Upcycling Portfolio

Priorlife can create custom bags for every business, whether they are made from your outdated banners or from our in-house upcycled material. From custom printing, to upcycling, to custom bag design, Priorlife has your bag needs covered. Check out some of our awesome custom projects below!

  • Priorlife Tote for George Mason University

    George Mason University

    GMU partnered with Priorlife to repurpose all of their 50th anniversary banners into unique and sustainable souvenirs for their staff. Together we saved 240 banners (700 lbs of vinyl) from going straight into the landfill. Circular solutions for sustainable institutions!

  • The Henry Ford Museum Banner Bags

    A custom upcycling project for the Henry Ford Museum Worldwide Invention Convention event. The mission: Sustainably use the event banners from last year to create guest gifts instead of throwing perfectly good banners away. Result: Awesome sustainable gift bags for attendees at this years event!

  • Priorlife Upcycled Tote Bag for Crystal Mountain Ski Resort

    Upcycled Totes for Crystal Mountain Ski Resort

    Crystal Mountain partnered with Priorlife to create their own line of custom-made upcycled totes made from the ski resort’s retired banners. These easy-to-clean vinyl bags are perfect storage for snowy ski and snowboard gear and a perfect addition to any resort gift shop!

  • Auction Items for the Texas Downtown Association

    The Texas Downtown Association teamed up with Priorlife to create an order of upcycled bags made from outdated banners. Each tote bag featured a photograph that represented a downtown area in Texas. The bags were sold at an auction to raise money for the association.

  • Priorlife Upcycled Tote bag for the Traverse Area District Library

    Upcycled Staff Gifting for the Traverse Area District Library

    The Traverse Area District Library partnered with Priorlife to create one-of-a-kind sustainable tote bags for their staff. Instead of pitching their old event banners, TADL used them for sustainable gifting and a way to say thanks to their employees for all their hard work.

  • Priorlife Upcycled Totes for The Children's House

    Custom Upcycled Totes for The Children's House

    Priorlife created custom diaper tote bags for The Children’s House made from repurposed scrap banners sourced from the banner manufacturing industry. The final result was a unique order of cheerful, sustainable, and functional bags!

  • Custom Fanny Packs for TentCraft

    Tentcraft used Tentcraft scrap material from their end rolls of tent material for this project. The material was up-cycled into fanny packs for all of their employees as a gift at a special company celebration. These fanny packs were custom decorated with their unique logo. They are sustainable and functional with front pockets and a secret hiding pocket in back. Used as crossbody or as fanny pack.

  • Recycled Banner Bag

    Upcycled Souvenirs for the National Cherry Festival

    Priorlife partnered with the National Cherry Festival to create bags from their outdated pole banners. These colorful tote bags were sold online and during the festival at the official souvenir tent. This project was such a success that the first batch of bags nearly sold out online before the festival even started! Click to read more about this project.

  • M22 brand collaboration with recycled vinyl

    M22 x Priorlife

    M22 x Priorlife was a sustainable collaboration made in heaven. The Northern Michigan based brand M22 decided to partner with Priorlife to create custom printed and durable beach totes to sell in stores and online, all made from Priorlife recycled vinyl material.

  • Custom Bag made from recycled vinyl

    Custom Project for ELEV8 Climbing and Fitness

    ELEV8 is a climbing and fitness gym located in Traverse City, MI that wanted to make a cool, custom, and sustainable bag for their climbers. They partnered with Priorlife to create a tote bag from recycled vinyl that would be the perfect size and shape for carrying climbing gear.

  • Performance Chiropractic Sustainable Gift Tote Bags

    Performance Chiropractic created custom branded tote bags with Priorlife to use as merchandise and prizes at their health-centered events. Their bags also work as great gifts for their clients!

FAQs

  • Our minimum order quantity for custom bags is 50 units.

  • Your organization pays for shipment of materials to our facility. When shipping banner vinyl, please roll it onto itself or onto a paper tube. Keeping folds out of the vinyl will produce higher quality products. Most shipping carries accommodate tubes, or tubes in long boxes. Large banners and large quantities are best folder, placed on pallets, and shipped via freight.

  • Our production lead time is 5-9 weeks. For larger orders the lead time may be longer. Fees apply for accelerated production needs. The project start date begins when we have received your 50% down payment, artwork, and materials.

  • We have the ability to create custom bag designs should you want to create something not on our style list. Our rate for custom design and development work is $60/hr. description

  • Please submit the artwork for your brand logo or design in vector format (.pdf or .ai or .esp) and please outline all fonts. Our graphic design rate is $35/hr.

  • We will send you one digital mock-up for your approval pre-production. We can send a physical sample to you for an additional $250 fee (not including shipping).

  • We allow one free revision after your receive your first mock-up. All following revisions are $50 each.