Quick Crafts: Boykins Bag

Once a week I pick up lunch for work from Colorado Grill for the boss. His motto is, if I fly, he’ll buy. The grill packs everything in these plain large white bags with handles. I always stifle my joy at the fact that I’m getting a free gift bag outta the deal. The thing is, once I’m back at work I fold them up, stick them in my desk drawer and never do anything with them.

Yesterday I decided I had way too many and that if I was gonna keep em, I better start making them look interesting enough to give away. The results are below. I skipped lunch so it took all of about 30 minutes to make. Let’s give it up for 30 minute crafts that cost no dough. – devoya

Clear an area. Lay bag flat. Stare at it until an easy idea comes to life.

After a couple of minutes I decided that I needed a background. So I grabbed a ruler and made a random one.

The next step was color. I always have a collection of markers with me. I broke em out and started to shade.

The next step was the hardest. I involved me cutting a page out of the holy grail of magazines (wax poetics). I have an extra copy that got ruined in the mail and almost all the pages are torn, so I grabbed an image of jesse boykins, trimmed around it, added a piece of cardboard to it and some super glue dots. — This part was the hardest. It involved me cutting a page out of the best magazine on the planet (Wax Poetics). I have an extra copy that got ruined in the mail so I grabbed an image of Jesse Boykins from it. I trimmed around it, added a piece of cardboard to the back for support and some super glue dots.

There you have it. This weeks quick craft! — This is the end result. Now…if only I owed a gift to somebody who digs Jesse.

Here’s a little Jesse Boykins for you to vibe out to. It’s only fitting.