Hippest food packaging-cum-accessories

by Ellen Slattery (Subscribe to Ellen Slattery's posts)
Posted Feb 25th 2008 4:03PM
Filed under: Trends, On the Blogs, New Products

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In this age of recycling, what's a trendy, cola-drinking gal to do when she finishes off her carbonated beverage of choice?

Why, make it into a necklace, of course! All the cool kids are turning their food and drink packaging into something lasting and eco-friendly: jewelry and accessories that are surprisingly fashionable and wearable, in that quirky, I-just-polished-off-a-Kit-Kat sort of way.

Here are some of coolest accessories made from food we could find. Here's hoping the designers rinsed them out first.

Gallery: Food packaging makes for a great accessory

Tags: accessories, drink, etsy, food, jewelry, packaging, purses

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2-25-2008 @ 3:59PM

Rose said...

I think you mean "packaging-cum-accessories".

See Wiktionary: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cum

2-25-2008 @ 4:06PM

Ellen Slattery said...

Rose, that is EXACTLY what i meant.

Thanks :)

2-25-2008 @ 9:48PM

Bear Silber said...

That aluminum can tab clutch purse is awesome. I would actually buy that for someone.

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