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Mandy Pleasants, of Blue Sky Bags, makes purses out of woven recycled plastic bags.

Mandy Pleasants hangs wallpaper for a living, but during the economic slowdown she has become a bag lady.

The label doesn't insult her; in fact, she's working hard to spread the word.

Pleasants, 30, turns bags - the plastic variety - into colorful, environmentally friendly hand-woven purses. She calls her business Blue Sky Bags.

"It [wallpapering] has slowed down so now I work probably one day a week," said Pleasants, who lives in a Glen Allen townhouse with her husband, Michael. "Because people are so into these, this is turning into my main job."......

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