Embellished Burlap Bag with Raechelle Bellus

Embellished Burlap Bag
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Raechelle Bellus

In our home lately we have been attending one birthday party after another. I love this quick and easy way of embellishing our burlap bags. This would be perfect for a few bottles of nail polish, a gift card or other small gift.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Burlap Bag

Mini White Rolled Rose

Parisian Fabric Shabby Chic Ruffle Flower

Pattern Paper Bow

To see more of Raechelle's lovely work click on her picture below.

Hand Painted Muslin Gift Bag by Kim Stewart

Hand Painted Muslin Gift Bag
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Kim Stewart

 Headed to a New Year's Eve party and need to give the host or hostess something with a bit of sparkle?  Kim hand painted the stripes on our muslin bags with a metallic finish acrylic paint. She topped the bags off with colorful sewn pennant.

Our muslin bags can be found here in the shop:

Muslin Bags - Curtsey Boutique

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This year has been a wonderful one here at the Curtsey Boutique and we can't wait to see what next year brings.

Be safe and have fun tonight!

To see more of Kim's work, visit her blog by clicking on her photo.  Thanks for dropping by.

Frog Berry Basket Packaging with Shellye McDaniel

If you are looking for details on our ongoing Design Team Call click here: Design Team Call

Don't Forget the Deadline is September 1st.

Frog Gift Basket Set
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Shellye McDaniel

Shellye McDaniel shares the cutest and most novel use for our new berry baskets - frog gift packaging!

To put the frog box together Shellye I painted two of our wood berry containers green.  

She attached them together at the back with hinges and extra-long brads. The small end of a Crop-A-Dile was used to create the holes. 

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Wood Pint Berry Basket - Curtsey Boutique

3.5 inch Heart Doilies - Curtsey Boutique

To see more of Shellye's amazing creations visit her blog, Papered Cottage, or click on her image below.

 

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Vintage Dictionary Pages + Doilies + Paper Bows = Simple and Quick Packaging

Curtsey Boutique Kraft Bags, Died Doilies & Paper Bows

I love making detailed projects with all the trimmings and layers, but I don't always have time to turn every crafty gift into a masterpiece. Sometimes, I need a cute, quick packaging idea that conveys "I appreciate you and your special" without spending hours to prove it.

These stacks of embossed kraft bags are wrapped with a strip of vintage dictionary paper, and topped with dyed doilies and paper bows. Simple, elegant and very affordable!

My local thrift shop normally has 20-30 year old dictionaries with thousands of pages for less than $5.00.  I always feel like I'm almost stealing when I walk out with one under my arm :)

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Have a lovely day,

CarrieAnne

Wood Grain Kraft Bag Packaging Ideas

Curtsey Boutique Wood Grain Kraft Bags and Glassine Polka Dot Bags

I love pretty packaging, and half the fun of running my Etsy shop is embellishing the purchases my lovely shoppers make. These Medium Kraft Bags embossed with a wood grain pattern are now available in the shop and they look sweet with the Polka Dot embossed Glassine Bags.

This parcel is for a sweet bride who purchased some of my fancy blooms and had me turn them into hair clips for her. I think everything about a woman's wedding should be fancy - why not her packaging to?

I used hot glue to adhere the tops of each bag back and to adhere the Polka Dot Glassine Bag to the Wood Grain Kraft Bag.

The doily is one of my Raspberry Tea hand dyed doilies. The lace and flower embellished dress forms and grid labels will be available in the shop soon as well.

Here are the links if you'd like to do some shopping!

Medium Wood Grain Kraft Bags

Medium  Polka Dot Glassine Bags

Raspberry Tea Hand Dyed Doilies

 Have a lovely day,

CarrieAnne

Perfect Pies for One!

Curtsey Boutique Pie Plate Gift Packaging Set

 
Are you a baker and a crafter? Do you love to give home baked gifts that you've gussied up? I do!!

I can't cook worth a lick - but I can bake like a champ. My mom tells me these use the same skill set, following directions, patience, etc... But I strongly disagree, its way more fun to lick the cookie spoon than the beef roast tester and being an instant gratification type of girl - cooking just doesn't meet the taste test.

But I love to bake and to give most of it away so I don't eat to much of good things.

So look what I just came across - individual baking safe, food safe pie plates!! I am going to make a bunch of for the ladies I visit at my church this month. So sweet just in time for Valentine's Day. They are available in the Curtsey Boutique today.

Individual Pie Plates

Can't you just see all the crafty possiblities with these?

If you don't have time to embellish them yourself you can always pick up the Pie Plate Gift Set in the shop.

Sweet Baking my friends,

CarrieAnne