We’re combing the globe for cool, quality, Do It Yourself Design…because we’re all about helping you to be…YOU. Welcome to another installment of DIY Design featuring all things that can be made-to-order, crafted, engineered and tailored by you, for you. Let us know your fav DIY outlets and we’ll check them out ourselves!

THE best tote bag you can buy.

While you may not be able to have Sid Vicious silk-screened onto the canvas, you can still personalize  L.L. Bean’s iconic tote bags in a myriad of ways.

Custom options include monogrammed initials, names, colours, and even the length of straps. Starting at $25, these durable, go-anywhere bags have 64 years of quality behind their design. Given that this was originally designed to haul ice “from the car to the ice chest,” you could use it for just about anything.  We’ve asked around – it has a reputation for being the single best tote bag that money can buy – and at this price, you can buy several!*

Here is Carrie’s new bag from L.L. Bean. It looks chic and elegant, but she could fit an entire hockey team inside it. Beautiful, useful…a divine gift for a newly married couple, a birthday or just because.

*TIP: Get one with Donations embroidered on it, hang it in your closet, and whenever you find something you no longer fit or love, dump it in. You may also want to do this in a child’s room for toys as well as clothes. When the bag is full, off you go!