Monday, June 6, 2011

Recycled Wrappings

Recycled curtains from my Grandma's old house, chiffon rose made from old nightgown & wooden button. I think it is a book that I wrapped??


This is probably a purse. Used old toile upholstery fabric, topped off with a satin flower I made by burning edges.


Quick post.
Do I love to wrap pretty packages for my etsy customers? Yes!!

Tonight I wrapped the purple & gray package-a vintage aluminum 3 tiered cake carrier-in recycled jersey material. I sewed a fabric bag and popped on a big old flower.


The tan & blue package is two milk glass plates that I am shipping tomorrow. Some of my old cashmere sweaters had seen better days so I used them for mitten lining and wrapping. I had enough blue cashmere scrap to fashion a wee rose to fasten onto striped ribbon.


I hope my customers feel like they are getting a special gift!

4 comments:

  1. Wow! That is going above and beyond. I ordered a cover-all nursing apron and some super thin, super huge swaddling blankets from Etsy the other day and they are just tied with really cute ribbon and a personalized card.

    ps whenever I read the word cashmere I think of the Seinfeld episode when George tries to give the janitor lady a cashmere sweater with the red dot and she keeps saying, "Cashmere! Cashmere! Oh Georgie...I love cashmere!"

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  2. So very cool! This makes my tissue and gift wrap, wrapping look very sad. I guess I need to step it up. Thanks Susan.

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  3. a m a z i n g...Susan you are the queen!
    my old Nelco machine finally gave up the ghost, even Ione couldn't get it running...so I'll stick with the NYTimes and some vintage ribbon.

    Barbara @ionesAttic
    aka Cookie

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  4. those packages look amazing!!! i'd say a very, very special gift!

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