we’re kicking off a week full of birthday fun today…
brown paper packages
i thought this would be a fun gift for a girlfriend.
and then i realized that it could be a fun gift for just about anyone!
a brown paper package
tied up with strings…
filled full of some of your favorite things!!
fill one up for your sister, teacher, mother, neighbor…
or with some different papers, your child can pick out some of their favorites to give to a friend.
SUPPLIES NEEDED
• brown paper bag
• 12×12 sheet of patterned paper (cut 2 4×12 strips and tape them together to go all the way around the bag)
• washi tape (stuck right down the center of paper)
• twine
• paper doily
• happy birthday tag (found HERE)
• and your favorites!!
MY FAVORITES: bath & body works carried away body lotion… scentportable… wallflower… wallflower refill… burt’s bees lip balm… essie nail color… starbucks gift card… hershey’s nuggets with almonds… orbit spearmint gum… twine (just wrapped around some mini clothespins)
Jamie
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You really know how to shower a friend with love!
So super cute and easy! I love the Baker's Twine wrapped around the little paper clips. You could put just about anything in there. I think I'll start gathering supplies to make a few. Thanks for the great idea!
adorable!
Awesome! Thank you. 🙂
When I go to download the happy birthday tag, Chrome tags it as appearing malicious. Never even seen that warning before. Weird.
I would love to download this – so cute … but my computer says the download is malicious and won't even give me the option to download. Any thoughts?
….and pinned. LOVE.
love it! ..and happy birthday.:)
Love!!! Thanks for sharing!!
sandraallen260@centurytel.net
So, so, so cute!!! I love it!!
Brilliant! I love this!
don'tcha love paper doilies??? Super cute!!
The mustard & Cream paper…is that from Amuse Studio?
Thanks~!
That's a great idea!
Love this! I did a Favorite Things party this past December and am so obsessed with anything/everything "Favorite Things"! Happy Birthday Eighteen25 gals!
This is such a fun and cute idea!
I am doing a favorite things party in April, and a bag like this would be a cute addition. 🙂
I SOO love this idea. Thanks for sharing.
i love this idea, totally stealing it:)
LOVE this idea!! Totally going to use it for the next time I need a fun little gift. Thanks!
Pretty package!! I LOVE the doily and the twine!!
love it!
i just did this last week for a friend (mine included chocolate and burts bees too!) but your packaging is way cuter! thanks for the fun idea!!
love it, so adorable! will definitely be pinning this!!
How adorable! Thanks for a super cute idea!
Super sweet! Love your thoughtful little gift bag! Great idea!!! TFS!
Beautiful! I am absolutely going to do this.
This is cute, I especially like the clothespins with the twine.
UGH LOVE! So simple and so adorable. I would be stoked if a girlfriend gave me one of these, way too cute. Seriously, the twine around the clothespins…lol killing me!
x0x0 Jess
Such a cute idea! I love little surprises!
Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in CBH Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, under the Page 3 post on Mar. 13, 2012. Thanks again.
This would be great to go with a "Favorite Things Party"! I just had one for Girls Night Out and it was so much fun.
Very cute and what an inexpensive way to dress up an otherwise drab bag (although I'm a fan of the brown bag/wrapping)! Thanks for sharing!
I love this idea! I was trying to think of something nice and not that expensive to send to some of my close girlfriends for their birthdays… this is perfect! Thanks for the great idea!
love using paper bags. The idea of a "favorite things" gift is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
So cute and creative!
good idea…I have to do 16 goody bags for my daughters lax team!
Super cute package! And I love the idea of filling it with some of "your" favorite things.
Happy Blog Birthday!
Chelsea
i saw this on pinterest a few months back. super cute and my friends have loved it
I must try this! It is too cute!
GREAT IDEA!
Hey, happy birthday! I find so many neat ideas on your blog. Thank you!!!!
I love that (quote is from one of my all-time FAVORITE SONGS-oh, no! you got me singing it)-so clever!!! 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing,
Jennifer
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Love this idea! Great teacher gifts!
Andrea
This is sooo cute! I already pinned this on Pinterest! So excited to have the tag now! Thanks a bunch, as always!
This is soooo cute & fun! I would love to use it for different gift bags. Any chance you would make a "Congratulations" or other sentiments for the tag? I have a TON of baby showers and wedding showers this spring!
ADORE this ! Thank you so much.. I see presents for my girlfriends all wrapped in brown paper packages 🙂
LOVE THIS!!! I just got done making it for a friend. Turned out darling! Thank you!
Absolutely LOVE this! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm doing this for my sis in law and niece this month 🙂
I LOVE this! I used it for a friend who I just couldn't think of a gift for and she love it too. I like that it shares a little piece of me with my friend. I would like to use this for a group gift and I'm wondering if there is a way to change "my" to "our." Thanks so much for sharing!
Love this!! I am wondering what fonts you used for the tag?
So happy to hear you like it. 🙂 I’m sorry to say, that’s it’s been so long since this was designed, I’m not sure which fonts we used. So sorry about that!