After taking a little bit of time off to refeul my wedding fire, I am back with a few major projects checked off my list!!
A long time ago I decided I would buy canvas tote bags from cheaptotes.com (99 cents each!) to use for out of town bags. They cost about the same as typical gift bags that I have seen used, but are reusable which I really appreciate. I bought about 50 bags a few months ago, and have had them sitting in my living room since then, waiting to be made special- the problem was I couldn't decide what to put on them.
My original thoughts were to put a design that did not overwhelmingly screem Mr and Mrs Elks wedding, so guests could potentially reuse them if they wanted without our names and wedding date screeming at the world. Since I love bows, that was the first idea that really suck with me, and I found this adorable tote as inspiration:
A long time ago I decided I would buy canvas tote bags from cheaptotes.com (99 cents each!) to use for out of town bags. They cost about the same as typical gift bags that I have seen used, but are reusable which I really appreciate. I bought about 50 bags a few months ago, and have had them sitting in my living room since then, waiting to be made special- the problem was I couldn't decide what to put on them.
My original thoughts were to put a design that did not overwhelmingly screem Mr and Mrs Elks wedding, so guests could potentially reuse them if they wanted without our names and wedding date screeming at the world. Since I love bows, that was the first idea that really suck with me, and I found this adorable tote as inspiration:
Lauren Moshi Taylor Bow Canvas Tote
If anyone needs to get me a gift for any reason, this 88$ bag would do the trick. Adorable! Unfortunately, my skills at designing bows aren't great, and the best clipart bow I could find just wasn't cutting it- so I moved on to my next amazing idea- llama llove.
Llama clipart via Arthur's Sillhouette Clipart
Do you get it? Llama is spelled with 2 l's! Love is now spelled with 2 l's?! I know it has nothing to do with us or our wedding, but I thought it was kind of hilarious! Nobody around me got it, though. My mom thought it was dumb. Mr Elk didn't understand what I was thinking. And so, my llamas were nixed.
Finally, I had a genius rush of inspiration! The mascot of our college is a bee. It used to be a cute fuzzy bee until he was deemed "too cuddly" and retired for a more menacing looking wasp. But I loved that cute little bee! I found a picture of him (his name is not so creatively URbee for University of Rochester bee) and got to work.
via the University of Rochester (now officially retired)
I found a cute little bow and arrow sillhouette from clipart and made it look like URbee was holding on to it. At first, he looked like a bee archer. I quickly added two little hearts, and easy as 1 2 3 he was cupid URbee!
Next, I printed him out and created a screen for my gocco printing press (which I've been looking to use in another project for a while now). I had bought black ink that was supposedly fabric friendly a while ago, and so this was the perfect use.
Finally, I ironed the print once it had dried completely to heat set it. And amazingly, they came out great! Here is the finished product:
And with that I'm back in the game! Did you incorporate how you met into any parts of your wedding?
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