After crafting up a gift-giving storm, some tips for how to package everything in a pretty fashion might be just what the doctor ordered. Angie from The Country Chic Cottage is here today to help us with just that!
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Hello all! I am Angie with The Country Chic Cottage. I am thrilled to be here at Amy’s today. She is super sweet and super talented…but y’all already know that right?? I am here today to show you my handmade gift wrap secrets…
I made one with doily placemats and the other with round doilies. Use whatever your dollar tree has. Cut the placemat doilies in half…
Lay it out on your bag and mod podge it on…yes leave it completely untrimmed. Once your mod podge dries you can take a pair of scissors and trim away all the excess. If you want your bag to be pretty from the front and back, be sure to repeat on the back when the front is dry.
The Tags
Cut out tree shapes from the green ones and candy cane shapes from the red ones. Each tag is half of the paint strips I picked up.
Punch a hole and thread in some ribbon…you are done!! Super simple, cute, and inexpensive…my kinda project!
The Tissue Paper
The fabulousness is that the outer and inner is a different color all in one hit!! Yep super simple. Use the PSA if you can find em or use a Christmas stamp you have. But stamp that tissue paper to make it extra special! It turns that simple white tissue into something meaningful for your recipient.
Let’s put it together….the bags are dry! I trimmed em and added my tags…
I used the candy cane on the red and the tree on the brown…
Can you guess?? I made candy cane tissue paper for the red bag….cause I am matchy matchy like that!
And the Christmas tree paper got added to the brown bag…
Wrap your gifts with these super simple secrets and your friends will feel extra special….
We can keep it just between the two of us how super simple this is….I won’t tell your friends and family! 🙂
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I absolutely **love** the idea to use paint chips as gift tags! Thanks for the gift-wrapping inspiration, Angie!
Having grown up in a home brimming with sewing notions and paintbrushes, Amy has a deep love for all things creative. On any given day, you’ll find her knee-deep in her latest creative endeavor, with projects ranging from sewing and crafts to home decor and kid-friendly ideas. Amy believes that everyone, regardless of skill level or experience, possesses the ability to create something beautiful, and Positively Splendid was born of her passion for helping others harness their innate creative potential.
Rhiannon says
Gorgeous! I love the doilies too, so perfect for Christmas. Great inspiration.
Amanda @ Serenity Now says
Love those doilies!! What a great idea. 🙂
Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage says
Thanks for having me Amy!! 🙂
Michele {The Scrap Shoppe} says
Super cute, Angie! I’m REALLY loving paint chip tags. Great idea!!
FancieStrands says
Loving the doily idea! Thanks for sharing.
Hello says
Thanks for this idea! The tissue paper is my favorite part, so much you can do with tissue paper. Thanks!
Coley says
What a great idea! I love using the paint swatches for the tags and I never thought to stamp my own tissue paper!!
Grammy Goodwill says
These look so pretty. I wouldn’t mind finding them under my tree.