I’ve been seeing patches everywhere this year – especially at Target with all of their back-to-school gear. So when I stumbled across this sweatshirt/jean jacket I knew I wanted to personalize it for my big guy Everett.

I stopped into my local Hobby Lobby and snagged the perfect patches and pins to add on.

[flags // stars // letter // dinosaur // pins]

After playing around with placement, I found their permanent home and took the steps necessary (stick, then iron-on) to adhere them to the jacket.

I’m completely obsessed with how it turned out and so is EVERETT! Now if only the weather would cool down around here so he could wear it…

Not a DIYer? That’s cool too. There are a ton of jackets out there with already sewn on patches. Here are a few of my faves:

one // two // three // four // five // six