Ah, pointy crayons and crisp folders. When I was in school I loved new school supplies and it bugged me so badly that my mother *ruined* them by scrawling my name all over them. Seriously. Even if it was just neat little block letters in the corner it was no longer new. :( Which is why it is funny that I now find myself carefully penning my favorite little guy's name across all his brand new stuff! I mean, I get it; I bought this stuff. I don't want some other kid (who I am sure is a very nice, respectable, wonderful child) getting their stuff mixed up with his. Which is also funny since he's only in pre-K and I think a main theme there is "Sharing." :) At any rate, it does help that I love my son's name and I like to see it on everything. However! Even sharpie on fabric such as backpacks and soft lunchboxes doesn't show up well, especially since I buy darker items so they don't show the 9 months of throwing it on the floor and sliding it around on every possible surface. So my solution is Iron-on letters. But when you're using only a few of the same letters over and over again, you wind up wasting a lot of random letters.
So! In a pinch I decided to wing it.
I used fusible backing, the same kind used for appliques and I ironed it onto a $0.25 piece of felt. Then I drew some funky letters, cut them out and ironed them on my son's lunch box. Since the lunchbox is a weird shape to iron, I ended up hanging it off the skinny end of my ironing board so only the surface I was ironing was actually on the board. When I think my project is likely to come out crooked or otherwise awkward, I tend to embrace the crookedness and intentionally make it wonky. If you're going to mess it up, do it on purpose! :) I like it; it's bright, it's obvious, and it is my favorite name. :)
