This guest post is from Lolly Chessie. She has a fun and easy idea for upcycling a brown paper bag into a fabulous treat bag!
Hi everyone! My name is Lolly Chessie and I am thrilled to be one of the first guests on Julie's Holidays Handmade week of fun! Today I am going to be sharing the easiest and fastest gift idea ever! You can prolly raid your pantry and your massive stash of paper craft goodies and whip up a few of these in NO time at all!
Let's get started!
Because I have been super slammed with crafts, teaching and working the past few weeks… I kinda had to cheat here. I knew I wanted to make a cookie bag but simply had no time to make any cookies…
Soooo… Thursday evening on my way home from work, I grabbed a container of cookies to use as the display part of this project…
Low and behold… Sunday morning rolled around and I spied my box of cookies on the counter… looking a little how shall I say it… lean?!?!?!
With the whirlwind of teaching I have been doing since Friday, I kinda forgot to mention to the husband that these cookies were actually for a project…
oops… he's been munching on them ALL weekend long! I am just glad he left me a few for the project or we'd be looking at a bag of dog bones!
Now that the drama part of the post is out of the way… let's move on to the crafty side of things!
I started with a simple brown paper lunch sack. You can usually get about 100 of them for around $2.00. Keeping the sack closed, trim the top off the sack so it's 6 inches tall (from the bottom). I used a scallop rotary trimmer to make a cute edge!
I then inked the inside edge of the bag with some Distress Ink in "frayed burlap"…
Once all of my edges were inked, I rolled a simple 3/4 inch cuff at the top of the bag! Those inked inside edges when turned down help set off the cuff from the main portion of the bag!
I then gathered some of my scrapbook supplies and went to town on creating a little scene for the front portion of my bag! I used embellies and papers from the Basic Grey – Jovial collection and a piece of holly trim that I found at my local Walmart!
Once you have everything glue down you have a cute little scene for the front of your bag!
I took a gusseted food safe plastic bag and placed it inside my decorated brown paper lunch sack…
…and then stuffed the bottom with a dish towel because I did not have enough cookies to fill it up to the top because certain unnamed husbands had themselves a cookie eating contest over the weekend…!
I tied the plastic bag tight with a nice thick piece of cording and…
…there you have it!
The possibilities are endless with this project! It's a great way to use up a ton of leftover bits and pieces from your stash and creates a super cute and afforable gift you can give to your friends and family!
Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you all have a super happy holiday!
HUGS,
Lolly
I live in the North Texas area with my husband Ron and our 3 dogs (Dog, Charlotte and Harriet). I work full time but spend tons of time outside of my job in my craft room! I started painting rocks with my mom’s oil paints when I was 4 and doing ceramics and pottery with her when I was 5. I love to combine many different mediums in my projects and adore layers and texture too! I find inspiration everywhere I look and keep a little book with me at all times so I can quickly sketch ideas before they fly away into la la land!!! Thanks for having me as a guest, Julie!
Blog: Lolly Chops
great project Lolly
great project Lolly
great project Lolly
great project Lolly
What a cute project. I love it!
What a cute project. I love it!
What a cute project. I love it!
What a cute project. I love it!
Hey cool Lolly! Cute and quick- love it.
Hey cool Lolly! Cute and quick- love it.
Hey cool Lolly! Cute and quick- love it.
Hey cool Lolly! Cute and quick- love it.
Love it as I do ALL your projects! hugs from Conroe, TX!
Love it as I do ALL your projects! hugs from Conroe, TX!
Love it as I do ALL your projects! hugs from Conroe, TX!
Love it as I do ALL your projects! hugs from Conroe, TX!
I love Lolly! I also can’t wait to meet you at Inspired next year! I need to do this … because of my December Daily album I have a ton of coordinating scraps. Need to use them up!
I love Lolly! I also can’t wait to meet you at Inspired next year! I need to do this … because of my December Daily album I have a ton of coordinating scraps. Need to use them up!
I love Lolly! I also can’t wait to meet you at Inspired next year! I need to do this … because of my December Daily album I have a ton of coordinating scraps. Need to use them up!
I love Lolly! I also can’t wait to meet you at Inspired next year! I need to do this … because of my December Daily album I have a ton of coordinating scraps. Need to use them up!
Cookies disappear in our house, too! The project is adorable, as are you and your blog!
Cookies disappear in our house, too! The project is adorable, as are you and your blog!
Cookies disappear in our house, too! The project is adorable, as are you and your blog!
Cookies disappear in our house, too! The project is adorable, as are you and your blog!
Lolly, this is adorable!!! What a great idea!
Lolly, this is adorable!!! What a great idea!
Lolly, this is adorable!!! What a great idea!
Lolly, this is adorable!!! What a great idea!
Lolly, I love this bag sooooo much!!!!!!You are such a creative genius!
Big hugs!!!!
Lolly, I love this bag sooooo much!!!!!!You are such a creative genius!
Big hugs!!!!
Lolly, I love this bag sooooo much!!!!!!You are such a creative genius!
Big hugs!!!!
Lolly, I love this bag sooooo much!!!!!!You are such a creative genius!
Big hugs!!!!
OK what could be better than having Lolly and Julie in the same place??
I so love this project, I only wish I had seen it before I had gone and bought decorative containers from the store! (I know, tsk, tsk silly girl why buy things you know you can make?) I guess that just means I need to give more things away so I can make some of these bags 🙂
I’m loving Julie’s handmade gift series – awesome inspiration!
Hugs,
Kristina
OK what could be better than having Lolly and Julie in the same place??
I so love this project, I only wish I had seen it before I had gone and bought decorative containers from the store! (I know, tsk, tsk silly girl why buy things you know you can make?) I guess that just means I need to give more things away so I can make some of these bags 🙂
I’m loving Julie’s handmade gift series – awesome inspiration!
Hugs,
Kristina
OK what could be better than having Lolly and Julie in the same place??
I so love this project, I only wish I had seen it before I had gone and bought decorative containers from the store! (I know, tsk, tsk silly girl why buy things you know you can make?) I guess that just means I need to give more things away so I can make some of these bags 🙂
I’m loving Julie’s handmade gift series – awesome inspiration!
Hugs,
Kristina
OK what could be better than having Lolly and Julie in the same place??
I so love this project, I only wish I had seen it before I had gone and bought decorative containers from the store! (I know, tsk, tsk silly girl why buy things you know you can make?) I guess that just means I need to give more things away so I can make some of these bags 🙂
I’m loving Julie’s handmade gift series – awesome inspiration!
Hugs,
Kristina