Wine Bottle Christmas Gift Bags

 

I worked on a quick and easy project this week.  I thought this might make for a great gift idea and, if you are making gifts, there is no time like the present to get started!  This project uses images I originally saw on Pinterest but are offered by MagicPug on Etsy, where I purchased them.  Love these and they can actually go right on a wine bottle, but I chose to do them on a gift bag.

I printed the labels onto transfer paper {in mirror image} and ironed the images onto some Osnaberg fabric that I cut a little bigger than the labels themselves.  Osnaberg tends to fray and I thought that would be a nice look on the fabric bag.

I used some Christmas fabric I had from last year, as well as a bottle of wine for measuring.  I cut my fabric on the fold {the fold is the bottom} cutting it 7 inches wide and 14 inches long.  I folded over the top to the wrong side about an inch on both ends and sewed them down. 

I positioned the label on the front at this point with a couple of pins just to get placement.  Put the wine in between to see if I liked where it sat and then sewed the label on, sewing between the edge of the fabric label and the image.  This will allow me to fray the fabric a bit and it will stop at the sewn line.

Then with right sides together I sewed up both sides {you can iron your bag at this point if needed}, turn right side out and insert your bottle of wine or spirits.  I also did a couple by cutting my fabric tag with my Pinking shears.

To give it a tie, I took some of the corks I’ve been saving and, using ring and nail kits that I bought at the craft store {in the jewelry section}, I attached them to the corks.  I used two corks for each of these. 

Then use string, twine, ribbon, whatever you want, tie and knot it to the little ring part that sticks out of the corks.  Tie around the neck of your bottle and it’s done! 

This gift bag makes the perfect addition to the gift of a bottle of wine or whatever spirits you might be giving.  It also makes for a nice seasonal decoration if you have a bottle of your own wine sitting on your table, buffet or sideboard. 

I pulled out some of our wine bottles we had here to model the bags for you.

I’ll be making some of these for the Dickens Festival gift shop, as well as my booth and Etsy this year!

 

Booth Update

It’s been awhile since I updated you on my booth, so I thought I’d do that since I don’t have any projects to share right now.  I took some pictures the other day when I went to drop off the French Script Table and Vanity Stool.

I’m still waiting on things to rework our master bedroom and a couple of things I worked on are Christmas gifts, and I can’t really share them.  So, there you go ~ booth update!

I’ve had the booth space since the weekend of Easter this year.  It has been interesting seeing what sells and what doesn’t.  Mirrors always sell, chalkboards seem to go after a little bit of time and magazine bundles do well, too.  The furniture can go either way ~ the Queen bee nightstand I did recently sold within a week of being in my booth, while a chair I had in there for three months just sold.

The French Grain Sack table is still there, which I was kind of surprised about given the great response I had on my blog.  Someone did inquire about buying it and having it shipped, but the shipping was a ridiculous amount of money.  The magazine holder I made over, as well as the footstools, went quickly so I’ll be looking for more of those.

All the pillows I have brought in have sold, so I am going to get started making some more.  I’ll probably go with a Christmas theme at this point, with one or two French themes thrown in.

It’s a constant learning process and work in progress, especially with setting up displays. I move things around every week to keep it looking fresh.  I’m looking forward to bringing some Christmas decorations in, in a few weeks.  Meanwhile, I constantly look to Pinterest for inspiration on ideas for display and decorating my booth space.

Vintage Little Girl Baking Christmas Pillow

I completed my first Christmas pillow for this year.  It is early to be talking Christmas, but if I don’t share it now I will completely forget about it.   I found this image on Pinterest and was immediately taken by it because it made me think of my granddaughter.

That curly blonde hair and sweet little face.  I used a soft drop cloth fabric for the pillow with a 12 x 12 pillow form.  The same drop cloth I used on my chair slips.

I added a red and white gingham floppy ruffle, which gives it a homespun, farm-like and vintage feel.

This one is for me but I’m thinking of adding it to my Etsy, as a custom order.  What do you think?

When you are making things for Christmas, whether gifts or to sell, you have to start early! 

Linking up with:

Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

Fall Into Fall at DIY by Design

Be Inspired at Common Ground

Stylish Friday Finds at A Stylish Interior

The Creative Home & Garden Hop

This will be my last week co-hosting The Creative Home & Garden Hop.  I’ve enjoyed my time co-hosting and getting to see all your great link-ups.  A big thanks to Lisa Lynn and all the other co-hosts for having me! You will still be able to link up with:

Mary from Back to the Basics and Mary’s Kitchen

Alison from Mumtopia

and Lisa Lynn from The Little Homestead On The Hill

On to this week’s Features!

Timber Creek Farm had some great ideas for dressing up canning jars!

Laura from Décor to Adore made some fantastic and detailed costumes for her and her husband.

Katie at The Shabby Cottage Home gave a tired looking bedroom set a totally fresh new look!  Wait until you see the “before”!

Don’t forget to visit the other co-hosts to see who they have featured.

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Quick Vanity Stool Makeover

 

Here is a second vanity stool I found recently at an estate sale.  This one has a little back to it.  The green fabric was the current one on the seat and the purple was underneath the green.

I kept the first one I made over for myself, but this one will make its way to my booth.  I was a little eager to get started and took the seat part off before I got a picture.

After removing the seat, I cleaned it up and gave it a quick spray of Heirloom White to refresh it a little bit.  I went through my fabric and chose this one to recover the seat.

A quick project and she is looking renewed!