Creations of a Country-Farm Girl

To continue with my bridesmaid gifts, I fell in love with the idea of a tote bag for my girls. One that would be embroidered with their name. I reached out to our local embroidery shop and if I ordered totes from them, they would be $14 and up... once again it was a little more than my price range. With patience comes reward and I was able to find the totes in my price range. Once again Hobby Lobby to my rescue! I had purchased 5 canvas bags with "Hello" written on one side in gold. I was able to use a 40% off coupon for one bag, but I didn't risk waiting to purchase one a week (to use the 40% off coupons) and have them gone, so I bought all 5. Well to my surprise, the next time I went to Hobby Lobby, they had canvas, gold dot bags on clearance for $1.36! So I bout the 5 that they had and returned 3 of the 5 'Hello' bags. I kept 2 of those for my junior bride and flower girl. I was able to take them to my local embroidery shop and have the names placed for $5 ea

I will be getting married in June. Our wedding is an outdoor/rustic theme... very popular right now, but it fits our personality to a T! We are watching our dollars very closely and pinching pennies where possible. This is my second marriage and I feel like I wasted a lot of money on my first wedding (not just because it wasn't a success) in places that didn't need. One area where I found to save money, is on the gift to my bridesmaids. We are having a wedding party of 5 on each side, so it could get costly if we are not careful. Out goal was to stay under $100 for 5 gifts, and I was able to do this in more ways than one! I wanted my girls to have uniform jewelry and I wanted it to have a rustic feel. I did many searches online but I wasn't able to find a necklace and earring set in the price range I was hoping for. So I started exploring at my local craft stores (Michael's & Hobby Lobby) to see if there was something that I could craft for them and JACKPOT! I was