So THANKS so much for sticking with us through this busy time!!!
I have a ‘just for the wedding’ blog over here.
A wedding craft that I did just for me, just for fun, was my Bride Bag!
I am so excited to be able to share my Bride Bag tutorial with you today!
- Plain Tote
- Sticky backed Vinyl or other stencil
- Fabric Paint
- Iron on embellishments (I used my wedding flowers, daisies)
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Cute little craft iron… Or a regular iron will do 😉
(All these materials were Christmas gifts from my sweet sister, so thanks Miss Kayli for gifting me some awesome craft supplies!!)
Next, I pulled the cutout lettering away from the vinyl sheet.
This became the stencil.
Then I peeled the backing off of the vinyl and stuck it to the tote.
*Tip – Sticky backed vinyl is great because once the backing is removed you can stick it onto pretty much anything and it’ll last long enough to work as a stencil.
The only fabric paint I had at the time was puff paint… but that wasn’t the look I was wanting for my bag… So I improvised…
I just used a small paint brush to brush the puff paint onto the stencil… I used pink and turquoise paint, my wedding colors of course!
It took a few coats of the puff paint to get it dark enough on the black tote to pop, but once I got those coats on, I just left it to dry overnight.
The next morning I simply peeled the vinyl stencil from the tote and walla, insta-tote wording!!
To spice it up a bit, I ironed on a few daisies (my wedding flower of choice) using my nifty little craft iron! (Again, thanks Kayli!)
The next, and final step is to fill your new Bride Bag with all the wedding planning essentials!!
In went my wedding planning notebook, wedding ring brochures, hand written guest list draft, and our engagement pictures CD.
At less than four months til the wedding, it’s so nice to have everything I need right on hand in my handy little Bride Bag!
As you can see, it’ll wear a girl out! 😉
But the Bride Bag in tow means less stress for the bride-to-be!!!
And here…
I carried my wedding planning binder everywhere I went from the week after we got engaged (August 2009) to the day we go married (June 2010). I think your tote is a really cute idea, its great to have fun with the whole thing!
very cute and practical!
LOVE IT!!!!! Cant wait to make me one!!
XOXOXO Andrea
I love it!!! It's totally cute!
An adorable bag! 😀 And that little craft iron is too cute, i've never seen one! 😀
Thanx so much for linking this up at my party this weekend! Always nice to see you there!
Very cute! I haven't tried the vinyl as a stencil yet. That's a great idea. Hope you'll link this up to my "I {Heart} My Crafty Cutter" linky party on the 22nd.
Such a cute idea!! I love it. And what a great gift it would be to give a newly engaged friend!!
xoxo
Jen
lovely bride bag, lady! i am featuring this on saturday! yay! ^^)
You look so cute with your bag! Thanks so much for linking it up to share!