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Monday 10 October 2011

Lessology Challenge #3 - The Doggy Bag!

The challenge at LESSology this week is to create something from a doggy bag.


I didn't have a kraft paper bag but I did have a Flour bag which I'd just emptied after making some Carrot Cake Muffins!
I painted the bag with cream and mocha acrylic paint, made a base with orange s/b paper to strengthen it and cut some orange paper strips decorated with daisy punch and patterned paper to go around base and top of the bag.


I added handles in raffia, recycled from a flower posy, paper carrots on the bag and small ones on the muffins. I added a plastic bag inside for the cakes, tied with more raffia. Hey presto, a nice little gift for my daughter who also loves Carrot Cake!
Hope you like it and thank you for looking and leaving me some sweet words.

I edited this post to state that raffia was recycled. Jeanie g

13 comments:

  1. your bag is so creative and cute, jeanie! and what yummy looking cupcakes:)

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  2. How clever of you to upcycle a flour bag! Both your bag and those cupcakes are totally yummy!!!! :) Love the punched border...just so pretty!

    Thanks for playing along with us at LESSology!

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  3. Lovely idea and I love carrot cake, too! Valerie

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  4. a great idea with lovely cake..Thanks for hopping by

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  5. oh Jean you go girl go !!!!! your creativity is blooming ...... wonderful artwork ... hugz x

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  6. Now how creative and clever is this to upcycle a flour sack??? That is just brilliant, and as cute as can be! Such a sweet holder for those fabulous looking cupcakes. Thanks so much for playing along with us at LESSology.

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  7. What a great way to repurpose a bag, it will for sure make me think twice about throwing away a flower sack. Great details, great project.

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  8. Oh wow, lovely project and thumbs up for recycling, thanks for playing along with us at LESSology!

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  9. Oh Wow! This is fantastic! I really love what you did with that flour bag...perfect!

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  10. What a great recycled projects, this turned out totally cute.

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  11. Wowza...I love that you recycled a flour bag. This is so crafty clever. Thanks so much for playing with us at LESSology. :)

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  12. Delish! What a great upcycling of the flour bag! and check out those yummy looking carrot cake muffins with all that glorious frosting:) Thanks for joining us at LESSology!

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  13. Soooooooooooo creative to use a flour bag! This is AMAZING! I loveeeeeeeeeeee the carrot! Thanks so much for playing along with LESSology! :):):):):):):):):):):)

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