
So you're thinking of Taking the Handmade Pledge and changing the way you buy gifts this year. Maybe instead of lots of big boxes from big box stores, you are going to invest in small but high quality, beautiful handmade items (for example, buying jewelry on Etsy for all your girlfriends). Here's a ridiculously easy way to make your own little gift bags if you're thinking you'd rather not go buy Made-in-China gift bags at the dollar store. All you need is an envelope and a little creativity!

Here is what you need to make a cute little gift bag: an envelope (any size, any shape), some scissors (fancy ones that make scalloped edges are fun), a hole punch, some ribbon or yarn, and some stuff with which to decorate your bag.
At Crafty Wonderland's DIY table we had lots of options - you could cut up old holiday cards and glue images onto your bag, draw on it with pencils or black Sharpies, color it with crayons, markers, glitter glue, or colored pencils, paint it with watercolors, or any combination of the above. I like how this allowed each person to really make a beautiful, personalized, individual piece of art. However, for the purpose of this tutorial, we will just be decorating it with a simple snowflake stamp. If you want to make a whole bunch of these, as I did for Trillium's holiday sale on Saturday, then you might want to simplify it by stamping them, depending on how much time you have and how personalized you want the bags to be. The sky's the limit!
Okay - first, seal the envelope.




















This project is not only great for gift-giving, but it would be a fun project at a kid's party, or a great solution for party favors.
15 comments:
Nifty! Thanks for posting about this!
that's awesome!!!
they'd be great for gift card gifts!! =D
I love this! And your photographs look so nice, I almost thought they were professionally done until I recognized your dining room :)
Very cool, I must try!
Brilliant! I will definitely be using this one :) Thank you!
How great is that? Thanks for the tutorial - loved it!
Brilliant , I love it !!
Brilliant! And how fun would it be to make those out of envelopes with windows . . . hee hee
WOW! Super creative, thanks!
-CM
Oh how fabulous, I love this! I'll be linking!
I just tried making one of my own and it's perfect! Thank you so much for posting the idea. I will be making several more for Christmas presents.
Wonderful! I'm going to make me some. :-D I've also shared your post at my blog.
love it! i just read your thread about this post on Etsy and had to check it out. glad i did - my daughter will adore making these!
dkj paper co.
Great tutorial and what a cute result!
Thanks so much for this. That's fantastic! And so easy to make using materials that's lying around at home!
I had a go at it, although I skipped the handles part. Fun stuff!
This is a fantastic, clear and well photographed tutorial! thanks for sharing - will have to try it out :)
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