If I’m given a choice to have something personalized, 99.9% of the time, I say yes! you know this by my the k I like my name or initials on everything from my luggage to my lunch bag. In fact, I even have a “K” hanging on the wall in my office!

Easy tutor for this adorable DIY monogram tote bag! Add personalization to boring canvas bags in just a few minutes.

So, today I’m sharing my favorite new project with you, monogram tote bags! I always have a tote or 4 in my car for store returns or groceries, but now all of mine are monogrammed! Let me show you how!

Here’s what you need:

Easy tutor for this adorable DIY monogram tote bag! Add personalization to boring canvas bags in just a few minutes. I just picked up this plain tote bag at Michael’s for a few bucks, any size will do! You’ll also need some fabric paint in your choice of color (I used black), a small paint brush, some tape, a 12 inch wilton doily, which can be purchased at Wal-Mart in the Wilton aisle, and some 4 inch alphabet stencils (these are from Michael’s).

Easy tutor for this adorable DIY monogram tote bag! Add personalization to boring canvas bags in just a few minutes. Step 1: Cut the doily as in the picture above. Tape the doily to the lower right corner of the tote bag to prevent it from slipping while painting. I put 2 pieces of tape in the center and several around the outside to keep it in place, being careful not to cover up any of the cutouts.

Easy tutor for this adorable DIY monogram tote bag! Add personalization to boring canvas bags in just a few minutes.
Step 2: Using a small paintbrush and a tiny bit of paint, dab paint on all the cutouts in the doily, being very careful not to paint the outside edge or use too much paint, because it will bleed under the doily.

Once you’ve made it all the way around, carefully remove the doily.

Easy tutor for this adorable DIY monogram tote bag! Add personalization to boring canvas bags in just a few minutes. Step 3: Center and tape the letter stencil to the bag. In the same manner as above, paint inside the stencil, being careful around the edges to minimize bleeding.  When you’re done remove the stencil.

And that’s it!

Now you’re ready to hit the farmers market in style! Or how about using a personalized tote as a trick-or-treat bag on Halloween night? There are so many possibilities!

Easy tutor for this adorable DIY monogram tote bag! Add personalization to boring canvas bags in just a few minutes.

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  1. That’s very pretty and such a great idea. I recently bought some small burlap favor bags and have been trying to decide what to do with them. You’ve given me a great idea to do this using some sort of holiday motif.

    1. Thank you so much Beverly. What a cute idea to do little holiday burlap bags! Now, you’ve given me an idea! 🙂 Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

  2. I wish I could leave a photo in the comments! Applied your idea to some tea towels for an addition to a wedding gift & I just love how they turned out. Thanks for the inspiration!

    1. Hi Maura! Oh I wish you could too! If you are on Instagram you can use my hashtag, #thepinksprinkle to share or you can upload a picture to my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/thepinksprinkle. I’d love to see (and share) your tea towels! Thank you so much for stopping back by to comment. 🙂

    2. Great! I’ll share them on Facebook after the wedding! Thanks for letting me know 🙂

  3. فیزول says:

    ایده خوبی بود.ممنونم

  4. Hi, can I use fabric markers for this? Or does it need to be paintbrush and paint?