Black Labrador Christmas Tote Bag Reindeer Antlers Red Nose Watercolor Dog Lover

A thin gold chain loops around the black Labrador on this tote, swings wide on both sides, and ends in a small star that rests right below his chin. It is a quiet touch on a dog who is otherwise busy wearing a red nose and grinning with his tongue out. We painted him in soft, layered watercolor, so the glossy black coat, the warm brown eyes, and the stray whiskers around his muzzle all look brushed on by hand. He looks pleased with himself.

A Black Labrador Christmas Tote Bag in Reindeer Antlers and a Red Nose

Our Black Labrador Christmas tote bag is made for the person who already talks about their lab as a member of the family, and who has probably tried to get a headband onto that dog at least once. The brown reindeer antlers sit on a plain band across his forehead, his ears fall soft on either side, and the round red nose is perched right where a real one would be. Anyone who has lived with a black lab will know the expression: bright eyes, open mouth, caught being happy about nothing in particular. The star tag is the detail people mention first, since it turns a costume into a dog with a name.

We drew him with the dog lover in mind, the one who hangs a stocking with her lab’s name on the mantel and keeps his photo in her wallet. A reindeer antlers dog tote like this goes along to the grocery store and on the holiday errands, so the dog comes along too. It also suits the neighbor or coworker who brings up their lab at every December gathering, since the antlers say Christmas and the face says exactly who they are thinking about. Labs tend to be the dogs who wear whatever they are handed, and this one carries the antlers like he has done it every year.

Can the Black Lab With the Gold Star Tag Be Carried Past Christmas?

The red nose and antlers make it a Christmas piece, but the watercolor lab is a dog portrait first, so the tote still fits January errands and dog park mornings long after the tree comes down. The gold chain and star have no holiday tie of their own, which keeps the design feeling like one particular dog rather than a seasonal print.

The little gold star swings just below his chin, and we like to think he would wag harder if a bag of treats were tucked inside.