How to Make a Monogrammed Bag

Since I'm having a beach wedding, I thought this was a way cute idea to do for my bridesmaids! I even made one for myself :)

Things You Need: (All of which I got from Joann's)
-Medium or Large Canvas Bags
-A Pack of Fabric Paint (any colors you choose, I got a six pack and mixed colors to create new ones)
-Paintbrushes
-Alphabet stencil (or any design you want to do, be creative!)
-A Pack of Paper Cake Doilies
-Newspaper

1. Lay your canvas bag on a flat surface with newspaper in the bag, so that the paint doesn't bleed to the other side.

2. Put your stencil in the bag where you want to paint your letter or any other design you have chosen..

3. ..and paint it in! Make sure you hold your stencil down and don't accidentally paint under it or let the paint bleed through.

4. After letting that dry, then, get your paper doily and decide where you want to place it on your bag. Make sure you get all of the open areas on the doily, but don't waste too much time because you do not want it to start disintegrating during painting. For my bags, I put the letter in the same spot and painted it black, but put the doily design in different places and made each bag a different color. 

5. Wait 72 hours for the paint to set in, and then wash and dry them. I washed each bag separately to ensure that they did not bleed onto each other. And voila! Now you have a personalized bag.

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xo, meaghan with an "h"

Bridesmaid Boxes

This is a cute, creative way to ask your best girls to be your bridesmaids! I personally love to craft (obviously) so this was a great way to focus my crafting energy and do something thoughtful for each of my girls.

What you'll need:
-Unfinished cigar boxes from JoAnn's (they're cheaper if you order them online here)
-Three paint colors. I used Vintage White, Sea Blue and Soft Yellow but make it your own and change it up!
-A stencil. Click here for the one I used.
-Wooden letters (I used these for the first initial of each bridesmaid)
-Pack of paintbrushes
-Mod Podge (make sure it's gloss, NOT matte)
-Super glue
-Container for paint/mod podge ( I used an empty Cool Whip container)
-Newspaper or cardboard to keep it clean

1. 

I started off by painting the box Vintage White and letting it dry. Then, I got the Sea Blue and painted the top of the box, and after it dried, I taped my stencil on the inside of the lid, and painted the rest. While my boxes were drying, I painted my wooden letter Soft Yellow and glued it in the middle of the stencil.

 2. 

After all the touch ups were done and dry, I did a few coats of Mod Podge on the outside and inside of the box. *Make sure both sides are completely dry so they don't get stuck together like mine did!*

3. 

To each their own! For my boxes, I ordered vintage handkerchiefs off eBay to put in the bottom of the box. In the box I put paint chips of the colors of my wedding. I also printed out information on stationary paper that included: Our Day, Your Dresses, Your Role, My Girls, and wrapped it in ribbon. Other ideas are including pictures of each bridesmaid, or little gifts.

4.
  
To add a little something, I got vintage keys from the jewelry making section of JoAnn's and looped ribbon through it. Other things to add could be pictures of the possible bridesmaid dresses or pictures of your actual bridesmaids!

5.  

And now you have a thoughtful and personalized invitation for each of your bridesmaids!

Like this idea but don;t have the time? I'll do it for you! and you get the credit. Just tell me.
xo, meaghan with an "h"