Canvas Tote Upgrade

If you saw last week's What-The-Heck-Wednesday challenge, then you saw some pretty great looking canvas tote bags. You may be shocked to know that those bags came from Walmart in a pack like this:

Yea. Nothing fancy there. With a little inspiration via etsy and Pinterest, we took our tote bags to the next level. My favorite of the "inspiration" bags had leather straps. She ordered her straps from an etsy shop, but they are shipping from China and let's be honest, ain't nobody got time for that! I spent hours in the men's and boys' and women's accessory section at my local Walmart eyeing and touching and bending and thinking and thinking over the belts. There had to be a way. There HAD to be a way to make this work. No way was my sewing machine going to be able to sew through a belt...even the cheap faux leather ones are substantially thick. And then it hit me...buttons! People don't sew through buttons, they use the holes...belts have holes!!! 

Go make your own beach bag. Go make a fancy lunch tote. Go save the planet and make reusable grocery bags. GO UPGRADE A CANVAS TOTE BAG (you won't regret it).

Happy Tote-ing,

-Sarah-with-an-H