License Plate Purses

Recycling, espoused by pro-environment activists, has churned unique, creative even bizarre ideas. One of its brilliant products, however, is a product that has gripped the fashion industry from the grassroots up to the pedestal of celebrities - bags and purses made from license plates.

License plate purses are unique and very personalized. It makes a strong statement for the environment because it is made of what could have been trash and a personal fashion statement because of its color and the creativity makers had put into the product.

And since license plates are made to last the rigors or dirt roads and long bumpy travels, your bag is assured to last more than a severe beating in social events and everyday occasions. The raw materials make the bag last fore than any other bags.

A licensed plate purse is not only made of personalized and traditional vehicle registration plats, it also uses recycled items like tire parts, hub caps, soda bottle caps, among others.

The innate color, creativity and identity brought out by licensed plates make license plate purses a strong individualistic fashion statement while saving the environment at the same time!

Make Your Own

Learning how to make license plate purse is easy. Old licensed plates are wrapped around two small moon hubcaps to give it shape. Many license plate purses are also strung together into cigar box shapes which are rigid and square.

Many more modern license plate purses are curved into cylinder-shaped cases with locks on top.

The insides of these bags are felt lined to protect its contents and give comfort to the user. Rubber and leather straps are then added to complete bags.

License plate purses cost between $50 and $100 online. They cost a little much because they are mostly made by hand and personalized. Not two license plate purses are the same because there should only be one license plate of the same kind. The making of these purses also require a lot of skill, since some of these plates are made of soft metal.

Many license plate purse makers offer to make one out of old license plates of vehicle owners. One only has to call up the maker, hand over her old plates and a bag is ready within several weeks, almost always, according to design specifications of the owner.

There are some license plate purse makers that make custom-made license plates and turn them into bags. There is a better option for license plate purse makers who want their name, or their pet's names on the plates that had become their bags. These license plates of course, are not regulation and are not real vehicle license plates.

Licensed Maker

One of the successful makers of license plate purses is Little Earth company, which has since focused to turning reliable and functional products out of waste materials.

Little Earth was founded in 1993 by wife and husband Ava DeMarco and Robert Brandagee in a basement in Pittsburgh. The couple has since put creative touches on what could be waste materials. The business prospered since.

Little Earth license plate purses have since skyrocketed to fame with Jessica Simpson to backup dancers for Black Eyed Peas seen using one in their public appearances. The colorful purses had been featured in Oprah as well is Friends and ER.

To cap off the turnaround from old trash-bound license plates to fashion symbols, Little Earth introduced their own personalized license plates adorned with glittering Swarovski crystals!

Protecting the environment is always a good cause. Combing recycling with creativity and fashion through license plate purses is perhaps the best way to stay in trend but at same time making a statement that you care for the world.