Upcycled Reusable Crossbody Purse

If you are trying to minimize your purchases by minimizing the size of the bag in which you have to transport them (somehow that psychological trick never works for me), then there is the smaller Crossbody Purse.

The Crossbody Purse still has a large enough compartment to make it functional for smaller shopping trips. The Crossbody Purse has a flap with Velcro closure. The strap is thinner than the original Crossbody Shopping Bag, but just as sturdy. The strap length was designed to be more size inclusive and allows the bag to fall just at the waist or hip. As someone whose weight has fluctuated massively throughout my life, there is nothing I hate more than finding a cute crossbody bag and then not being able to fit it over my chest and the bag ends up almost in my armpit. 

As always, this strong woven poly material sourced from my animals' feed bags, is very water resistant (almost waterproof, but it may leak at the seams), which makes this particular bag ideal for summertime outings with items that you don't want to get soaked when the Oklahoma weather changes her mood and decides to rain buckets on you while you're at the zoo or on a hike. The velcro-closure flap, helps secure items inside the bag, which also makes it handy for doing farm chores like collecting eggs, harvesting fruit and veg, etc. 

The tea from D: This design was largely inspired by suggestions from my coworkers. Not everyone was feeling the full-sized shopping bag, but this size and strap design was a good compromise while still being a functional size that works for people of different shapes and sizes.