Method of using shoe components and shoe production methods to manufacture handbags

A method of manufacturing a handbag, comprising:

• obtaining a shoe sole having a bottom and a top;
• obtaining a shoe counter having left and right side counter sections;
• obtaining shoe uppers having left and right side upper sections;
• attaching said shoe counter and shoe uppers on at least one side of said shoe counter and shoe uppers to the top of said sole;
• obtaining handbag side material;
• detaching said left side and right side of said shoe upper sections from each other if said the left side and the right side of said shoe upper sections are attached to one another;
• attaching said shoe counter and uppers on at least one side to the top of said sole;
• attaching said shoe counter and shoe uppers on their remaining unattached sides to said handbag side material;
• configuring said handbag side material to attach to the remaining unattached top of said sole, and further attaching said handbag side material to the remaining unattached sides of said shoe counter and shoe uppers, thereby forming a patchwork structure in which said handbag side material, shoe counter, and shoe uppers form the outside of said handbag, said shoe sole forms the bottom of said handbag;
• and said handbag has a single large opening approximately oppositely disposed to said sole forming the bottom of said handbag.

A carrying container having a top and a bottom, comprising:

• a sole having a top and a bottom, the sole forming the bottom of the carrying container;
• sidewalls comprising of side material and uppers;
• the uppers having left and right side upper sections;
• the sidewalls being attached on at least one side to the top of the sole;
• and
• the sidewalls forming a collar near the top of the carrying container, the collar encircling an opening.