Shopping Bag Turned Gift Bag

 I always enjoy walking out of a store with a paper shopping bag. Especially these lovely turquoise bags from David's Tea. 

Besides that fact that you're getting some retail therapy, they are also so easy to upcycle to a pretty gift bag!

Start with the shopping bag, glue or an adhesive runner, a pretty patterned paper, & some handmade tissue paper flowers. {Find my tutorial here!} 

Treat Bags for Teacher

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week!

We absolutely appreciate the teachers in our children's lives. Don't you? Their hard work, patience, & love do not go unnoticed.

Why not brighten up the day of the teachers in your life with a gift of appreciation & package them up in a sweetly decorated paper bag?

DIY Pennant Gift Bag

Today I'm showing you an easy way to dress up a plain gift bag.

Pennants/bunting/banners are all the rage right now & this is such a simple little project you can do in such a short time.

Here's what you need:

8 Gift Wrap Ideas

With Valentine's Day coming up this week, 

you may be looking for some ideas for wrapping that gift you bought for your special someone. 

Why not give one of these a try?

How To Make Tissue Paper Flowers

Rolled Paper Flowers

Owl Valentine Bag

Doily Gift Bag

Felt Pinwheels on Brown Paper

Map Covered Gift Box

Butterfly Gift Bag

Map Pinwheel Gift Bag

I hope you're feeling inspired to get crafty with your wrapping!

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Christmas Tags Using The Cricut

  What a weekend! I was busy in my craft room almost the whole time getting things finished up for this week's craft fair. I think I got everything ready that I wanted to - or at least a little bit of everything. This will kind of be a testing ground for me to see what quantities I will need in the future, providing I decide to participate again. I'm sure it will be great & I will want to do it again!

  Here's one of the goodies I created...

Christmas Gift Tags

I used my Cricut for these babies & was able to make a lot relatively quickly.

1. Cut out tags from cardstock 

(I used the Birthday Bash cartridge)

2. Cut a square for a background from patterned paper or sheet music 

(I used George & Basic Shapes cartridge)

3. Cut embellishment of your choice from cardstock

(Holly is from Winter Wonderland cartridge & Star is from George & Basic Shapes)

4. Fancy up your embellishment with some glitter 

(I used Stickles).  Let Dry! :)

5. Tie a length of twine or ribbon to your tag

6. You're done!

Make a large batch of them to go with your Christmas decor & use them in your Christmas wrapping this season.

 I hope you stay tuned for a lot more Christmas wrapping ideas, crafts, cards, & recipes all the way up until Christmas!

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How To Make Tissue Paper Flowers

Have you ever been in a card store, buying wrapping paper for a gift? You may grab a bow that goes with the gift wrap & be struck by how expensive those things are! Did you know you can make something similar out of tissue paper for just pennies? 

Yup.

Here's how...

1. Start with one sheet of tissue paper. 

2. Fold it to approximately the size you want your flower. 

3. Cut a flower shape out of the folded tissue paper.

4 & 5. You can even layer different colours together.

6. To add an adhesive square to the back, simply cut a square from an adhesive backed foam sheet or paper.

7. Staple it, adhesive side OUT, to the flower.

8. Flip over. Starting with the top layer or two of tissue, gently pinch the paper together to create petals. Keep going until most of the layers are pinched or until you get a look that you like.

9. Peel off protective sheet from the adhesive & stick to your gift. 

So easy!

Make them as large or small as you want too! 

Here, I made an extra large one for this gift bag.

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Felt Pinwheels {Gift Wrap Idea}

I've got a small little craft to share with you today, but one that I think is so sweet! I've had a piece of brown felt kicking around in my craft supplies for a few years now. The time had come to use it or get rid of it. I had recently made some paper pinwheels out of maps & thought I'd give it a shot with felt. I think they turned out so cute!

They are quite easy! Here's what I did:

1. I started with the same template I used for my map pinwheels
2. Cut them out
3. Attach the ends with a button

This time I used them as a decoration (I almost said a garnish! ;)) on a brown paper package. 

Wouldn't they look cute in a bunch of different colours? I'm going to be making more now!

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Map Gift Box

  Since coming back from holidays I've been 1) recovering from a cold 2) cleaning up the house & doing vast amounts of laundry 3) scrapbooking vacation photos 4) trying to spend some time outside on the nice days. We still have 2 weeks until school starts & we've pretty much got everything bought & organized for that (other than a couple of uniform pieces we need to order), so we're now trying to squeeze every little drop out of summer that we can!

  With all the travelling we've done this summer, today's project seems to make sense to me. Maps were a daily occurrence on our trip. Whether we were driving & consulting our road atlas to see where the heck our GPS was taking us or consulting the map to see just where exactly the Space Mountain ride was, we got to know our maps really well.

  In July, when I made my Map Gift Bag, I had some materials left over. One pinwheel & a whole bunch of maps. I also found this little gift box in my gift wrapping supplies. Put it all together & here you have a sweet little map gift box.

Isn't that pinwheel so much cuter than a bow? I love it!

Have a great weekend! I will have a bunch of new projects to share with you next week!

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Butterfly Baby Card & Gift Bag

Spring & summer sure seem to be Baby Season. We're past that season in our lives, but we have friends who are welcoming new little ones into their lives. I always find it fun to shop for baby gifts... all those tiny little outfits, colourful toys, & cute books. 

When I bring the gift home, I want to give it an equally cute presentation for the recipient.

Here's an easy gift bag & matching card that I made for the next baby that makes his/her happy appearance.

 The butterflies I used are from Making Memories & have two layers - one paper, one vellum. 

I layered them together & simply stapled them together. Then adhered them to the plain white bag.

I did the same thing with the ones on the card. Then added a simple rub-on from Stampin' Up.

I love the 3-dimentional look of the butterflies.

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DIY Doily Gift Bag

I'm back again today with another gift wrap idea. Seriously, this is turning into a series. :)

This is another way to pretty up a plain coloured gift bag.

Here's what you need:

• Gift bag
• Paper doilies
• A stapler
• Glue Dots, double sided tape, or hot glue

I followed this tutorial to make the large doily flower on the front of the bag. 

Then, I attached it to the bag with the Glue Dots.

To make the doily ruffle at the top of the bag, I followed these steps:

1. Cut a paper doily in half & accordion fold it.
2. Gather the bottom edges together to make a little fan.
3. Squish the edges together & staple.
4. Adhere to the inside of the gift bag in a row with glue dots, double sided tape, or a hot glue gun.
5. Repeat on the other side.

Cuteness!

Wouldn't you like to receive a gift in a bag like this? 

Who knows, maybe I'll give it to you! ;)

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