I'm a member of the American International Women's Club in Geneva, Switzerland. It's a great organization with English speaking members from all over the world, not just Americans. We have all types of activities going on; I could do something every day of the week if I wanted. Member favorites are the monthly coffee meetups we have in different neighborhoods around Geneva. It's a nice way for us expat ladies to have a chat in English, gripe about politics, and understand one another's jokes (which isn't always evident in a 2nd language). I'm the activity leader for the Meyrin (far right-bank) coffee. We meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month.
Since Halloween's coming up, I thought I would make some goodie bags to give to the ladies at our October coffee. I used an old Artemio plastic traceable cutting template to cut the bags on Prettygrafik Fall Farm Truck digital A4 paper. The plastic template has lines for cutting and folding. It's a shame Artemio doesn't make these anymore. They were an affordable way to create projects like this bag without having to invest in an expensive die-cutting machine and dies. After cutting the template, it's just a question of folding it up and securing the edges with a bit of glue. The pumpkin image is Prettygrafik Fall Beetle clip art. The sentiment was created with Annie BTN font. I dressed up the bag with a perfect size no-brand border strip and Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops.
To keep the bags closed I used little self-stick velcro circles (see the bag in more detail on this Christmas goodie bag post). The inside goodies are a piece of gluten-free Lebkuchen (a type of chocolate covered gingerbread), with a Yogi Pumpkin Chai teabag (one of my favorite teas).
Image – Prettygrafik Fall Beetle clip-art
Dies/cutting template – Die-namic's circle stax, no-brand border strip, Artemio Template (retired)
Embellishments – Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops
What a lovely gift! Such a pretty box and with treats inside - I'm betting it was well received by your fellow club members!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely Halloween treat! Your paper and pumpkin are great and could easily be used for an autumn gift, as well. Thank you for playing with the Creative Creases Challenge, and I hope you can join us again soon. We really appreciate your support!
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Shani, I love this as orange is my second fave color next to purple! This would be great for Thanksgiving too. Love how the black makes everything pop. Thank you for supporting us at Creative Creases Challenge.
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This is just adorable.I love that there is a fall and halloween combination here. Thanks for playing along with us in the Festive Friday Challenge.
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling and sweet gift! Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday Challenge
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Beth :)
These are gorgeous little gift bags. I'm sure the ladies were delighted. Thank you for joining us for the Festive Friday Challenge
ReplyDeleteI love the plaid paper and the detailed decorations. Im sure they were a big hit.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful organization, I can just imagine some of the political conversations lately🙃. What a wonderful little goodie box, it's so pretty and fallish, I'm sure everyone was thrilled with it.
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