Sunday, December 27, 2009

when gift-wrapping FINALLY becomes an olympic event...

...i'm fairly confident of scoring at least a bronze medal. maybe even silver, if they have a special category for giftbags. i made a lot of giftbags this year. (note to the retailers of the world: why does nothing come IN A BOX anymore?? eh???!? boxes are reassuring. and easy to wrap. we customers LIKE boxes, ok?!? thank you.) i chose to further specialize in the verrrrrrry-VERY-last-minute, mass-produced but personalized, digi-hybrid bag. want to see some? (please note, the continuation of today's blog post depends on your saying, "YES" at this juncture.) (no pressure.)

i made kid ones:


(digistuffs: jolly little friends stickers no 1: mindy terasawa, designer digitals; kraft diecut paper pack (re-colored): jessie edwards, designer digitals; font: cafe rojo; software: broderbund printshop; scrappistuffs: brads: making memories; cardstock: staples; plain bags, adhesive felt snowflakes, jingle bells, ribbon & maribou trim: michaels; adhesves: 3m foam tape, hot glue)

i made lady ones:

(digistuffs: free fancy gift tags set: rhonna farrer, 2peas; swirly frame brushes; scrap-n-fonts; software: broderbund printshop; scrappistuffs: fancy velvet brads: marah johnson, creative imaginations; gems: mambi; spray ink: smoosh; glitter & silver ink pens: sakura; glossy photo paper: kodak; plain bags, tissue, lace, deconstructed poinsettia & holly garlands: michaels; adhesve: tombow mono runner, 3m foam tape)

i made gentleman ones:

(digistuffs: see-through snowflake elements: rhonna farrer, 2peas; distressed edge tool kit: rhonna farrer, house of 3; powder paper pack: gretchen thomas, designer digitals; fonts: bleeding cowboys, freeze, porcelain & metallic avocado; software: broderbund printshop; scrappistuffs: acryllic snowflakes (made into dangles with jumprings & fishing wire): mambi; snowflake stickers: ek success; snowflake punch: papersource; brads: making memories; cardstock: staples; plain bags, tissue, ribbon & trim: michaels; adhesves: 3m foam tape, hot glue)



there were a few more, but they were basically variations on the same themes. i'm proud to say that the bags were a big hit, as were the presents within, which consisted mostly of giftcards and savings bonds, with a variety of small presents: xmas ornaments, candy, lipgloss, reindeer slipper socks (a HUGE hit with the nieces) and so forth.

before i go, here is lauren's "blindingly obvious--in retrospect" tip of the day: if you're the only crafty member of a group participating in a "secret santa" type gift exchange, making personalized & embellished giftbags WILL NOT help preserve your anonymity. not even a little bit. :)

7 comments:

  1. LOL...loved your tip of the day..we had a "secret santa" exchange at work and I had my boy write the name on the tag and I didn't doll anything up...pained me I tell you...pained me...

    LOVE your giftie bags...forget about what was inside of those pieces of work..the bag itself it is a giftie!

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  2. These are gorgeous Miss Lauren...they daf get `Gold`....I love them all..
    Hope you all had a fab time:)x

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  3. Those bags frigin rock girl! And I would think anyone would know if they got a bad like that, it was the crafty person!!! LOL Excellent though! I would want it anyway!

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  4. Hmmm ... I wonder if there is a Nobel prize for papercraft? I think you deserve it for that top tip alone! Do you happen to know the address in Stockholm?

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  5. Incredible bags. But they would give you away. Big time.

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  6. ooh those bags turned out so cute!! I'm going to have to work on doing something similar this year for birthday gifts. I doubt I'll manage it at Christmas time. lol. I love the kids ones the most. SO cute. But I can see how that would not make you anonymous.

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  7. These are so fab! I especially like the kid and gentleman bags. Thanks for the secret Santa tip...LOL!

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