Day eight of Handmade Christmas Challenge- Gift wrap and tags

By on November 24, 2009 in Handmade Christmas Challenge

If you are making your own gifts then you don’t have to go out and buy gift wrap and tags for those gifts.  Here are lots of ideas and printable gift tags for you.

This one is dear to me since I do this exact thing when I give gifts.  I also sew some drawstring gift bags to put my gifts in.  Here is a nice tutorial from Zakka Life.

Of course we have all heard of (or used) newspaper, I especially love the funnies for gift wrapping and brown grocery paper bags for gifts (can you say paper or plastic?) but what about using an old map.  With the world map changing lately you may have one that is not current anymore.
Here is a recycled paper bow to go with your recycled gift wrap.  This is a great use for those old flyers or magazines laying around.  Hey you could even use chip bags or sales flyers.
If you are giving a CD or DVD here is a great paper flower case to put it in.
Need a box for your gift, here is a tutorial from instructables on using a cereal box.

To go with all the homemade gift wrap and bows here is a tutorial on gift envelopes which you could make out of what ever you like.
I have found lots of printable gift tags for your gifts:
Vintage looking tags and lots more, here, here, and here.
The point to this challenge is to shop at home and see what you have that you can use, now get to work!
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Day seven of Handmade Christmas Challenge- Gifts for the Home

By on November 21, 2009 in Handmade Christmas Challenge
Get ready for a slew of long overdue challenges.  Today is gifts for the home.
There are a few things in life that are certain, death, taxes and laundry.  Make it more pleasant with the right accesories:

This laundry bag is easy and very pretty.  Here is a really cute laundry pin bag to go with it (you can find clothes pins really inexpensively and you could go as far as painting some clothespins to go with the theme, (these would be very appreciated by someone who is trying to be green by using a solar dryer, you know a clothesline)

For a really cute door decoration for any season (depending on the colors you use) here is a pom-pom door wreath from Whip Up.
This next gift is so customizable and everyone eats so everyone can use some handmade cloth napkins.  Here is one that uses up the fabric scraps leftover from other projects from sew mama sew.
and for the bathroom, a crochet faux toilet paper roll, toilet paper roll cover from Irish Lace.  This gift would be a funny conversation piece.
For the magazine lover,  here is a tutorial on how to make a magazine holder
Here is a cute gift to go with the cloth napkins, a utensil placemat
Hope you got some ideas, now get to work!
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