All-Occasion Gift Bags.
Posted by Michelle on May 9th, 2011 . Filed under: Gift Packaging, Glitz Design, It's in the Bag! .I’m soooo excited to share today’s craftyness with you. Y’all know how I love my bags. Well right up there with my bags is something I just can’t live without and that’s ribbon. And if the ribbon starts with May and ends with Arts, we’re in for something truly magical. My friends over at May Arts sent me some beautiful ribbons to work with and I have had a ball making gift bags lately.
I took this batch of ribbon and matched it up to an apple green gingham bag and a sheet of some bright yellow patterned paper from Glitz Design, and opted to go with the pretty green/red/yellow plaid wired ribbon from May Arts.
Ohhh what a perfect look! – sometimes these colors are hard to match, and sometimes the perfect complement is right in front of you; love it when that happens!
My initial idea was to stitch 4 strips of the ribbon across the bottom half of the patterned paper.
So I started stitching away.
And when I had 2 done I decided that 4 would be too many.
So I tried topping the 2 ruffle layers with one to see how that looked.
And I liked this far better than my original vision.
And then I made a pretty bow to top it off with. I hand-make big pretty bows for all my Christmas packages…just like they do at the fancy department stores. It’s really easy. If you don’t know what the secret is, I’ll spill it for ya’: wire-edged ribbon 😉
There’s something so magical about a perfect flouncy bow. It’s so girly and frilly and fun, isn’t it?
And then I layered some vintage diecuts from Glitz behind my ribbon before adhering it with hot glue.
I threw a wooden clothespin in there for a piece that was less-bright – and I applied some vintage ink to it to tone even that down.
And then I added some faux stitching around the top for an even more homespun feel.
And here we have it – a beautiful gift bag ready for gift-giving.
This little bag will put all those store-bought bags on the present table to shame.
I was still in crafty mode when I finished that bag so I jumped right on to another bag. More pretty wire-edged ribbon from May Arts, and more patterned paper and diecuts from Glitz.
May 9th, 2011 at 5:57 am
Beautiful, Michelle! I love all the layers and details… so pretty!
May 9th, 2011 at 6:44 am
The ribbons and bows are scrumpdillyicious!!
The bright grren and yellows on the first bag are fresh and fun, but I do love the warm tones of the second one and that butterfly paper is fabulous!!
May 9th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. All your bags are so LUSCIOUS!
May 9th, 2011 at 8:46 pm
You sure make this look easy. Oh how I wish it were for me, though. LOL! Lovely gift bags, Michelle!
May 10th, 2011 at 2:21 am
I want to see the gifts worthy enough to be in these AMAZING gift bags. Does such a gift even exist?
May 10th, 2011 at 10:54 am
WOW! The ribbon is fab! And your bags are amazing!! I love the bows and how you sewed the ribbon!
May 10th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
OOOOOH…gorgeous gorgeous!!! I so love the ribbons too, esp the first one! WOW! You are so amazing with packaging/gifting anything!