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I like to wrap gifts.
Really I do.
But sometimes you don't have enough time to do it properly, especially when your neighbor pops by unexpected with a nice fancy smanchy gift. So I love gift bags because not only are they quick, but you can SAVE THEM AND REUSE THEM!!!!
I admit it, I'm kind of closet collector of boxes and bags....oops I just came out didn't I?
Well to totally come clean, I've got a bag of bags. It's sorted into birthday type, holiday bags, and store bags with names on them which I'll be using for my instructable.
Now admit it, haven't you reused a pretty bag yourself? I know my neighbor did because she brought our gift in the same bag that I'd received from the neighbor across the street (now I had two!!)
But since I don't like being caught recycling, I usually store them and reuse them the next year-- because who honestly remembers from one year to the next?
Yet, occasionally you need a slightly bigger bag.
So I thought, why not use wrapping paper to make a bag?
Then I checked the wrapping paper and it seemed too lightweight to make a bag that would hold anything. So then the inspiration hit me: Why not reuse a brown or a store name bag into a prettier version?
Really I do.
But sometimes you don't have enough time to do it properly, especially when your neighbor pops by unexpected with a nice fancy smanchy gift. So I love gift bags because not only are they quick, but you can SAVE THEM AND REUSE THEM!!!!
I admit it, I'm kind of closet collector of boxes and bags....oops I just came out didn't I?
Well to totally come clean, I've got a bag of bags. It's sorted into birthday type, holiday bags, and store bags with names on them which I'll be using for my instructable.
Now admit it, haven't you reused a pretty bag yourself? I know my neighbor did because she brought our gift in the same bag that I'd received from the neighbor across the street (now I had two!!)
But since I don't like being caught recycling, I usually store them and reuse them the next year-- because who honestly remembers from one year to the next?
Yet, occasionally you need a slightly bigger bag.
So I thought, why not use wrapping paper to make a bag?
Then I checked the wrapping paper and it seemed too lightweight to make a bag that would hold anything. So then the inspiration hit me: Why not reuse a brown or a store name bag into a prettier version?
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I searched through my bags and found some bags that were slightly bigger and had some use left. One had a rip in it. I don't know why I still had it other than my subconscious mind knew that later I would use it for this instructable? Yeah….I’ll keep that explanation rather than the real one which is that I save everything and it is only through mutterings from my sister and husband that I wouldn’t end up buried in my saved stuff.
So I took the bag apart and measured and even wrote down the measurements. (Later I tossed the measurements in the recycle paper bin. It is easier to toss later when you know you don’t need, than to wonder if you should’ve written down the measurements.)
I searched through my bags and found some bags that were slightly bigger and had some use left. One had a rip in it. I don't know why I still had it other than my subconscious mind knew that later I would use it for this instructable? Yeah….I’ll keep that explanation rather than the real one which is that I save everything and it is only through mutterings from my sister and husband that I wouldn’t end up buried in my saved stuff.
So I took the bag apart and measured and even wrote down the measurements. (Later I tossed the measurements in the recycle paper bin. It is easier to toss later when you know you don’t need, than to wonder if you should’ve written down the measurements.)
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Sunshiine
I thought of wrapping this with fabric, but decided for the challenge wrapping paper was also good!