More Arm Candy!! Gorgeous (paper) bags……

Hi

Always on the lookout for interesting display and packaging ideas for my jewellery business, I have been investigating the whole area of …….The Gift Bag! I want to give my customers something different, something indulgent and unique when it comes to a paper bag to wrap their jewellery purchase in. Feast your eyes on these wonderful gift bags which can you believe I MADE!!! Now I’m going to share with you how I make a bag like this in 5 (Yes FIVE!) minutes.

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Firstly, having been to the local DIY store to gather wallpaper samples for my intneded redecoration project, I was left with some wonderful pieces of paper ( wallpaper is VERY good at the moment). Not wanting to waste anything in this day and age, I set to work designing gift bags from the fab wallpaper samples.

After some trial and error, I decided that the easiest and quickest way to make the gift bag is to wrap a box with the wallpaper, any boxes from your kitchen cupboards will do ( Alpen and Cocopops were my favourites!) Wrap the box as if it is a present , glueing as you go on 3 sides. Leave one side of the box unglued so that you can then slide out the cereal box to leave behind the paper gift bag. Once the glue has set enough ( by the way UHU type glue was best) fold the top or open edge of the bag inside, punch in some holes with a hole punch and thread through some ribbon or twine to make a pair of lovely handles.

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So there you are, a stunning paper gift bag for next to no cost which is handmde, unique and made from recycled materials! So easy and quick, I only wish that redecorating my lounge could be so simple…….