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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Mothers Day Crafts-Create a Mothers Day Gift Wrap with a Gourmet Appeal Using Recycled Paper
Have you ever noticed some of the decorative grocery paper bags and thought, it’s too pretty to toss out, so why not repurpose this antiqued themed paper for Mothers Day gift wrapping? Well, those were my thoughts when I was admiring the Traders Joes grocery Paper Bag I brought home from the store. The printed design featured on the side of the bag has a timeless gourmet charm that resembles stamped patterns of vegetables, fruit, wine bottles, forks and a tea kettle.
This is the perfect project for Mothers Day gift wrapping. “It is the balance of elegant meets recycled grocery paper”.
The supplies you will need for this project:
- Decorative grocery paper bag – We choose to use a Trader Joes Grocery paper bag in an antiqued brown and barn red with a theme stamped pattern. Note if your gift box or package is medium or large, you will need to use more than one grocery bag.
- Fabric knit, approx. 12 inches in length – We choose Red to complement the colors in the paper.
- 1 Sheet of Scrapbooking Paper – We choose a chocolate brown with a shimmery metallic finish.
- 1 initial embellishment, adhesive backed for easy attachment.
- Craft Scissors
- Scotch tape
- 1 name tag
- Fine writing pen or Sharpie pen – We choose the color white to use on chocolate brown paper.
Step 1 – Using your scissors, cut design pattern from grocery bag or bags depending on the size of your gift box or package.
Step 2 – Wrap and secure with scotch tape to package or box.
Step 3 – Wrap Fabric knit around the center of the package, securing it by tying a bow. If working with a small gift, tie a small bow. If the gift box or package is medium or larger, tie a larger bow, but not too big that the pattern of your paper won’t be visible.
Step 4 – Using your craft scissors cut a small section from your scrapbooking paper and fold in half creating a small tag that can be lifted up. Craft scissors add a nice decorative trim to the edges of your card.
Step 5 – Next, attach the elegant initial embellishment to the front of the gift tag. If it doesn’t already come with an adhesive on the back of it apply craft adhesive glue stick to it.
Step 6 – Address the gift tag, using a lighter colored pen on dark scrapbooking paper and a darker fine point pen on lighter paper.
For more creative and custom gift wrapping ideas, check out my article on: Specialty Gift Wrapping for Fathers Day that anyone can do.
About the Author
Linda Johnson is a degreed and experienced crafter and interior/exterior decorating specialist, with years of experience helping friends, family, and clients solve their decorating and craft needs. Linda and her contributing writers invite you to submit your own great ideas for free, and also find tons more Mothers Day craft ideas and decorating projects like this with photos to try yourself.
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