How To: Stenciled Burlap Bags

Thanks for all the kind words about those Love is Brewing coffee themed invites I shared last week. So far the feedback from the guests have been great! Hopefully they are even more excited to come celebrate my sweet friends happiness now.

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Several commenters asked how I got the text on the burlap bags so I figured I'd devote a post to it. It was very simple to do and the same technique could be used in lots of projects for home decor, gift making, etc.

I ordered the bags online. Thankfully they came in the perfect size because I definitely do not have the skills or patience to hand sew 100 tiny bags :)

I used my handy Silhouette SD to cut a stencil into some overhead transparency paper. (If you don't have one of these yourself, you could hand cut the stencil or do a reverse process using letter stickers you can find at any hardware store.)

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Using spray adhesive on the back of the stencil, I got it nice and tight to the fabric.

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Once that was done, I pulled out some simple spray paint (yes, the cheapest stuff they had in the store) and gave it a few short blasts.

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When it was dry, I peeled the stencil off. Voilà.

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See, I told you it was simple!

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20 comments:

  1. Wow, looks great and so simple. Bravo!

    xoxo
    Karena

    Art by Karena

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  2. Clever idea! Thanks for sharing the process!

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  3. Lowcountry Spoiled10:49 AM

    Adore this idea! Thank you for sharing - I needed a great idea for a garden party we are having in a few weeks. This makes a great favor bag!

    Best-Kelly
    www.lowcountryspoiled.com

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  4. Wow!  I'm surprised the stencil adhesive worked so well on the textured burlap!  I would've thought the spray would have gotten under.  Good to know it's so simple.  Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Loved this project when I saw it! It definitely did look like lots of work, but, as usual, you pulled it off beautifully! Thanks for the how-to!

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  6. TwentiesGirl11:47 AM

    AMAZING! You are just SO creative! I would love to give these a try some day! XO

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  7. Brian Bedell6:35 PM

    Good job on
    getting blog of note. Keep up the Great Work!


     


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  8. Red Sees8:38 PM

    Great idea, thanks for the tutorial!

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  9. Catia Kirillova20125:03 AM

    Nice idea! Looks great/

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  10. Vinita8:48 AM

    Awesome idea!

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  11. LauraC5:16 PM

    Last October my sister got married and I did the favors: coffee and tea.  Her husband is a big coffee snob (oh, I meant connoisseur!) and they wanted to give his favorite coffee beans and her favorite tea as favors.  I found burlap bags, this exact size, and instead of spray painting them, I just used plain old rubber stamp ink to mark a "C" or a "T" on the bags.  I wanted the printing kinda rough and imperfect like you would find on a real, life size coffee burlap bag (you know, the 50-100lbs sacks).  It worked perfectly!  We did 100 "C"s and 100 "T"s.  Wish I knew how to link up with a Facebook photo; they turned out really great.  

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  12. daisy zhao11:46 PM

    Creative stuff.

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  13. daisy zhao11:47 PM

    Creative stuff.

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  14. I like very much this style, will need that I try :)

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  15. Cara Gardner8:04 AM

    these HAVE to be the MOST CREATIVE invites EVER!

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  16. Michael Woods3:50 PM

    You just saved me shopping for a few gifts come holiday season.. yay for being friends with coffee lovers!

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  17. This is an absolutely incredible post!  Well-written, easy to follow, and it just looks great!  Thanks so much for sharing this!

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  18. Jennifer Rizzo12:52 AM

    These are really super cute!

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  19. MrsLimestone8:23 PM

    That is a great (and much easier!) idea.  I wanted to incorporate the saying on the bags so of course I made it a lot more complicated than need be.
    Where did you find the giant letter stamp?  I can never seem to locate anything big enough.

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