Friday, July 2, 2010

Quick and Easy Monogrammed Initial Bag

About a year ago, I discovered our oldest daughter could finally pack her own vacation bag (you know, at the tender age of 3 3/4). At that point in her development, she became very aware of ownership. Especially when you have a handsy younger sister. To make her feel special before one of our beach vacations, I created a super quick and easy personalized bag for our sweetie.

I bought a bag on sale at Hobby Lobby. Very plain and simple.

And then purchased stick on monogrammed letters, ribbon and matching fabric.

I've made the fabric flowers for a few years now and was VERY tempted to make a matching headband to go along with the bag. But, yeah. We were about to go on vacation and I was already pushing it with the bag.

With a little hot glue, fabric glue and elbow grease, I was able to make a sew-free travel bag! Complete with initials (letters that she is very familiar with for obvious reasons!) and flowers!