Mini Gift Bag

I love cute and interesting gift wrapping/boxing ideas.  So I made a cute mini gift bag out of scrapbook paper - it's perfect for gifting small jewelleries (my beaded bracelets fit in there perfectly with space to spare). :D

It's teeny tiny...so cute! :D

I used tiger tail beading wire to make the handles.  I just added some beads...but it was SO finnicky to work with!  Mostly only where I had to fix the wire through the holes that I punched in the bag (using one of my husband's tools from his tool box, 'cause I don't have a teeny tiny punch) - I'd like to find an easier way of attaching the handles though - I looped the wire through the hole that I punched, brought the wire back up and then fastened it with a crimp bead.  To try and cover up the crimp bead, I threaded on this gold flower bead:

It didn't cover this one so well because the bead couldn't fit over the crimp bead...but anyway.  If anyone has a neat and simple idea for how to attach a beaded handle like this, please gimme gimme gimme! :)

To finish it off I added a wooden fower bead:

Then, after placing your gift inside, cut a small piece of tissue (tissue works better than tissue paper because it's so small) and cover the gift with it.

There's not much one can gift in such a tiny bag (maybe a chocolate truffle), but it's still cute.  And I love cute stuff. :D 

If you want this gift box template, just ask me for my gift box template no. 1. It's a template that I got from the net and it's by Donovan, but I didn't save the link to where I found it...

LINKY PARTIES linked to:

Simple Home Life                                   Making the World Cuter
Craft-O-Maniac                                     Keeping it Simple
The Blackberry Vine                              Free Pretty Things For You
Someday Crafts                                     Under the Table & Dreaming
Scrappy Gifts                                         .

My little gift bag was featured at The Blackberry Vine!  :D