Dressing up canvas bags---inspired by my sister

Today I had some playing dress up with a few canvas bags I picked up awhile ago for a dollar each!

Really they were pretty simple to make----and I am SUPER excited to use my bag this weekend at thrift sales and the farmers market!

But I must explain that my crafting today was inspired by my little sister.

I made this for her:

Because today she was on my mind.  All day.

And what better way to show someone you love them and are thinking about them than by making them something special.  Something personal and thoughtful.

You see today my little sister took her final 4th year boards for med school.

And I am SO proud of her.

It seems like just yesterday I was with her celebrating her having finished taking the MCAT.

And now that I am thinking about it, it seems like just yesterday I was taking my 4th year boards... and she was there for me during that time... It is hard being far away from her during her big exam because I know how much it meant to me that she was there with me for mine. 

I hope this little gift helps her know how much I was thinking about her today!

{This is the back of the bag, I added an extra little picture for her

because she does have two furry children}

And in case you can't tell by now, she is CRAZY in love with her dachshunds! 

So I think this bag will make her day!

Anddd lets face it, my pups would have felt super super left out if I hadn't made them a "doggie bag" as well!

I tried to hold back on the flowers for this one because I know there is a good chance that my hubs will get stuck carrying it sooner or later.

I really think this bag is going to get A LOT of use, my dogs need "stuff" when we go out and about---and it seem like right before we are trying to leave the house a collar or leash has always gone missing....

NOT anymore---"doggie bag" is here to save the day!  (Or at least that is how I picture it!)

And finally my pretty farmers market bag!

Here is the quick "how to", I won't go into the entire tutorial because I have used the cirtra solv method more than a few times now and I can imagine you might be getting sick of hearing it! 

Click here and here  and here to see a few!  (The first couple are some of my first EVER tutorials....don't judge!  We have to start somewhere right?!?)

-I found the images on graphic fairy

-I reversed the quote on the computer

(to do this you have to convert the file first to a pdf, then to a jpeg and finally filp horizontally)

-I used the citra solv technique to transfer the image

-I cut old pieces of fabric (hubs had a pile of old dress shirts that he gave me)

-and just wrap and hot glue to get the flower look

Let me know if pictures would help!  I took some but then decided I didn't want to explain the obvious!

What do you think?  Would you take this to the farmers market?!?

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