Decorated egg boxes

Hello sweets! I have been very busy over the past few days trying to get myself ready for Easter. Gluing and spraying bunnies for this years bunny jars, melting pounds of chocolate into lollipops, eggs and carrots etc. Painting and decorating egg cups and dressing my bunnies!
So I am just dropping in to share with you my decorated Easter egg boxes that I shall fill with mini chocolate nests, chocolate eggs and mini cupcakes.

Egg boxes £3.87 for 20 from Chickengear
Washi tape from Superlovely
Neon ribbon from Paperchase
Easter Labels free to download from Friday's post




Have a sweet day!

Beautifully Wrapped

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some beautiful packages in lovely neutrals from some of the most creative people on Flickr. I can't wait to start wrapping my gifts!

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):

• The flower in Compai's {earth friendly} gift wrapping ideas by Justine Blakeney
• The chunky wood tag in LEH Project by Iro {Ivy style33}
  
• The pretty stickers in Gift wrapping... by Iro {Ivy style33}
• The ever so pretty garland in Paper Lace Gift Wrap Set by 3GIRLS+ a goat

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Pretty Package

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some gorgeous pretty packages in sugary colours from some of the most creative people on Flickr. I can't wait to start wrapping my gifts! I just have to buy and make them first!

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):

• The gorgeous leaves in pink glassine lined bags by Creature Comforts
• The wonderful wooden spool + pink bakers twine = ♥ by
  Ishtar olivera ♥
• The delightful purple and pink washi tape ♥ by Ishtar olivera ♥
• The ever so pretty Wrapped Gifts by Such Pretty Things

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My Gift Wrapping

This year I wrapped my Christmas presents in a combination of brown craft paper and snowflake printed foil wrap. I decorated my packages with MT masking tape, tied them up with spotty ribbon, rik-rak and yarn. The To's and From's were written on a mix of mini luggage tags and hand made doe tags. A post with free downloadable graphic is coming soon, ready for next year!

The little house boxes from Target were filled with coloured tissue-wrapped stocking fillers to introduce colour at the windows. I bought an extra set of the house boxes that I want to pop LED tea lights into next year and make a feature of them.

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Deer printed bags of honeycomb

Deer printed bags

You will need:
White sweet bags
P1 address labels
Baby deer rubber stamp
Snowflake rubber stamps
Color Box copper pigment stamp pad

Equipment:
Shape-mates circles
Shape-mates carriage
Glass cutting mat

Instructions

1. Rubber stamp deer and snowflakes on paper bag, leave to dry.
2. Click the label picture below to open in separate window, ready to print.
3. Print labels onto P1 address labels.
4. Place label sheet on glass cutting mat.
5. Cut out using the small shape-mates template and carriage (video instructions here).
6. Fill bag with hand-made honeycomb (click for recipe).
7. Fold over top of bag.
8. Peel off back of label and carefully stick to secure top of bag down.

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Winter Woodland treat boxes

Winter Woodland treat boxes

You will need:
Winter Woodland treat box printed out on heavy paper
Double sided tape
Polka dot glassine bags
Ribbon

Equipment
Tim Holtz non-stick micro-serrated multicutter
Mini rotary perforator
Paper punch - medium '1cm ribbon'

Instructions

1. Open cone print template (see image below) and print it out.
2. Cut around cone wrapper, (I use the shape mates large circle and cutter to cut out my circles).
3. Roll perforator along all lines.
4. Fold all perforated lines away from you.
5. Place a couple of strips of double sided tape on the unprinted side of the bottom of the box, but do not peel backing off tape yet.
6. Place a strip of double sided tape on the unprinted side of the long sides of the box, do not peel backing of tape yet.
7. Place a strip of double sided tape along all four white strips of printed side of box and remove backing.
8. Assemble box and press together to stick.
9. Fold over top of cellophane bag by 10cm.
10. Place fold inside paper ribbon punch and push to end. Punch ribbon holes.
11. Remove backing from double sided strips on inside of box.
12. Open glassine bag out and place inside box, pressing against the tape to fix in place.
13. Fill with treats.
14. Thread ribbon through holes and tie in a bow.

I filled mine with Maple cakelets in pine cone, walnut and acorn shapes, with a hidden iced squirrel!

Have a sweet day!

Winter Woodland candy cones

Winter woodland candy cones

You will need:
Cone wrapper
Double sided tape
Polka dot cellophane
Ribbon

Equipment
Tim Holtz Non Stick Micro-Serrated Multicutter

Shape~Mates Circles
Shape~Mates Carriage

Instructions

1. Open cone print template (see image below) and print it out.
2. Cut around cone wrapper and along lines to give 3 wrappers. (I use the shape mates large circle and cutter to cut out my circles.
3. Roll one of the wrappers into a cone shape and, using double sided tape, fix in place.
4. Place a second piece of tape inside the cone along one side and peel off backing.
5. Cut out cellophane (use the "cellophane pattern" below as a stencil to cut out your cellophane - note each straight line is 24cm long).
6. Roll cellophane into a cone shape and place inside cone wrapper. Press against the tape to fix in place.
7. Fill with candy.
8. Tie ribbon around the top.

Last year I made candy cones for Halloween & Christmas. This year I custom designed some for a friend of mine to give out as wedding favours. Four of us spent several hours putting together over 100 of them to be filled with sugared almonds. So, this Christmas I have designed them around my winter woodland theme and filled them with hand-made nut shaped chocolates with creamy maple centres.




Have a sweet day!