Happy Friday everyone! My name is Jessica and I am guest blogging today. A big thank you to Kari for giving me this opportunity 🙂 Just a quick bit about myself: I have a craft blog called Happy Together (come stop by for weekly tutorials and other inspirations!) and run an Etsy shop (also called Happy Together). I am a stay at home mom to my little girl who just turned 2. My husband is in the Coast Guard, so I’m a military wife as well. We are in Florida right now and the heat is killing me, but I’m finding lots of things to do.
Today I want to share with you a quick tutorial just in time for school (well, some may have already started, but it’s never too late!).
I was inspired by this bag at J Crew:
And this is what I came up with to imitate it:
I made it in two ways. The pink one is with flower petals and for the yellow one, I cut out the petals from fabric. I must say, I wish I had found a drawstring bag before making these, but alas, my schedule did not permit me. I think they came out cute though and my daughter loved them. She’s already told me she wants to go to school. Too bad she has to wait a little bit on that one ;).
This is a great option for revamping a child’s old backpack, especially if you are trying to save some money. The child could even do it themselves! And of course, you could do this on a purse as well. How cool would it look with petals cut out of all the pretty fabric scraps you have?
So now onto the tutorial.
What you need:
–A back pack to spruce up
–Hot Glue Gun
–Flower Petals
Yellow Petals Galore Bag
–Fabric (amount depends on size of bag; I used a regular and a sheer type)
–Scissors
–Hot Glue Gun
–Backpack to revamp
1. You will need to cut out the petals from the fabric. I did mine on a piece of fabric that was about 2×3 inches.
Cut long strips of fabric
Accordion style fold them
Place one petal on top as a template to cut.
Cut around the top petal template through all the layers at one time.
Happy Crafting!
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Such a CUTE ides! I LOVE it! thanks for sharing!
Seriously love this one. Man I wish I had at least one girl. Boys would not appreciate this kind of stuff.
Sooooooooooo adorable!!! Thank you again for being a guest blogger on Ucreate!
So, I don’t have a little cutie to make one for, but I might have to try it out as a purse! Too cute!
now that is just plain darling. I love the pink one! 🙂
Love, love, love the pink bag. Alas, I have no little girls to make one for. I am always amazed at the creativity of everyone and what a great way to save some major bucks!!
I love it. Bags too has changed. Pink is so cute.
I love this bag!
Jessica you are amazing, I am linking to this tut on my site. I love it, what a great idea for any bag! Good news too, I got a long term sub job at local high school, subbing for home ec teacher on maternity leave, starts Monday! This is a great craft for the kids who finish projects early…using fabric scraps etc. Keep them coming, lady…!
Beautiful Pictures…cute idea.
Jessica, your tutes always rock! 🙂
Linking on Dollar Store Crafts.
My daughter is only 9 months old, so I’ll have to tuck this one away for awhile… but what a lovely idea!
swoon! these are ADORABLE!!
i have a vinyl lunch box and i think i’m going to do this for the lunch box for my daughter!
thanks so much!
super idea! Thank you!
Great idea and it looks so easy to do.
@April, Why not make overlapping dragon scales for a boy’s backpack? Or insect wings?
@Paige, why not overlapping autumn leaves (silk or felt) for a handbag?
super cute! I have a small backpack that I’m going to work on now!
super cute! I have a small backpack that I’m going to work on now!
Great craft project. Thanks for the tutorial.
Super cute! Thank you for the tutorial. I need to add this to my future projects list!
This is the CUTEST idea! Thanks for the clear tutorial.
Great idea, and the Dollar Store had cheap (but ugly) backpacks that would be perfect to cover up!
That is such a cool idea!!!! I just love it!
This looks like something Tinkerbelle would wear! Too cute
Great idea, Artsi Bitsi! I will definitely keep that in mind. 🙂
Tomorrow, that is when I am doing this, tomorrow. So cute. My little girl will love this! Thanks for the tutorial. You are going to make me look like a hero!
This is soooo cute! What a great idea.
Super cute idea!!! Thanks for sharing!
This is really really sweet. The look of it is so soft. I can see it moving in the wind!
This is a super cute bag! Thanks for the AWESOME tut!
Just showed this to my daughter. She’s been asking for a messenger bag, but I need to wait on that one. She said this would be a good compromise! Phew! 🙂 Going to get the stuff today to make one. We have extra drawstring bags lying around the house, so this will just cost me the petals and I’m out of glue sticks. Thanks for sharing.