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Re-Invent the Gift Bag

April 22, 2011 · By Diane Henkler · 10 Comments

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It is almost May and everyone knows that means Spring, the start of being outdoors more, and flower bed design.  It also is the start of the gift giving season – Easter, Mother’s and Father’s day, graduations, and weddings. Which means it is time for some unique gift bag ideas.

To make giving a gift a bit easier, but still in eye-catching style I have come up with a few gift bag ideas on how you can easily “tweak” a plain gift-bag into something unique that will have the recipient squealing in delight – “for me ?”

You can buy plain white and colored shopping bags in bulk at craft stores like Michaels and AC Moore. They cost under $10 for a stack.  I keep a bunch of white ones on hand as I can add anything to them without having to worry about an embellishment matching or not.  For most of the gift bag ideas below you will need a hole punch, ribbons, beads, decorative paper, glue, brass fasteners, along with a few odds and ends.

Happy Gift-Giving!

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Can you think of any other gift bag ideas that will catch peoples’ eye?

Here are some more great ideas for Gift Tags, Embellished Envelopes and Unique Gift Boxes.

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  1. Bettsi says

    04/18/2014 at 7:31 pm

    Oh my goodness, Diane! Look at your darling illustrations- is there anything you can’t do? I love your creative solutions to the plain bag.

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  2. Katherine says

    04/22/2011 at 10:27 am

    Great idea! Happy Friday,Happy Good Friday, Happy Earth Day, Happy Jelly Bean Day ( yes it’s actually jelly bean day)Hugs from Katherine. P.S have you entered my giveaway?

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    • Diane says

      04/22/2011 at 3:25 pm

      Hi Katherine-

      It is a happy Friday all around!!

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  3. Tys says

    04/22/2011 at 10:13 am

    These are all wonderful ideas! I try to jazz up my bags, but haven’t been this creative! I think I’ll print this out and tape to the top of my bags & ribbon rubbermaid ;)

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  4. Milk & Cookie Party says

    04/22/2011 at 9:46 am

    I love this post. Perfect timing for Teacher Appreciation when I have to come up with something cute, special and that costs next to nothing for approximately 60 staff!

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    • Diane says

      04/22/2011 at 3:28 pm

      Hi Ann-

      I knew there were more gift-giving events, but could not think of them all when writing the post. Teachers – forgot about them since my kids are grown – Thanks Anne

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  5. Ivy says

    04/22/2011 at 8:38 am

    Thanks for sharing these great ideas!

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    • Diane says

      04/22/2011 at 3:31 pm

      Hi Ivy-

      I love this kind of stuff and enjoy drawing the little colorful illustrations to help readers envision the ideas that are always swimming around in my head. I hope you have a great weekend.

      Reply
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