Make homemade boxes & bags using papers, stamps, and items you have around the house! These posts share ideas and often instructions so you can be inspired and create your own projects. These make a perfect way to wrap and gift in a customize, handmade way.
So, while away on my trip, I tried posting the pictures from last week. Unfortunately, my internet connection was apparently not good enough to make that happen, so I wanted to get out a quick post this morning. Like I said last week, we had a great time getting ready for the holidays by making…
So, after finishing my DVD sized gift box for my Holiday Boxes, Bags, and Tags class, I decided I wanted to try to make a box where the top didn’t completely cover the sides (ie – you can see the bottom half of the box when you are looking at it from the side.) I…
So Sunday afternoon, we were planning on having a Holiday Gift boxes, bags, and tags workshop. However, due to some illnesses during the week we ended up doing some open craft time and rescheduling the actual class. It looks like the new tentative class date is the evening of Tuesday, Dec 9th (same day as the retired stamp…
Last night my DH was on the phone much of the evening so I had some free time to experiment with some more gift boxes. The first box I designed to be exactly the right size for a DVD or video game (its 8″x5.5″x1.5″). The sides reach all the way to the bottom of the…
So, tomorrow afternoon I have a workshop for making holiday boxes, bags, and gift tags. (Email me if you would like to join us, we’d love to have you!)We’ll be making some of each and like usual, it should be a good time. I wanted to get at least one sample up online ahead of…
So after 2 days of heavy drugs and lots of sleeping, I’m feeling much better. I tried crafting over the last couple days but only managed to sit upright for about 10 minutes before getting dizzy. I made some progress and was able to finish up a couple projects this afternoon and now put the…
So, tonight is part 2 of our holiday stamp-a-stack. It should be a laid back evening where folks can leisurely finish up their cards and have the chance to play with any of my supplies. Tonight is also when I hand out the door prize! The door prize for tonight is a box to hold…
So, I had planned to publish by this morning, the cards coming up for my Holiday Stamp-a-Stack. However, when I started sketching out my 5 designs, the next thing I knew it was late and I had 16 designs on paper! So, tonight I’ll be actually making up the samples but until then, here is…