30 Days of DIY: Day 9 ~ Kate Spade Hello Sunshine Inspired Neon Trim Straw Tote

So this took a little longer than I expected, sorry for posting so late!  When I saw the Kate Spade Hello Sunshine straw tote, I wanted to make it sooo bad, but I didn't want it to be an overt 'copy' of it.  I was inspired by it and immediately thought of a design, using some neon rope I had recently bought at Home Depot.  I picked up the plain, bright pink lined tote at Target for $2.50!!

Materials:

• Plain straw tote
• Neon rope (I've used two different kinds, the design is up to you!)
• Glue gun
• Glue sticks
• Scissors 

Take the rope to make the dots with and coil it two or three times around itself.  Holding that, use your glue gun and put a nickel size squiggle of glue on the bag.  Place the mini coil on the glue, and now add more glue, and keep coiling until your dot has reached the desired size.  Make sure to really glue the frayed ends, so that they don't get out of control.  I also used the tip of the glue gun to push the end against the coil.

Here's one finished dot!  I did all of them different sizes and scattered them randomly all over the bag.

Here you can see the different sizes.  Repeat over and over until you have the coverage you want.

This step is optional, but I really don't like the scratchy handles, so I wanted to cover them too.  I took this neon pink and white rope and glued and wrapped it around the handle.  I glued every inch of it down, since this being on the handle it could easily come dislodged. 

And here's the final product!  It took a while, but it is so worth it.  I can think of countless outfits I can accessorize with this and cannot wait to start rocking it!  What do you think?  If you make it, let me know and send pics!

xxooxoxo
Lia