Birthday Favor/Gift with Washi!

A big Hello to all you Washi fans out there!

Stacey here today to show you a super simple favor box that I created and no patterned paper was used, only that gorgeous Washi tape from Love My Tapes. 

The tapes I used on my project are:

Lime with White Polka Dots

&

Pink Chevron

Here is my project:

After the bag was decorated, I wrapped each piece of chocolate with a piece of white cardstock and then more Washi.

I think these would make the perfect little party favors or even a simple but cute birthday gift for a co worker, neighbor, etc. 

Thank you all so much for stopping by!

For more details on my project, be sure to visit my blog.

You can find the Love My Tapes Etsy store by clicking HERE

I hope you have a great crafty day!

~Stacey~

Fabric Tape Feathers Packaging

Hello! Tessa Buys here with an easy way to dress up a simple gift box with trendy feathers. These feathers aren't from nature or a craft store, though. These are handmade with Love My Tapes' fabric tapes, wire and cardstock.

Choose your tapes, grab some spare cardstock, and find your floral wire (any wire will do, but green floral wire is what I had on hand).

1. Cut your wire as long as you'd like your feather to be. My feathers are about three inches long.

2. Cut pieces of fabric tape long enough to cover the wire. For smaller feathers, two pieces is plenty, but for larger feathers, you will want to use three or more pieces.

3. Lay the wire on a piece of cardstock and apply a piece of tape over the wire. If using just two pieces of tape, overlap slightly. If using three, center the wire under your first piece of tape. Apply the rest of your pieces of tape.

4. With sharp scissors, cut out the shape of the feather. Cut slits in the feather going from the top downward to the wire. The wire will stop your scissors from cutting too far.

I added some Love My Tapes lace tape to the top of my boxes, then wrapped the boxes in twine. I secured the twine with a button and hot glued my feathers to the back of the button.

If you like visual tutorials, I will be updating this post soon with a link to a video tutorial for making the feathers. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Baked goods and pretty tapes

Hi LMT fans, it's Jaclyn here today.  Please tell me I am not alone in the fact that the cooler temperatures immediately put me in the mood to bake.  Anyone else have this 'problem'?  Something about pulling out the jeans, boots and sweaters initiates my craving for everything pumpkin flavored, warm and delicious.  Since the temperature has barely reached 50 degrees where I live within the past several days, I've succumbed to baking six loaves of pumpkin bread and four dozen snickerdoodle cookies!  I admit, its a problem! Ha!  But it would be even more of a problem, if I ate it all myself!  Luckily I have many friends and neighbors who appreciate my kitchen whims and are happy to indulge in surprise packages of goodies on their porch.

What does any of this have to do with the pretty tapes you come to see on this blog?  Well, just as I mentioned in my post last week, I often reach for my supply of tapes to pretty up my baked goods packaging prior to passing them along!

 

 

I've been gifting loaves up pumpkin bread like crazy.  I found these cute kraft and orange polka dot boxes at my local craft store.  While cute and decorative, they definitely needed to be dressed up!  I created a simple black cardstock wrap, to extend around the outside of each bread box.   At this point, I dug into my tape stash, wrapping some around the perimeter of each box and making darling, dimensional bows with the rest.

 

LMT is now providing you with awesome 12x12 adhesive-backed glitter sheets!  To keep with the Halloween theme, I used the black glitter cardstock to accent my cardstock wraps, as a base for my 'tape bows' and I even used a bit along the bottom edge of each tag.

 

 

The glitter sheets have a super strong adhesive, so there's no worry that they'll move once you have them stuck down.  What I also love about these sheets is they are no mess!  I punched, trimmed and cut various pieces from the black glitter sheet, and didn't have a strand of stray glitter anywhere on myself or my work surface!

 

 

 

That's all I've got for today, LMT friends. Enjoy your weekend!  We hope you'll come back and visit us next week.  The Design Team girls all received a bounty of new LMT products and we're eager to share the fun things we've been making with them, with you!



Pretty packages

Hi LMT friends, it's Jaclyn here today.  In my family we have a number of birthdays during the month of October.  I have already purchased several gift cards, but I wanted a way to present them to my recipients other than just tucked inside a card.  Pillow boxes and washi tape came to the rescue!  These simple supplies made for quick and pretty packaging to house my gifts.

I started by laying three side by side strips of the chosen tape next to each other, around the width of the pillow box. I then layered two strips of lace tape around the middle for some added texture.  The rest is finished off in no time, with a quick wrap of coordinating twine and a gift tag that is tied on and secured!

This floral tape has always been one of my favorites.  I love how the lighter colors pop against the black background.  The black lace tape and twine add a nice bit of texture and compliment the pattern well.

The fabric tapes work well for this project too!  Here I've used the pink and white stripe fabric tape, as my base, layering on the lace tape and twine again.

With the holidays quickly approaching, I know we're all searching for quick and pretty ways to fancy up our gift giving.  What's great about this project is that it can easily be customized to the holiday or occasion, based upon the tapes you choose.  I hope you'll give it a try!