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May 24, 2025

Folk Art Gift Tags made from Cardboard Packaging

May 24, 2025/ Sum of their Stories
Folk Art Gift Tags made from Cardboard Packaging

Make the sweetest folk art style gift tags from cardboard packaging, a recycling craft idea

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May 24, 2025/ Sum of their Stories/ 23 Comments
General Papercraft 2, Upcycled 4
papercraft, Gift Wrap, recycling/repurposing, upcycling, art
January 08, 2025

Scrap Ribbon Gift Tags and Card Toppers

January 08, 2025/ Sum of their Stories
Scrap Ribbon Gift Tags and Card Toppers

How to make pretty little gift tags or card toppers from all your ribbon scraps.

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January 08, 2025/ Sum of their Stories/ 15 Comments
Greeting Cards, General Papercrafts
greeting cards, papercraft, pretty ideas, thrifty tips, tutorials, Gift Wrap, ribbon
June 26, 2024

Felt Gift Card Envelope

June 26, 2024/ Sum of their Stories
Felt Gift Card Envelope

Gift cards are such a useful gift idea but it's nice to make them a bit special by making them their own felt envelopes.

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June 26, 2024/ Sum of their Stories/ 32 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 1
Gift Wrap, gift ideas, sewing, tutorials
April 24, 2024

Promotional Drawstring Bag No Sew Upcycle

April 24, 2024/ Sum of their Stories
Promotional Drawstring Bag No Sew Upcycle

An easy no sew way to upcycle a promotional drawstring bag to make it into a pretty storage or gift bag

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April 24, 2024/ Sum of their Stories/ 3 Comments
Upcycled 3
upcycling, recycling/repurposing, Gift Wrap
January 18, 2024

Upcycling Old Paintings into Gift Tags

January 18, 2024/ Sum of their Stories
Upcycling Old Paintings into Gift Tags

How to turn old spare paintings into beautiful gift tags

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January 18, 2024/ Sum of their Stories/ 1 Comment
General Papercraft 2, Upcycled 3
upcycling, Gift Wrap, papercraft
March 07, 2023

Upcycled Sweater Easter Gift Bags

March 07, 2023/ Sum of their Stories
Upcycled Sweater Easter Gift Bags

How to upcycle the sleeves of an old sweater into sweet easter gift bags with crochet bunny motif embellishments

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March 07, 2023/ Sum of their Stories/ 25 Comments
Easter, Sewing and embroidery 5, Upcycled 2
Easter, Gift Wrap, Crochet, craft tutorials, sustainable craft challenge
November 01, 2022

How to make festive gift tags from old business cards and magazines

November 01, 2022/ Sum of their Stories
How to make festive gift tags from old business cards and magazines

How to make festive gift tags from old business cards and pages from your old November and December magazines.

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November 01, 2022/ Sum of their Stories/ 25 Comments
Christmas 2, Upcycled 2, General Papercraft 2
Christmas, Gift Wrap, recycling/repurposing
November 16, 2021

How to make the easiest reusable fabric Christmas gift bags

November 16, 2021/ Sum of their Stories
How to make the easiest reusable fabric Christmas gift bags

How to make the easiest reusable fabric gift bags this Christmas - or all year round!

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November 16, 2021/ Sum of their Stories/ 17 Comments
Christmas 1, Sewing and Embroidery 4
Christmas, Gift Wrap, Sewing my Stash, sewing tutorial
October 13, 2021

DIY Decoupage or Mixed Media Wooden Gift Tags

October 13, 2021/ Sum of their Stories
DIY Decoupage or Mixed Media Wooden Gift Tags

Lots of ideas to decorate wooden heart shapes to make pretty gift tags.

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October 13, 2021/ Sum of their Stories/ 5 Comments
General Papercraft 2, everything else 3
Gift Wrap, papercraft, craft tutorials, book crafts
September 13, 2021

Autumn Gift Jar with Scrap Fabric Gift Tag

September 13, 2021/ Sum of their Stories
Autumn Gift Jar with Scrap Fabric Gift Tag

How to make a scrap fabric gift tag, perfect to add to a autumn themed gift jar

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September 13, 2021/ Sum of their Stories/ 12 Comments
General Papercraft 2
Gift Wrap, Sewing my Stash, sewing, papercraft, gift ideas, teacher gifts, autumn, Fall Crafts
September 08, 2021

Floral Gift Box idea from Upcycled Magazines

September 08, 2021/ Sum of their Stories
Floral Gift Box idea from Upcycled Magazines

Upcycle packaging and old gardening magazines to create pretty gift wrap

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September 08, 2021/ Sum of their Stories/ 7 Comments
upcycled 1, General Papercraft 2
upcycling, recycling/repurposing, Floral, Gift Wrap
May 05, 2021

How to make gift bags from old books

May 05, 2021/ Sum of their Stories
How to make gift bags from old books

How to upcycle old book pages and turn them into gift bags using a simple string and washer fastening.

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May 05, 2021/ Sum of their Stories/ 11 Comments
General papercraft 1, upcycled 1
book crafts, recycling/repurposing, Gift Wrap
November 11, 2020

T Shirt Gift Bag Upcycle

November 11, 2020/ Sum of their Stories
T Shirt Gift Bag Upcycle

Turn an old T shirt into a reusable upcycled gift bag, an eco friendly gift wrap idea

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November 11, 2020/ Sum of their Stories/ 4 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 3, upcycled 1
Gift Wrap, upcycling, sewing, tutorials
September 09, 2020

Paper Bag Gift Bag upcycling

September 09, 2020/ Sum of their Stories
Paper Bag Gift Bag upcycling

How to upcycle plain paper bags to pretty gift bags

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September 09, 2020/ Sum of their Stories/ 15 Comments
General papercraft 1, upcycled 1
recycling/repurposing, papercraft, Gift Wrap, Gifts
November 21, 2019

Fabric Tassel Eco Friendly Festive Gift Wrap

November 21, 2019/ Sum of their Stories
Fabric Tassel Eco Friendly Festive Gift Wrap

Eco friendly gift wrap with recycled paper, recyclable tape discs and tassels made from scraps of fabric.

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November 21, 2019/ Sum of their Stories/ 22 Comments
Christmas 1, upcycled 1
Christmas, Gift Wrap, recycling/repurposing
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