Macklemore Make-up Bag

As you may know I love a bit of Macklemore, and it turns out I also love embroidering his lyrics.

This lyric from 'Thin Line' always stands out to me and thought it fitting that it should go on the side of a make-up bag.

I printed out the words in a font I liked and traced them on to the fabric using a light box. Then I put the fabric in an embroidery hoop and got through lots of episodes of Grey's Anatomy as I sewed.

I made the make-up bag the same way I made all these. I gave it a black lining to match the stitching on the front.

What do you think?

Mean Girls Quote Tote Bag

As I mentioned on Sunday, this weekend my friends and I exchanged Christmas presents during a day of Christmas fun. We've been doing a Secret Santa since we were in middle school and this year I picked out my friend Robyn.

Robyn loves Mean Girls. She could easily do a one woman show of the movie. In fact, while I was working on this project I was getting whatsapp voice messages from her and my other friends quoting the film. 

That's why I decided to make this bag for her featuring a favourite Damien quote, 'she doesn't even go here!' with a stylized image of that part of the movie.

I got the bag from Hobbycraft and used fabric paint to add the image, outlining the words with Sharpie first.

I filled the bag with yummy treats before I wrapped it, as an extra gift, and Robyn loved it!