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Prints are fun. With a blank canvas, creative types can transfer whatever's in their head - cats on bikes, parachuting squirrels - onto whatever's in front of them. Brill. T-shirts are a good canvas, yes they are, and I cherish my psychedelic rabbit print Luella t-shirt and another that features a happy dog with the words 'Love - Top breeders recommend it'. But, alas, I don't really have the right shape for t-shirts.

Jersey material is unforgiving around the midrift and stretching over my - can I say ample? - bust makes me look like some kind of wannabe cheerleader. What was that girl called in Scream who met her end by garage door? She may have gone out with Marilyn Manson in real life... The look makes me think of her, anyway.

So, in conclusion, the t-shirt = not my favourite. Canvas bags, however, well, no one can look bad wearing one of those. And, of course, they're much prettier and environmentally-friendly than the ol' plastic.

Etsy is a gold mine for quirky printed totes and here are five that make me smile (and also sing "cat on a biiiike, cat on a biiiiike" to the dramatic tune of A Fifth of Beethoven). Happy times.

$10, MisNopalesArt
$8, happyfamily
$10, emandsprout
$10, MisNopalesArt
$10, MisNopalesArt