Life is a Journey.
Posted by Michelle on January 16th, 2012 . Filed under: Authentique, Birthday, Design Team Work, Gift Packaging, It's in the Bag! .Happy Monday!
I’m hoping it’ll be a good day at the office today as it’s my boss’ birthday. And who can be in a bad mood on their birthday, right? I actually have a really good boss, and for that I am grateful. And I always like to give him a little something on his birthday. This year I got him a 12-pack of those little tins of mints since he always has a bowl of mints on the table in his office. But male gifts and cards are always a bit of a challenge to do in a crafty way, but I think if you start with a collection that is masculine in color and theme, you’ll be fine. So that’s what I did here with Authentique’s Journey collection. I took a windowed kraft coffee bag from my shoppe and diecut a couple of tags and some numbers and then I used a lot of the diecuts from the Journey collection to fill in all the extra space. There’s a little chipboard piece from MME, a Jenni Bowlin month sticker and some Glitz pennants in there too.
Hope your week starts off just super!
Edited to add: my boss thanked me….liked it…but, uh, his birthday is the 26th, not the 16th.
Screwed that one up – LOL!
January 16th, 2012 at 5:40 am
Oh this is fabulous for your boss! I agree it’s more difficult to make masculine things. I’m always wanting to add some ribbon, pearls, bows….frufru stuff….haha!
Perfect paper choices!
January 16th, 2012 at 6:14 am
Love love it Michelle! Hope your boss does too!! Have a wonderful week!
January 16th, 2012 at 9:32 am
I think this is a fantastic gift! You did great – i really like the colors!
January 16th, 2012 at 9:36 am
Wow, you have such a gift for mixing patterns and layering! I love this!
January 16th, 2012 at 10:02 am
Awesome gift bag. You did a great job as usual. I like how you covered up the window with the pattern paper. So clever.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:07 am
Wow, great gift bag, Im sure your boss will love it. Love the blues and soft browns.
January 16th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
FABULOUS gift bag Michelle! I am sure he will LOVE it!!!
Have a GREAT day!
January 16th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
What a lovely masculine card! I love how you incorporated the month and the large letters. Very nicely done!
January 16th, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Very classy! Too bad about the birthday date thing, lol sounds like something I would do!
January 18th, 2012 at 9:32 am
Perfect male wrapping! Gorgeous! and LOL at the wrong date! That’s okay – at least you made it a happy day for him.