Green Shopping Bags

We had a new grocery store open up here in Allen and they were giving away "green"/eco-friendly reusable shopping bags with their logo on them. I collected a couple and then thought, wouldn't these be great to embroider on. After an exhaustive internet search, I finally found a source to buy blank shopping bags at a reasonable price (less than $2 each). Initially, you could only buy this bright green, but now they come in green, black and blue. This was my first attempt at my customized green shopping bag.

Cost - $1.90/bag

Time - 10 minutes

Escadrille Markers

My oldest daughter Katrina is part of the largest high school marching band in the world - the Allen Eagle Escadrille. They need markers for their summer practices as they are learning all of their positions and movements. In the past she has used CD's that either never make it home or get destroyed. This time I wanted to make her something unique that was all hers. She had just cut off some old jeans into shorts so I salvaged the denim and used some scrap material for the applique. I used a free design from a coaster making class years ago. They turned out wonderfully.

Total Cost: $0
Total Time: 10 minutes each