not in the habit of getting my news from the weather channel

but, this is pretty amazing.

i'd actually heard something about it before, but here's a LINK
to a story about a lady who makes purses and hats out of used grocery (plastic) bags.

oh. well, now that i google, there seems to be multiple sites for people doing this.

here's a picture of one.
and here's another picture:





and here's a step by step process of doing it yourself. which i won't be doing. (just learned how to sew a button onto something....)

i still like the first weather channel story, i guess b/c she's a more sympathetic character. don't read anything into that. or do.