: when couldn't find what I wanted online, just made it up as went along
am wondering tho if should of covered in say clear contact paper to make stronger 'n more water repellent (esp when get to putting the brown paper outside coffee bags together...)
and also on the inside if should cover a piece of cardboard with--yes, you guessed it-- duct tape or duck tape for an also stronger bottom to actually carry stuff inside this tote bag...
so is that 9 coffeebags recycled reused 'n had used a lot more coffee beans than that during the year
now to figure out what else to do with them (make more tote bags? go the route of making purses like some others have done, or offer a never ending supply to whomever is actually sewing 'n making these bags/totes/purses for sale online... maybe in order to help a charity or say like the local coffeeshops are doing who bought water filters for coffee farmers in El Salvador this past Christmas time... at $40.00 each, so there's that idea, left open for another time... hmm...)
Peace Love Coffee y'all ox....
and about those other online coffee bag duct tape purse makers...
Dollar Store Crafts...
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2009/08/coffee-bag-duct-tape-purse/
a different shape than mine, but like their handle idea (if can't figure out one, may copy this one - only longer version)
Ten Thousand Villages...
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/mosaic/diy-tote-bag-fair-trade-coffee/
use to shop here in Houston, TX - but don't recall bags/totes/purses made out of fair trade coffee bags 'n here they use 10-12 of them, so more than I did on this shaped one... also there is sewing involved 'n as I don't own a sewing machine any longer, did not try to make this one (but it would be better 'n stronger for sure if sewing together, especially is thick strong thread or even a nylon thread...)
this image from Pinterest is what a friend sent me as a message on Instagram to tell me what I could do with coffeebags to make a tote bag - which is what launched me off into finding what I could online then just taking scissor to bags 'n started taping hah?! (of course mine does not look like this one, but I like the handle idea... if I go from the outside 'n not the inside, hmm... plus they used all black duct/duck tape on this one...)
Of course there is Instructables...
http://www.instructables.com/id/Duct-Tape-No-Sew-Tote/
this bag was too fancy for what I was thinking... but I have gone to Instructables before when living in Norway 'n was trying to explain to a small group how to make a pinata, so we got on there for the paste making especially then got balloons 'n newspapers 'n crepe paper 'n just had it hah?! (it was not possible there to buy them 'n you wouldn't want to have one shipped in - was for charity so we made them 'n I donated all the materials, along with my kitchen table to make them on at the time...)
about Etsy - Yes, there are a lot of bags on there... but all I can see are the burlap coffee green bean bags made into bags/totes/purses... so if you want to look there, go for it...
on Amazon - lots 'n lots of printed DuckTape Brand DuctTape... also Washi Tape in fun things like Totoro, only that's like masking tape 'n not strong enough for bag making I would think (beware, easily distracted by such cute designs... like my trailers with flamingos wasn't enough?!)
example - so many designs on or off line it's ridiculous, I never knew... browse online or a craftshop, like Michaels maybe or even the hardware store, on 'n on (geesh even the grocery store or Target or Walmart... )
If you really fall hard for Duck Tape/Duct Tape Designs, there is their webpage...
http://duckbrand.com/
Happy Camper - isn't it just...
This is what I found 'n used on my Coffeebag tote bag (attempt no. one - almost a shame to have wasted such FAB designed Duck Tape/Duct Tape, but it's so cute, why not... was hoping it would make me make it better even... hmm... maybe, maybe not... at least I might just use it, if not for the local coffee roaster coffeeshops coffee bags--then for the cutest Duck/Duct Tape right hah?!)
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