Runaway October

40 days ago my madre had a birth­day. This is what was wait­ing for her when she got home from work.

I used the Vin­tage Pil­low­case Lunch­box Tuto­r­ial from Oh, Frans­son.

While it’s nei­ther vin­tage nor a pil­low­case, I think it’s adorable. So did Mom. Good thing too, because I was fin­ish­ing up the last step as she walked in the door!

The tuto­r­ial pro­vides good instruc­tions for using Iron-On Vinyl. While you can’t see it in the pic­ture, the whole bag is essen­tially water/spill resis­tant. I had a heck of a time find­ing Iron-On vinyl. The girls at the JoAnn’s cut­ting counter had no idea what I was talk­ing about. Thank­fully some­one knew the store though. Turns it they keep it in the Home Dec depart­ment by the nail­head trim and cur­tain rods and such. $10 for a prepack­aged roll that should be enough for 2 lunchbags.

Also included in the tuto­r­ial is this cute lit­tle place­mat. Which is per­fect. We all know how ‘Ick’ lunch­rooms can be.

Next time, though, I don’t think I’ll cover the han­dles in vinyl. Or try to source a thicker vinyl. It already is get­ting a lit­tle ragged from light use. Mean­ing it’s car­ried back and forth to the car daily and that’s about it.

If you’re think­ing about mak­ing one be sure to check out the Flickr Group. There are some cute ver­sions there too.

I’d love to hear what you’ve made lately.

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