Monogram Suitcases

My husband and I recently returned from a Southern Caribbean cruise.  It was so much fun!!!  My husband's company he works for does a contest to earn a cruise and for the past few years my husband has earned it!  Last year when we went we did the leisure debarkation.  For those who haven't been on a cruise that is when you put your bags outside your door on the last night and you can just get off the ship in the morning and find your bags.  Unfortunately, when we got off last year we couldn't find one of our bags.  It was a horrible feeling.  We searched all over and had the cruise people searching as well.  Finally we just decided to file a report with the cruise line and hope that it would be found.  Luckily, it only had some shoes in it and nothing too important.  In the end the cruise line found it and shipped it to us!!! YEA!!
Long story short, when my husband qualified for the cruise this year I did not want to risk loosing our bags again, so I decided to monogram our suitcases to distinguish them from other similar ones.  I bought some iron on heat transfer vinyl and used this tutorial, because honestly I had no idea how to do a couples monogram.  Make sure you use the mirror image on your silhouette for the heat transfer vinyl.  Once it was all cut out I ironed it on the suitcases.  I put the couples initials on my suitcases because I made them more girly.  Then I decided to do a more manly monogram on my husband's suitcases.  I especially wanted his initials on the one he uses all the time for his work travels.
We kind of got made fun of by some of my husbands co-workers, but we never lost a bag and when we were at the airport they were so easy to distinguish.  I love how they turned out and was so happy I did them!
My children have suitcases that are not made of material, they are hard covered, so I did their monogram with just regular vinyl and they look fantastic as well!
I'm not saying I'm a genius, but I feel like one because this was one of the best ideas I've ever had!!  I can't wait for our next trip so I can use our awesome suitcases!!!