Handmade Gift Wrap

This one was originally posted over at Positively Splendid but I thought ya might have missed it.  My handmade gift wrap is super easy and will look great under your tree...

Those look fab right??  A few dollar store supplies and some paint chips and you can make those too! 

The Bags

First let's make the bags.  I get the bags and doilies from the dollar tree.  Those bags are 50 cents each and the paper doilies are $1 for a large pack... 

I made one with doily placemats and the other with round doilies.  Use whatever your dollar tree has.  Cut the placemat doilies in half...

Lay it out on your bag and mod podge it on...yes leave it completely untrimmed.  Once your mod podge dries you can take a pair of scissors and trim away all the excess.  If you want your bag to be pretty from the front and back, be sure to repeat on the back when the front is dry.

Repeat with the round doily.  Place it how you like it and mod podge it on...

The Tags

While your bags are drying, let's make amazing gift tags!  What do you need??  Free paint chips, a hole punch, and ribbon...

Cut out tree shapes from the green ones and candy cane shapes from the red ones.  Each tag is half of the paint strips I picked up.

Punch a hole and thread in some ribbon...you are done!!  Super simple, cute, and inexpensive...my kinda project!

The Tissue Paper

That was so quick that the bags are not dry.  :)  So let's customize our tissue paper.  Do you have any Christmas stamps??  I have these fab stamps from PSA Essentials. 

The fabulousness is that the outer and inner is a different color all in one hit!!  Yep super simple.  Use the PSA if you can find em or use a Christmas stamp you have.  But stamp that tissue paper to make it extra special!  It turns that simple white tissue into something meaningful for your recipient.

The best part....the ink bleeds through just enough to show the stamp through both sides...amazing!!

Let's put it together....the bags are dry!  I trimmed em and added my tags...

I used the candy cane on the red and the tree on the brown...

Can you guess??  I made candy cane tissue paper for the red bag....cause I am matchy matchy like that!

And the Christmas tree paper got added to the brown bag...

Wrap your gifts with these super simple secrets and your friends will feel extra special....

We can keep it just between the two of us how super simple this is....I won't tell your friends and family! :)

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Crafty Girl Friday -- Handmade Shop

I am going to end this handmade gift series with another shop shoutout!  Vivienne who so graciously posted for me this morning also has an etsy shop --  Crafty Girl Friday.  Head on over there for fabulous custom monogrammed ornaments!

 Or maybe a custom silhouette painting...

The oh so talented Viv will help you out!  

Thank you all for hanging out with me during this series!  I will be back in a bit with another post for today!

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~Angie~ 

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Naughty and Nice Wine Glasses -- The V Spot

Time for day 12 of our handmade gift series!  Last day and we have had a wonderful series!  If you missed any posts, all of the handmade gift ideas can be found here.  The fab Vivienne is here today!

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Hi Country Chic Cottage readers!

I'm Vivienne from The V Spot and I am so happy that Angie included me in her Handmade Holidays series.

During the holidays, my "go-to" host/hostess gifts are either candles or wine.  However, with a little glass etching cream it's easy to make that bottle of wine a bit more special...  just add a couple of holiday inspired wine glasses.  One Naughty and one Nice.

Start with an electronic cutting tool (or store bought stencil letters).  We'll be using the negative space to create our stencil, so you can peel out the letter and throw it away.  Make sure to save the centers of the letters when necessary.

Because I "eyeball" my letters into place, it's a good idea to set the glasses side by side and make sure they are matched up evenly.  These were not and I had to move the Nice letters down just a smidge.  A little trial and error is OK.

Notice that I haven't placed the center of the y and the g yet.  If I filled that whole space up with etching cream it would look really weird, so do take care to save the centers.

When your letters are where you want them, go ahead and glop on the etching cream.  (And I mean glop in a careful way, of course.)

Follow the instructions on the etching cream as to how long to leave it on your glasses.  You can pick etching cream up in any craft store for less than $10, and a jar lasts a very long time.

Pick out a bottle of wine, add your glasses, and you've got a nice little gift for your host.

Easy! Thanks for having me, Angie!

Happy Holidays!

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Thanks Viv!  What a great idea!

Our series has come to an end!  Stay tuned as things return to normal around here!

~Thanks for stopping by!~

~Angie~
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Micucci Designs -- Handmade Shop

Hi I am Deneen from the Dreamingincolor blog! I am here to introduce you to my stores!

If you are looking for unique gifts for Christmas you have come to the right place! If you live in Tennessee I have two stores I work out of, The Three French Hens in Nolensville and La Vie En Rose Cottage in Lenox Village, Nashville. I have lots of painted furniture and gift items available so please come out and shop.

 

dresser at La Vie En Rose Cottage

 

Hutch at Three French Hens

These are just a few things to look at

If you are not local or want to do some online shopping, you can always visit me at my Etsy shop

Micucci Designs

You can find my ticket signs

Handmade textiles

or adorable Christmas ornaments that you can customize

If you like what you see check it out! I would love for you to "heart" and item of make my shop your favorite! Better yet, get your Christmas shopping done!!!

Oh I am doing a giveaway for some of these right now too. You can go here to check it out and enter!

Thanks so much for your visit in advance! Thanks Angie for the shout out!!!

Happy Holidays!

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Thanks so much Deneen!!  Deneen is super sweet and I really need to get to  her booths in Nashville!

