At the recent CHA (Craft & Hobby Association) Show in Anaheim, I was asked to make a guest appearance in the Rit Dye Makerspace booth and give my spin on using Rit Dye. Now, this was only the second time in my life I had ever made anything with Rit Dye. I experimented with it for the first time a few months ago for a When Creativity Knocks video, and I had a lot of fun with it. So this time, what was I going to make? Well, they gave me some wooden tags, so I decided to make some luggage tags with retro images and funny sayings that were printed on Craft Attitude film.
Let me talk a minute about Rit Dye and wood. They go together like ramalamalama kadinga da ding dong. If you’ve ever tried staining wood, you know you’re stuck with a few available colors, and it’s messy and sticky. Well, with Rit Dye, you have a choice of a lot of vibrant colors, plus you can mix the colors to create new ones. And it’s so much easier.
Here’s what I did. I poured a little Rit Dye in a plastic cup and then applied some to the wood tags with a foam brush. The dye kind of just sat on top of the wood a little rather than getting absorbed in right away, so I used a paper towel to rub it in. Presto. Gorgeous color on the wood.
To set the dye, I then put the wood in a microwave oven for about 20 seconds. Look at those vibrant colors, yowzah.
I made up these fun captions and printed four out on a piece of Craft Attitude printable film. You hear me say over and over again, Craft Attitude lets you apply any photo or image to practically any surface. Just print out your design on an inkjet printer, and apply it to the surface with a glue gun or spray adhesive. Here is the Craft Attitude coming out of the printer. You’ll notice I printed it in reverse. That’s because it has words on it, and we’ll be flipping it over ink side down later.
Apply a glue stick on the wood. I’ve also used a spray adhesive like Scotch Super 77 with wood. 
Peel the Craft Attitude film from the protective backing and place it on the glued surface. It will feel like the design has been printed right on the wood with a smooth, satin finish.
Then cut off the excess film with scissors or a craft blade.
Was it that easy? Yes, as the people who came by the Rit Booth can attest. Although they are probably being detained right now at TSA for having too fabulous a luggage tag.
I just discovered your blog and love it! Could I get a copy of the graphics you used on you retro wood luggage tags? They’re fabulous!
These are hands down the cutest tags I have ever seen. If you still have the files, would you be willing to email them to me? I’d love to make these for an upcoming multigenerational family vacation. Thanks in advance!!
I love these tags. Would you mind sharing the graphics via email so I can make my own?
I adore these tags. If you still have them saved on your computer, I’d love to make my own! Saweber95@gmail.com
Could I also get a copy of the images/text? PuntaCana Girlfriend trip — these would be perfect!!! Thank you!
andreajtth@gmail.com
Could you send my the images for the tags, so very clever!!
Could you possibly send me the images you used on the tags? My family is going on a cruise to celebrate the end of my cancer treatment and I would love to make these as gifts to send out to everyone beforehand.
Thank you!!
carrieven@gmail.com
Hi would you be willing to share the captions to my email? Thanks!!! I love these tags and haven’t found anything close to as clever!
Would you pretty please share the images and sayings that you created in Photoshop? I downloaded the ones you did for the 4th of July soaps. The luggage tags graphics are hilarious! Thank you.
Just emailed them to you!
Can you send them to me too?
Eeek! What am I doing wrong? I can’t get the links to Craft Attitude to work… (sniff, sniff).
Sorry, that was an outdated Craft Attitude link. You can find out more at craftattiude.com or purchase it on Amazon.
I love Love LOve LOVe LOVE these! Any chance I could talk you into sharing the printable? Thanks!:)
Hi would you mind sharing these printables ? reversed so I can just print them straight off and just laminate them?
yanill.orellana@gmail.com
Please share these fun captions with me. These luggage tags are wonderfully creative and would make such a fun give-away for the guests at our 50th anniversary party.