BT21 Tote Bags

I had so much fun making the tote bags and bag charms in my previous post that I decided to make more. These were made for my friends who are fans of the KPop band BTS.

I used a cute  group image of BT21 (cartoon characters created by BTS members of themselves) to decorate the front of my tote and added a matching bag charm to the handle.

As you can see from this side view photo, the bags were simply constructed by gluing the front and back panels to a rectangular shaped box.

The bag charms were made by enlarging the BT21 images I wanted to use and printing them onto shrink plastic. After cutting the images out and shrinking them in a toaster oven, they were coated with UV resin to give them a glossy finish. I attached them with together with mini bells and seed beads onto split rings then onto binder rings so they could be fastened onto the tote strap.

I was having so much fun playing with shrink plastic and UV resin that I guess I got a little carried away and ended up making a few more charms than expected. Happily, I found  a couple packages of charm straps in my stash to use for my extra charms.  I'm sure my friends will have no problem sharing these with their fellow BTS fan friends.