Totes of the Town: The Finale!

I know you're like what the heck took her so long to post the finale to this series of posts. Well let me just tell ya, I totally screwed up the first tote that I did for myself. Yea, I was not happy to say the least.

I left the iron on one part of it for to long and the iron-on transfer did not take correctly and you can't take this stuff off once it's on so a word of warning: be careful! Because of my little mishap, I had to order another tote for myself. Thank God they're only $3 right!?!

I've actually had the tote for well over a week now and just couldn't find the time to create it until today. I'm happy to say that it came out perfecto!!

Take a peek!!


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Now for my totes gift bags for my flowergirls!!

Totes of the Town: Part 3: MOHs Done!

So in Totes of the Town: Part 2, I was trying to decide if I wanted to do the personalization with or without the flowers. Well I decided to use the flowers because well, they were just so darn cute and without the flowers it looked so plain.

The process was fairly easy and quicker than I thought. I had already created the design in Microsoft Word and now all I had to do was open the file reverse the whole design so that it looked backwards on the screen, print it on the iron-on transfer paper, cut them out and then iron them on the totes.

The next thing I did was add *bling* because it's me of course and to me it's not complete without a little bit of bling. So carefully I positioned a tiny rhinestone on the curls of each letter and even tinier ones in the center of the flowers on the names, carefully lay a piece of fabric over it as not to disturb the placement of the stones (the fabric is to protect the iton-on transfer as it well melt from direct contact with the iron), and then pressed the fabric for about 10-15 seconds, removed the strip of fabric and there was the bling!

And here they are in all their glory:






Next step: The Bride's Tote. ;-)

Totes of the Town: Part 2: The Personalization

So now that you've seen my fabulous totes, now I'll work on the personalization step.

I know that I want to add "Maid of Honor" to the totes and their names but what I don't know is if that's all I want. Just having the names with no accents on them seems a little borning to me.

This is where I started:





And then I decided I want to add some sort of design and this is where I ended up:





I can't decide if I want to personalize these with or without the flowers. I really do like the flowers. I think they give it that extra little something.

Hmmmm...to flower or not to flower? That is the questions.

What do you think?

Totes of the Town: Part 1: The Bags

When I thought of gifts to give my Maids of Honor, I definitely thought about personalized totes bags. Who wouldn't love one of those?

I first ordered totes from www.cheaptotes.com. Big mistake on my part. I think the ones I ordered were something like $1.80 each. You know that saying, "you get what you pay for", well it most definitely applies to this situation. They were thin and flimsy and just horrid. To top that all off, they don't accept returns or exchanges. Good thing I didn't pay much for them or I'd be a little pissed to say the least.

I immediately went on a hunt for quality bags for a good price when I came across www.gotapparel.com and these cuties:

These are the totes I got for my MOHs. It's number 7002 at #3.55 each!!



This is the one I got for myself. I'm sorry I couln't resist. I have to have one. It's number M915 at $2.83



This picture gives you an idea of how big they are. I think I measured 19 inches wide and 13 inches tall (actual bag not including the handles).



They are excellent quality. Study and thick. I heart them. Now for personalization. I can't wait to show you the finished product!!

FYI: Again you can get these from www.gotapparel.com