{"id":3641,"date":"2010-03-23T23:32:27","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T04:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2010-03-23T23:32:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T04:32:27","slug":"engage-green-handbags-innovative-design-fabulous-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/engage-green-handbags-innovative-design-fabulous-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage Green Handbags: Innovative Design, Fabulous Results"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Recently, I wrote about<\/a> my need for a new, eco-friendly wallet after mine had been stolen. Twice. To be honest, I kind of wish the perp had stolen my handbag, too.<\/p>\n

You see, I’m not one of those women who has, like, 25 bags in my closet. I usually have one or two purses, and then a clutch for the 2 times per year when I attend something clutch-worthy. And the one I’d been toting around for a couple of years was in an embarrassing need of a replacement.<\/p>\n

With the situation deteriorating rapidly, I went to one of my favorite new green mega-stores, Pristineplanet.com<\/a>. I stumbled upon Celery Street<\/a> and their collection of Engage Green<\/a> handbags, made from a variety of eco-friendly materials. The patterns were modern and unique; in particular, I was drawn to the line of handbags, totes, messenger bags and wristlets made from 100% recycled, post-consumer PETE bottles. \"\"<\/a>\ufeff<\/p>\n

I settled on this one, placed my order, and was delighted to see that, up close and personal, it was well-made, beautifully designed, and study enough to withstand the beating it would be taking from me. The fabric I would describe as similar to a high-quality backpack. The design I would describe as definitely not <\/em>what you’d expect from a backpack. Or from recycled plastic bottles, for that matter. With plenty of interior space, two sizable interior pockets (one that zips) and a large exterior pocket (also zips), I had ample room for all the junk I insist on carrying around. Even better, I no longer looked like I was showing off a trophy from a recent dumpster-diving expedition.<\/p>\n

My next challenge will be to avoid becoming one of those women with 25 handbags in her closet; no easy feat, you see, because I really <\/em>want the Black Satchel<\/a>, the Spanish Mosaic tote bag<\/a>, the Blue Buttons wristlet…and then there’s this funky little number<\/a>, made from organic cotton, hemp and cork:<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Visa, we may have a problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Green beauty expert Terri Bly reviews Engage Green’s eco-friendly line of handbags, made from recycled PETE bottles, organic cotton and help, and cork. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":3643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[366,94,84,75,1],"tags":[581,123,4903,258,104,101,4904,2909],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/EngageGreenLogo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}