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(Photos by Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver PostTake a closer look at those red white and blue bags at the Colorado Historical Society's gift shops at its Denver headquarters and at the Byers Evans House.
Look familiar? They should. Downtown Denver was blanketed with similarly colored banners proclaiming the presence last summer of the Democratic National Convention.
Now,nfl jerseys, the historical society has contracted with Mission Wear, a nonprofit organization that hires disadvantaged women restoring their lives,fake oakleys, to make bags out of the convention banners and retired historical society exhibit banners.
"The idea is to just have women working side by side, talking about life and learning to sew together, and making cool stuff that we all think is fun," said Mission Wear founder Beth McWhirter.
The oldest employee is 57. The youngest is about 30,coach factory outlet online.
Recently, Mission Wear began branching from its familiar,herve leger, lined coffee sack bags to sew grocery bags made from colorful advertising banners and coffee cozies cut from discarded sweaters. A couple people look askance at the cozies. Clothes for coffee cups?
But it's steady work in a warm, well lit basement room of a Capitol Hill building. Earlier this month,louboutin pas cher, the six employees were hard at work, wrangling the slippery convention banners into sturdy bags that were as colorful inside as out.
Mission Wear also sells its bags at other outlets,sac lancel, including Whole Foods and Marczyk Fine Foods. The Mission Wear bags are pricier than the flimsier recycled bags that sell for $1 to $4,converse sneakers, but the customers willing to fork out $15 or more say they're happy with them, said owner Pete Marczyk.
"There's nothing standard about them,dre beats," said Rebecca Laurie, public relations director at the Colorado Historical Society,karen millen, which sells the bags at its Neusteter Museum store.
"I already bought one for my mom,ugg, and I'm buying one for myself as soon as I see the right one for me, because they're all different."
McWhirter says the bags' price is necessary to pay her staff a wage appealing enough to stick with their renewed lives. Some women are experienced at sewing,oakley, but others feel some trepidation about making products so substantial.
"They're not designer bags,lulu.com, but they're really cool,ray ban," McWhirter said. "When one of the women is anxious, I tell her,ralph lauren, 'Don't stress about it. It's just a grocery bag.' ".

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