“A woman once sent me a folder full of so many little things that she cut out,’’ Kane said. “It was for her future daughter-in-law, and we had to make it into a bag. It was all her daughter-in-law’s favorite places: where she grew up, where she went grocery shopping, where they got engaged, all these different things.
“It was really quite a feat to get that together and make it look really good, but it actually turned out quite nice,’’ she said.
“We get some e-mails saying, ‘It brought tears to my eyes,’ ’’ Carman said. “There’s just such an emotional reaction to the bags. It’s just incredible.’’
For the woman who lives in the Needham nursing home, they have a special product in the works.
“We plan on doing a very special collection’’ with her old newspapers, “due to their age and how fragile they are,’’ Kane said. “We may donate them to a charity event or something extraordinary.’’
The woman “only wants a bag with animals on it, which is in production,’’ Kane said. “She is an avid dog lover, and has a collection of stuffed animals.’’
Maureen Mullen can be reached by e-mailing mullen_maureen@ yahoo.com.