recycled bag for birthday gift

vintage illustration of hand found online

paper gift bag

recycled bag + recycled birthday card

ribbons stiffened with hair spray

made some time ago

cutout poinsettia card

recycled:

pink sticky notes, light blue cardboard wrapping, white poly strap for packing

xmas '15

boo! boo!

halloween card + chocolate bar wrapper for my best friend (made some long time ago...)

ruffle frame from polyester lining fabric

I found this girl silhouette on a vintage card, traced it using AI and made over a bit

dotted pattern by me, printed on recycled envelope

gift bag + tag

simple gift bag sewed of burlap-like polyester fabric

houndstooth paper printed by me using regular laser printer

butterfly: recycled poster

and the gift itself was a logotype stamp (design by me) for my cardmaking mother

wrapping gifts with scraps

all scraps of ribbons (and fabric) stiffened with hair spray and ironed

burlap bottle bag

frankly? I'm not a huge fan of sewing burlap

and I struggled to find some use for this orange one...

I'm not even sure why I bought it, but since I did so... this is one more booze bag ;)

the tag says "all the best" in Polish

yet another handmade bottle gift bag

orange fabric on a clothespin stabilized with thick paper first

tags say: serdeczności (all the best in Polish) and Od wina głupieje dziewczyna, 

which is a Polish saying that means (very roughly!) Wine makes a gal shine ;)

the red rectangle is a pocket for some additional message or banknotes ;)

robert browning as santa on gift tags

yet another bottle bag

apart from a ribbon handle, it is similar to this one

"Superzbigniew" is a nickname of a family friend

the story is the guy, Zbigniew, was a kinda perfect guy in my mum's eyes,

so even my then-kid bro used to make fun of it and call him so

- a quarter of a century ago - 

by analogy with superman and other superheroes I guess ;)

orange burlap bottle bag

sprig ornament hand cut from faux suede

super simple gift tag

made quickly out of a sudden necessity ;)

ribbons stiffened with hair spray

upcycled gift bag

well, it was a paper shopping bag with a logotype :)

has been cut in half and upcycled:

- scrapbooking paper on both sides

- fabric leaves painted with glidden's shaded fern (flat)

- paper flower made with paper punch

- fabric flower made with pinking shears

- and another one with papertrey ink steel die

- faux leather straps for handles

flowers made with hot glue and tim holtz tiny attacher

in vino veritas

i used a faux leather belt and fabric leftovers

printed on light brown envelope paper

as you can guess this bag is meant for a bottle of wine

hope it looks 'masculine' :)

romantic heart

vintage botanical illustration (found on the net & photoshoped)
printed on reused brown wrapping paper

the heart was made of the same dish towel as this one plus some thick off-white cotton from ikea

i actually use pillow inserts to stuff hearts

one insert for the smallest throw pillow (the cheapest i can get!) lasts me a looong time :)

and...the no-sentiment version you see in the middle

is how the tag looked initially - then i messed everything up when writing on the inside ;)