A "MANLY" Lunch

This is a custom order from a friend.  Here is how the conversation started....
So....my husband has been using the girls HELLO KITTY lunch bags to take his lunch to work....can you do something about that:)
YES!!!!

He was very specific.  He wanted PLAIN.  Meaning just black.  Nothing else.  And while I had to make what he wanted, just plain, black is sort of boring.  It is possible to make something with style and character with out it being plain and black and boring.  I must mention, she did give me some creative license with this order!

So I made it out of black corduroy!  I LOVE the way it turned out and my own husband admitted that if he had to take lunch to work everyday....he would use this!  It is black and simple, yes.  But anything but boring! I love that the fabric adds some texture.  I think he just didn't want it to stick out much!  But let's be honest.  Before he was using HELLO KITTY:)  So ANYTHING would have been improvement!

For the inside, I used some laminate fabric so that he his wife, could easily wipe it out.  I love that little secret pop of polka dots too!

Two velcro tabs keep it closed nicely when needed.

She also admitted that he sometimes uses the girls lunch kits, since he lost his...So.........

He got a lunch bag and sandwich wrap made out of black corduroy as well.  The inside of the wrap is plain, black cotton.  Heaven forbid there was any color visible while he was eating his lunch:)

I'm so glad that he is doing his part for the earth.  I realize that their aren't too many manly choices out there to help men do this.  I'm glad to do my part to help him.

In the end, I really love how the corduroy worked for the lunch kits.  Look for the more MANLY lunch kits to show up in the shop soon!

More than just for luggage....

Luggage Tags.

Seems obvious, right?  You put a TAG on your LUGGAGE!

But really, you can do so much more with them!  How about TAG your sports bag!  Not only do I put my daughter's name and contact information on it, but I also put my daughter's allergy information and my phone number on the tag so that if she is at a soccer game without me, the other parents have her allergy information and a quick way to get a hold of me.  They don't have to think in an emergency!

We TAG our swim bags for lessons.  All the bags are the same (to prevent fighting:).  So tagging them is a quick way for me (or Dad) to know which bag to grab on which day!

Why not TAG your library bag!  In this custom order,  I made two library bags.  One for each kid.

Then I customized the fish and owl tags so that the kids could put their library cards inside the tag!  No need to worry about getting to the library and then not having your card!  You could also stick the receipt in there so you know which books each child checked out.  My classic tags are already large enough to hold your library card:)

TAG your diaper bag!  (owl again customized)  My daughter sees a lot of doctors.  With a tag on my bag, I can just slip the doctors card into my tag!  Then all in one place I have all of her doctors at hand, with all their information. Makes leaving her at a sitters easy since all her doctor information is easily at hand as well.

 I TAG the baskets in the game closet, so that at a quick glance, we know what is inside each one AND the kids should know where to put things when they are cleaning up!

I also TAG the baskets in the linen closet.  Makes it easy when changing the sheets, especially for the kids and hubby.  They know where the crib, twin, full, queen, and king sheets are as well as the pillow cases.

We have lockers in the garage.  (this is a progress photo....I would have had to seriously clean to take a picture now:)  I TAG each child's cubby by putting a tag on the shoe bin that sits below.  The little ones are learning the big kids names and it makes putting away very easy.

And this cute couple....they used TAGS at their wedding for place cards!  The groom and bride's were embroidered with Mr. and Mrs. 

Each guest also got a TAG at that had their name and table number on.  At the end, they got to take it home as their gift!!!  The kids at the wedding got crayon rolls!  Such a fun order that was to fill!

(One of each color from another set of tags I did as place cards for a wedding)

Make it a travel set, and match a zippered pouch with a TAG!  (custom fabric and design for a MAN bag chosen by customer :)  Perfect gift for the one who travels a  lot.

We tag back packs and lunch boxes and strollers (when we travel).  

I put gift cards in a TAG and then hand them out to teachers at Christmas. 

I TAG Christmas gifts, and Birthday gifts and end of the year gifts.  Just wrap as usual, slide their name into the tag and attach to gift!  

You can TAG just about anything!  Keep an open mind...and order your tags today!

*bulk orders, 10 or  more of the same item, receive a 10% discount!  Convo me today with custom orders as well!