Personalized tote bags for Bridesmaid gifts and more!

These personalized tote bags were posted for Making the World Cuter by Kassi, our crafty friend of Truly Lovely

Hi there lovelies! Kassi here with another crafty tutorial!!!

I don’t know about you, but I carry some sort of tote, purse, or other bag with me pretty much at all times…SO when I got married last July I figured a fun tote bag would make a great gift for my bridesmaids!A personalized tote bag with a few zebra print accents were just the thing!

Bridesmaid Gift Bags

I started with plain black tote bags

(I got mine in packages of three from Hobby Lobby).

Then I used my Silhouette SD to cut each girls’ name out of vinyl to make the stencil.

I just cut around and then peeled the names off the vinyl sheet and stuck each one in the center of a tote.
Make sure you get all those random little middle pieces too. You know the center of an a or an o, to make sure the letters show up well.

Once they were stuck on and smoothed out, I used a small paint brush to fill in the stencil with white paint.

painting a tote bag

I decided on the black and white zebra theme with their bags because I figured that might be something they’d be more likely to use over again than the wedding colors. That’s also the reason I didn’t add “Bridesmaid” or anything more specific than their name. I like to give gifts that can be used over and over!

Once their names were dry (it took a few coats of the white paint to get it bright enough on the black background), I hot glued a zebra ribbon around the top of each tote.

A couple fabric rosettes made from zebra print of course, then hot glued on added the finishing touch! Here’s an easy fabric rosette tutorial, FYI.

A personalized tote!

Once the bags were all finished I stuff them with other handmade goodies including a fleece blanket in a specific fabric chosen for each girl and some jewelry boxed in handmade gift boxes!

On the morning of my wedding I presented a fun gift to each of my sweet friends, handmade by me!

Happy Crafting lovelies!!!

Now It’s Your Turn!

What did you or do you plan to give as bridesmaid gifts at YOUR wedding??? I’d love to hear all about them!!

Kassi

Kassi M. writes about 'all things lovely' on Truly Lovely, a blog she shares with her sister, Kayli. They talk crafts, recipes, DIY and a little bit of every day life. Kassi is a newlywed, new home owner, and self described craft enthusiast. She lives with her hubs and two doggies in Arizona.