Earth Day Thursday-Newspaper Gift Bags

Jan
26
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This is my VERY first post written in WordPress, so bear with me.

OK, I am not gonna lie, this is like my favorite project in a while.

I made little gift bags out of old newspapers!

AND, I totally stole the idea from

How About Orange

You need to go there and follow her perfectly fab tute and make your own. At first all the measurements scared me, but it really was very very very quick and easy.

This time I used a page that was advertising a musical coming to our town. But I am thinking it would be fun to use some cool sports pages, comics, celebrations, etc.

I used tiny eyelets to make holes for the jute handles and just tied each one on the inside of the bag.

I also used a cardboard waffle box to create a sturdy bottom and reinforce the top folds.

This project could not be more earth friendly! I am going to be stocking up on these babies!



Comments

  1. Marilyn says:

    I saw this tutorial a while ago. Glad to hear it’s easy. Making these bags are on my to do list! :D

  2. Robin@DTG says:

    What a great idea and so smart, too!

  3. Nichole says:

    So cute!

  4. Samantha says:

    Woweee! Your new site looks great. I love it and I am a bit jealous :) And these bags turned out great. I am happy for you my friend!

    • Kim says:

      Oh jeeze, I am struggling here lady! It took me 1 1/2 hours to figure out how to change a font in my nav bar and 2 hours to change the background color in my sidebar! Stick with me—please!

  5. Mdbc77 says:

    how cute! there are three grocery stores in my area w/ “double page” ads each week, think those would make interesting and colorful bags! thanks for sharing!

  6. What cool bags!! Your new look is fabulous!! I really like it! Good luck with all the the new challenges a change always brings.

  7. Rachel Sue says:

    This is such a great idea! I would love to feature this on Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle. Feel free to stop by and grab a featured button. Thanks!

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