From National Public Radio online:
A Novel Idea
One day, about five years ago, Phillips was daydreaming while working a dull job as a salesperson for a cutlery company. She had always liked sewing clothes and recycling old materials into handmade crafts, and she had heard about purses made from cigar boxes or old license plates. So she began to sketch a design for a book purse.
“The book kind of pretty much decided what form it was going to be,” she says. “The spine becomes the bottom of the purse, because I keep the cover completely intact.” She adds handles and a vintage button to match.
She started experimenting using Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, which she describes as “book-shaped objects.” She sold them quickly, and her business took off. Now she has a company, Rebound Designs, and sells her creations at craft shows.
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