Welcome to the November InKing Royalty Blog Hop. We’re excited to share projects that showcase fun gift wrap and packaging ideas for the holidays.
You may have started the Blog Hop here or may have hopped over from Angie Coleman at Coastal Stamping. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next. If you get off track at any point during the blog hop, there’s a complete list of participants at the end of this post.
Funny story. I was on my way to the Stampin’ Up! convention in July. I bought some food on the plane (I’m being very liberal with the word food here – it was inedible) but it came in a cafe bag with the roll down top. I thought, these would make such great gift bags, and they’d be so easy to decorate. I’m gonna find some for Christmas gifts this year. Skip to the next day at convention when we got our Holiday Catalogs, and what did I find on page 10? Petite Cafe Gift Bags! I couldn’t believe it.
I have loved the old animated TV show, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer since I was a child. Silver and Gold sung by Burl Ives was one of my favorites songs from that show. Why do I mention this? Because I’m combining the Petite Cafe Bag with Silver and Gold!
I’m afraid my lighting just isn’t right to capture how pretty this is. But trust me, in person the silver and gold really show. I tried to get some shots that showed the shininess, but the silver and gold look sort of blue and green. I hope you can at least get an idea of what it really looks like.
The tags – I stamped one in silver, one in gold, and one in baked brown sugar to match the bag. I tied them onto the silver ribbon with linen thread. I like the look of the shiny metallics against the matte brown.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly’s Creative Corner. You certainly won’t want to miss any of these projects.
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Candy Ford
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Angie Coleman at Coastal Stamping
- Candy Ford at StampCandy
- Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly’s Creative Corner
- Amy Whelan at Amy’s Inklings
- Katie Ferguson at Cottage Paper
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Becky Volpp at Ink Blossom with Becky
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
Here’s what I used for this project:
Candy, thus is a clever way to use Washi Tape. I love the snowflake tag!
Love your story about the bags! I heard it at Convention, but I was just as enthralled to read it here. No one would turn away this beautifully adorned bag. What a fun project!
Love these bags Candy! And I fall to pieces when I hear that song from Rudolph too. The silver and gold combo is one I have never used but I certainly will now. Oh, and sorry about your cruddy airplane lunch…lol.
We even have the Burl Ives CD with that song on it…it’s one of the first things we get out during the Advent season. Thanks for the happy memories and your bag gets a gold ribbon! : )
I love these bags too Candy! There are so many neat packaging containers in the Holiday Catalog. I love the silver and gold washi.