Monday, May 7, 2012

Decorative Pin and Button Packages

Those of you who read my blog regularly will not be surprised by this post - it combines several of my favorite things: decorative pins, buttons, fancy ribbons, pretty papers, and gift giving! What you may not know is: I have always been fascinated by Origami - the traditional Japanese art of paper folding...as a child, I checked every book out of the local library on the subject....and I was always trying my hand at folding special treasures. It was only natural to combine all of these loves into decorative pin and button packs. I used pretty papers and cardstocks to fold holders with a pocket on the front and and a pocket on the back...and then tied them together with fancy coordinating ribbon. The front pocket holds a card of 5 decorative pearlized heart straight pins...and the back pocket holds a card of 5 decorative pearlized leaf straight pins...and attached in the center is a poly bag of 24 matching buttons. The holder is tied with approximately a 1/2 yard of decorative ribbon and is placed in a transparent bag tied with tulle. Each packages is different and unique...and I have already put together 25 sets. I will slowly be adding them to my Etsy shop over the next several days. As a member of several stitching/sewing groups, I have always looked for gifts I could make/purchase in bulk, so I could have a present for each member - these are just perfect for that scenario....don't they look adorable all packaged up and ready for gift giving?! I have enjoyed working on these between my hours of model stitching - they have been a nice creative break...

I know several of you are waiting for needlebooks in additional fabrics to be listed in the shop and that will happen in the next couple weeks - I have a pile cut and ready to be pieced together...just give me a little additional time, as I am currently stitching several class models for upcoming events. As always, so many creative ideas and endeavors and not enough "play" time...





12 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, Belinda! These are adorable! So creative!

    Robin

    ReplyDelete
  2. ohhhhhhhhh they are sooo cute ... just love the two pockets ... how on earth did you get them to go like that ... will just admire not going to try heheheh
    wish I could send you more play time but wand on strike hahahah love mouse xxxx

    ReplyDelete
  3. Adorable and oh so creative. My magic wand is sending you extra time. Hugs Mary

    ReplyDelete
  4. They are to cute, now I wish I had waited buying the pin cushion last week, I could have grabbed some of those too. Love them!

    ReplyDelete
  5. These packages look wonderful.
    Eveline.

    ReplyDelete
  6. These are adorable. Your packaging is so clever - of course it is! I will be making sure I visit your Etsy shop in the coming weeks. It will be hard to decide on a color!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Belinda - is there nothing that you can't do? These are so cute and gotta have a couple of them for giving to stitching friends. Will look later and purchase.

    ReplyDelete
  8. You are just to clever, very nice.
    Teresa's Heartfelt Stitches

    ReplyDelete
  9. Wow! I just LOVE them all! I would have such a hard time trying to decide WHICH ONE to get!

    Keep up the great work!

    ReplyDelete
  10. They're great! What a wonderful package idea! Great blog and you sound like a really neat person!

    Sandy

    ReplyDelete
  11. What a cute and clever way to package the pins and buttons! As always, gift wrapping is adorable.

    ReplyDelete