No Time Like the Presents

 I (Lauren) only buy plain, undecorated, giftbags at the big box store. Because I know I can make them unique and fancy with my Eyelet Outlet Goodies! I made this set for my mom's birthday. She loves backyard birdwatching, her beautiful garden, and she's very fond of bling!

I added strips of Bird Tape alternating with Peonies Shimmer Tape, Bird and Flower Tape, accented with Skinny Pink Glitter Tape. I ran each strip neatly around to the side and tucked it into the fold; although a nice thing about rolls of washi tape is that you can actually run your tape all the way around the bag and make a continuous design. (It's still a good idea to start and end in the side fold, however!) I added white Paper Flowers with Pearl Brad and Jewel Brad centers and snipped apart some green Paper Flowers to serve as leaves. Finally I scattered a few hot pink Sequins around for extra sparkle.

If you're going to make a giftbag as fancy as this, you really need to go all the way and make a matching card, right? I used all of the same tapes and embellies as on the bag; just simplified them a bit to fit a smaller, 6" square shape. I did add a sweet bird from our Bluebird and Robin set to the center of my flower stack, too.

I hope you'll be inspired to use your Eyelet Outlet Embellishments to make your own custom gift bags; I know your recipients will love the results!

Lauren Bergold

loooooooves to embellish!

Easy Thank You Cards - Version 2

In December 2016, I found a package of Thank You Cards in the $1.50 bin at Michael's and had fun decorating them with Eyelet Outlet Products.

This year, I found a slightly different thank you card design in the same $1.50 bin, so I thought it would be fun to revisit the technique. 

It is so easy to use Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape & Brads to turn something pre-made into something extra-special.  However, these same techniques would also work perfectly with a simple stamped sentiment design (or even sticker sentiments).

This year's Thank You Card design worked particularly well with the Wide Washi Tapes.

The Wide Postage Washi Tape paired perfectly with the little Mail Box Brad for sending a thank you across the miles.

Bicycles with Baskets of Flowers can have you dreaming of Spring.

And as our friends from Portlandia would say ... you can always *put a bird on it* with the Wide Bird Washi Tape (the colors are so vibrant).

The Wide Bird Washi Tape tape has so many birds, I was able to make a second ... and add a Cardinal Brad for some company.

A Thank You Card for your favorite Bibliophile with Wide Glitter Book Washi Tape & a Stack of Books Brad.

It's not too soon to start thinking about Easter ... how fun is this Wide Happy Easter Washi Tape ... especially with that sweet little Bunny Rabbit Brad.

And Skinny Glitter Washi Tape adds the perfect frame to the adorable VW Washi Tape.

I hope I've given you lots of fun ideas for making your own set of Thank You cards (they make fabulous gifts).

• Wide Postage Washi Tape
• Mail Box Brads
• Bike Tape Washi - Wide
• Bird Washi Tape - Wide
• Book Brads
• Glitter Book Washi Tape - Wide
• Happy Easter Washi Tape - Wide
• Rabbit Brad
• VW Washi Tape - Wide
• Glitter Skinny Washi Tape - Purple, Green and Brown

Did you know we have a Flickr Gallery to showcase Eyelet Outlet Design Team Creations?

You can visit me in blogland at Ingenious Inkling,

and you can find Lauren & I making holiday cards

all year long at Jingle Belles