Elevate Your Stadium Clear Bag With the Ultimate DIY Details
You have your clear purse, but it still could be cuter. Now what?
This weekend, I debuted my clear bag DIY at the NWSL’s Boston Legacy FC inaugural game, and I couldn’t have been happier with the result — I’m talking jump up and down and make girly squeaks kind of giddy (we’ve all done it).
The first step was choosing a bag, which I broke down in yesterday’s article:
I ended up choosing the ScarvesMe Clear Crossbody Bag in Orange. It has a beautiful shape that resembles a high quality bag such an Hermès Kelly and quality gold hardware, including rings on the side of the bag for a strap.
Most of all though, it was the most eye-catching of the bags with its vibrant orange handle and trim. I wanted a statement piece that looks intentional with my outfits for the Legacy game, as well as the Netherlands World Cup games I’m attending this summer. This shade of orange matched details on my Legacy Common Ground jersey and would most certainly match my Netherlands jersey.
The bag choice was a no brainer.
It still, however, needed more personalization. Here are five things I did to my clear purse to make it a DIY masterpiece:
1. Added a Keychain
I got a free keychain from the Legacy’s booth at Boston’s Head of the Charles in the fall that I knew I wanted to sport. I first attached it to the side of the bag using the strap’s clasp, but it felt too hidden, especially since I planned to primarily utilize the top handle.
Looping it onto said handle was out of the question as I didn’t want to risk damaging it. I also wanted it to be super easy to swap keychains for various games. So instead, I dug up a green ribbon and tied it onto the top handle.
For future games, I also ordered 5 Pcs Brass Key Rings to use instead of the ribbon.
2. Replaced the strap
I am not a crossbody bag girl. It brings me back to high school and college where a going-out purse was chosen simply for hands-free convenience instead of style. But I will occasionally don one when a lot of walking is involved.
With that being said, my clear bag strap needed to excite me and make me want to use it. So, I swapped the orange strap that came with the bag for the Wide Purse Strap Replacement in Cute Football Pattern.
3. Attached a momento
When I was home recently, I stumbled upon an old Sky Blue FC ticket from 2009. I grew up going to their games, and it just so happens that 2009 was the year the team won the inaugural Women’s Professional Soccer championship.
But what was ironic about finding this ticket was that it was for Sky Blue vs. the Boston Breakers, which folded in 2018. The game I attended on Saturday was not only the inaugural game for the city’s new team, Boston Legacy FC, but it was against Gotham FC, the rebranded name of Sky Blue.
It was full circle. And I had to include it.
I ended up using a magnetic ID holder that I found in my desk drawer to not risk damaging the ticket and so that it could be removed for a different World Cup DIY.
Luckily, the magnet worked perfectly through the clear material. And even more lucky: The ticket matched the bag.
4. Added a soccer ball stress ball
At the Legacy’s kit reveal celebration, one of the team’s sponsors, Voya, handed out free soccer ball stress balls. When I saw it laying around my apartment, I thought: If the bag is clear and you have to see everything inside, why not make the inside worth seeing?
And so, I tucked the ball into the corner opposite the ticket.
5. Laid turf on the bottom
But what’s a ball without turf?
The idea came to me a split second after placing the stress ball in the bag, and the following second I was already on Amazon looking up artificial turf. I went with 2 Pieces of 12x12 Inches Fake Grass for Crafts, which I cut to size. Beware: It is messy when cutting.
The turf was the perfect finishing touch and truly took the DIY to the next level.
Bonus tip:
Get a small matching pouch for inside your clear purse so the look doesn’t feel chaotic with everything on display.
By some miracle, my current makeup pouch — free from Clinique — that I use to switch between bags is orange, and it made all the difference.
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