The 12 days of handmade gifts continues tomorrow.  Don't miss all the great tutorials and handmade shops!  If you missed any of the posts just click here to catch up!  
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~Angie~
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Snow Ball Craft -- Dreaming in Color

Time for day 11 of our handmade gift series!  Only one more day left y'all!  If you missed any posts, all of the handmade gift ideas can be found here.  Deneen is next with a quick Christmas craft!

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Thank you Angie for hosting this special 12 days of Homemade Christmas for us! Hi, I am Deneen from Dreamingincolor! A blog where I try to think outside the box and come up with fresh ideas. I do a lot of furniture, crafts and recipes. Would love for you to take a look and visit me sometime!

Some of the fun gift ideas I have done in the past are a Dessert Tray.

 or these would make a great gift also

Teacup Candle holders

Today I want to share something fun for kids and grown-ups and it is an easy project you can even do together! Yay Christmas fun!

This is a great way to use all those odd gloves and mittens you can't find the other pair for!

You will need

1 Styrofoam ball

fake snow

spray adhesive

1 glove or mitten

Take your spray adhesive and coat the ball with glue

 

It will be very sticky. Drop ball in bag of fake snow and roll around to coat.

 

Get glove or mitten and hot glue the ball to the glove. I love that I saved these to use someday for a project!!! Woo Hoo! Finally getting to use them after all these years LOL!

 

That's it! Place it on a table and it looks adorable for a unique Christmas decoration!

 

Hope you enjoyed the projects! Thanks so much for spending the time to look at everything here! Thanks Angie for being a gracious host! Please come by my blog if you have time and check out the rest of my things! 

Happy Holidays!!!

It makes an adorable tabletop decoration for your home and the kids will get a kick out of it!

Hope you enjoyed this little craft and come visit me at Dreamingincolor!

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Thanks Deneen!  I can think of all sorts of things to do with those snow balls!

Stay tuned for the next twelve days for all kinds of tutorials and handmade shops to explore! 

~Thanks for stopping by!~

~Angie~
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Toile Good Things -- Handmade Shop

Howdy y'all!  I'm so excited to have the opportunity to share my Etsy store, Toile Good Things with you wonderful Country Chic Cottage readers for the Handmade Holiday series!  I have a passion for paper, specifially book pages (maybe because my mother was a reading teacher and librarian) and I love creating unique home items from vintage books and book pages.

At Toile Good Things, I offer items to decorate for the holidays...

Book Page Christmas Ball Ornaments*

Book page and felt Christmas Tree Garland*

...and items to give the perfect present for someone on your Christmas list!

Book page bath salt packets - the perfect stocking stuffer!

Book page flower and burlap pennant garland

I'd be thrilled if you stopped by!

 Thank you for supporting handmade this holiday season!

All the best!

Allison

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Thanks Allison!  I heart paper crafts!!

The 12 days of handmade gifts continues tomorrow.  Don't miss all the great tutorials and handmade shops!  If you missed any of the posts just click here to catch up!  
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~Angie~
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The Momma Clutch -- Its Toile Good

Time for day 10 of our handmade gift series!  If you missed any posts, all of the handmade gift ideas can be found here.  The lovely Allison with It's Toile Good is here to share her tutorial for The Momma Clutch!  Y'all will love it!

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Hello all you Country Chic Cottage Readers!  I'm Allison and I blog over at It's Toile Good.  I'm super pumped to be here for Angie's Handmade Holidays!  I love giving and receiving handmade gifts for Christmas and today I'm sharing the gifts I'm making for my bff's this year.  My friends and I have little kiddos, but we still like to have a fun night out from time to time and this super simple, but totally cute Momma Clutch is something I know my girls will use!  It's the perfect little clutch to throw in your purse or diaper bag to carry a diaper and wipes OR use on a night out to carry your phone, keys and a lipstick!

Here's the How  To:

Grab yourself about a quarter of a yard of base fabric and an extra long strip (about 30") of an accent fabric and a about a quarter of a yard of stiff, but not super stiff interfacing.

Measure and cut

1. double over your fabric so you're cutting both pieces at the same time and use a diaper to get a good size

2. fold over the diaper once

3. fold over the diaper twice

4. cut excess away

5. measure and cut matching piece of interfacing

6. square up all sides with rotary cutter

Layer the two pieces of base fabric on top of the interfacing and pin all around.

Sew around all edges, leaving an opening to turn right sides out on one of the short ends.

Cut all corners to create square edges when turned right sides out.

Once turned, iron edges down flat.

Pin opening closed and top stitch along that short end closing the opening and finishing one end of the clutch.

Place diaper inside to determine how much of the bottom to pull up and pin.

Top stitch starting on the left side going up, rotate and stitch across the top flap edge and rotate and stitch down the right side.

The clutch is finished.  Iron to press this shape into the interfacing.

Create a tube from the strip of accent fabric by sewing right sides together then turning right sides out.

Pin in a pleated / ruffle across the top flap and sew down the middle.

*Optional idea to add a velcro closure to the inside flap.

Perfect for diapers and wipes for the hard workin' Momma on a play date...

or for keys, phone and lipstick for Momma out for a date night!

Hope you'll give one a try for your bff's this holiday!  Come see what other crafty business I've been up to over at It's Toile Good!  Or catch me on Facebook or Twitter!

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Thanks Allison!  Amazing!! 

Stay tuned for the next twelve days for all kinds of tutorials and handmade shops to explore! 

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