Custom Tote Bags

Design Your Own Custom Printed Tote Bag

Bags that have parallel handles that protrude from the interior are classified as totes. They are typically open or fastened at the top.

Tote bags are quite practical. People use them for regular activities like grocery shopping, and many even use them as handbag substitutes.

There are numerous types of tote bags out there, and they won't be going out of style anytime soon. With that said, it’s time to get your own for personal use or to sell as merchandise. You can also design your own tote bag to gift to your loved ones this holiday. And if you’re a small business owner, you might also want to create custom printed tote bags that you can gift to your loyal clients this Christmas season.

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How to Design Your Own Tote Bag

In many ways, creating custom tote bags is better than just buying one from a mall as their designs are too generic. As a result, you’ll end up having the same tote bag as hundreds of other people. With that said, creating a design for custom printed tote bags is easy. Here’s how:

Determine What It’s For

There are many uses for custom printed tote bags. You can either design personalized tote bags for your personal use or sell custom printed tote bags as shop merchandise. You could also create custom tote bags to gift to your loved ones. And, if you’re a business owner who’s feeling quite generous this Christmas season, you could create custom tote bags to gift to your loyal clients. In this way, they also serve as promotional tote bags for your small business.

After knowing your purpose for designing your own tote bags, you can now proceed to the next step

Choose the Design Direction of Your Custom Tote Bag

Depending on the purpose of your custom tote bags, here’s what you could do:

Personalized Tote Bag Design

If you want to design your own tote bag for personal use then, you might want to create a stand-alone design.

You could create a tote bag with initials of your name to let people know that it’s yours. You could also design a custom printed tote bag that flaunts your interest by creating artwork of your favorite tv show character, scene, or item, or your favorite K-Pop artist. If you’re a fur parent, you could also design your own tote bag with an image of your beloved pet.

You could also design personalized tote bags for your loved ones. The design of the custom printed tote bags may contain your photo together or an artwork of your shared interest. Similar to what you did for your custom printed tote bags, you could also give them a tote bag with initials of their name.

Afterward, give it as a gift to them this holiday season.

Match or Compliment Your Custom Tote Bag Design with Your Merchandise

If you’re looking to create custom printed tote bags to sell alongside your other shop merchandise then, you have two options.

First, you could match the design of your custom tote bags with the same design as the other products that you have. Then, incorporate your business’s logo. This works best if you have a special event planned for your consumers as you would lead them to purchase a custom merchandise series.

The second option is that you could create a complimentary design for your custom printed tote bags. Align it with the theme of your products or the series that you’re launching. You can do this by using the same fonts, color palette, and graphic styles and switching the texts or images. And just like in the first option, incorporate your business’s logo wherever – in the back, bottom left on the front side, center front, etc. In this way, you’ll create a fun and cohesive look for your shop.

Promotional Tote Bag Designs

If you’re a business owner then you might want to create custom printed tote bags for your loyal clients. Custom promotional tote bags could also be your go-to merchandise during your business’s event giveaways or at conferences wherein you’re trying to secure investors and partners.

Moreover, since they’re inexpensive, custom promotional tote bags make the perfect marketing material for small businesses. For every dollar spent on custom promotional tote bags, you could reach 1,000 to 5,000 people.

To design your promotional tote bags, you could incorporate your business’s logo, tagline, and event theme.

Select a Creative Design for the Custom Printed Tote Bag

Once you know which design direction you’re going to take, you could explore the following creative design ideas for the custom printed tote bags that you’re going to make.

Line Art

Your design for custom printed tote bags doesn’t have to be complicated. It could just be linework accompanied by minimal text. This kind of design gives your custom printed tote bags a refined, minimalist look.

Detailed Art

If you’re going for intricate and colorful custom printed tote bags then, you might want to create a detailed artwork. This design option is great if you’re a small business owner who is creating a merchandise series for a special event.

Large Logos

Just as with custom t-shirts, custom table covers, and custom banners, custom printed tote bags with your business’s logo is a necessity.

Software to Use to Design Your Custom Printed Tote Bag

Here is a list of software whose features allow you to design your custom printed tote bag:

Design Your Custom Printed Tote Bag in Illustrator

The finest software for designing custom printed tote bags may be Adobe Illustrator, especially if you wish to develop your vector images.

The nicest thing about utilizing Illustrator for surface pattern creation is that you can simply scale the size of your custom printed tote bag design without any loss in quality.

The "Recolor Artwork" tool in Illustrator is a very useful function for designing surface patterns since it makes it simple to produce many color versions of the design for your custom printed tote bags.
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Design Your Custom Printed Tote Bag in Photoshop

If you want to include images or discovered imagery in your designs or are scanning in actual work, Adobe Photoshop is a good software to use for creating the design for your custom printed tote bags. Whether you scan in hand-drawn art or make the shapes digitally in Photoshop, you could also utilize the program to arrange photographs into a recurring pattern.

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Design Your Custom Printed Tote Bag in Procreate

Consider using Procreate, which works on the iPad, if you're used to making designs for custom printed tote bags with a pencil and paper but want a simple way to convert it for printing.

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Design Your Custom Printed Tote Bag in Canva

If you’re a beginner at creating designs for custom printed tote bags or simply don’t have time to create a design from scratch, you could explore and use the templates provided by Canva. You could also opt to start with a blank canvas and use their templates for shapes, text banners, and more to create the design for you custom printed tote bags.
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Hire a Graphic Designer to Create Your Custom Printed Tote Bag

If you're having trouble creating and are unsure of what to add to the design of your custom printed tote bags, you could use Pro Print Press's graphic design services. We consider your intended use for the custom printed tote bags throughout the graphic design phase, including whether it will be used for personal use or given as a gift. If you're a business owner, we design the custom printed tote bags while taking into account your brand's personality, history, color scheme, and many other factors.

Materialize Your Custom Tote Bag

After creating a design for your custom printed tote bag, ask yourself how you want to have it printed.

At Pro Print Press, we offer custom printing services for custom tote bags. Our custom tote bags have dual self-fabric straps that allow you to conveniently carry them over your shoulder. They are also reusable, washable, sturdy, and eco-friendly.

We have one-size (9x13), product orientation (vertical), and material (cotton) available. The size for our custom printed tote bags is just as right as they’re not too small nor too big for you, your loved ones, or your clients to carry around.

By availing of our custom printing services for your custom tote bags, you could opt to have full-color custom printing on both sides or only on the front. We have three options for the product colors of your custom printed tote bags – blue, natural, and red.

For custom printed tote bags, you could place only an individual order or get them in bulk for up to 100 pieces. Our product turnaround for custom printed tote bags is either 2-4 business days or 5-7 business days depending on the quantity.

Get your custom printed tote bags now! Contact us at Pro Print Press for cost estimation and to get to know more about our other custom printing services.

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