DIY Vintage Wrapping No 2: Folded Paper Bag

If you are like me, and enjoy folded paper bags, you also know how expensive they can be to buy… and I don’t think I ever saw any nice Vintage printed ones… So why not print a few of my Vintage Digital Collage Sheets in A3 size and make your own:

Here’s some basic figures:

Instructions:

Glue your paper together to a “roll” with glue or double sided tape.
Eyeball what you want to be the front and back, and press down accordingly. The “seam” does not have to be in the middle of the back!
Fold a suitable piece of the bottom up.
Fold the corners in.
Open the bottom according to Fig. 7
Fold down a little more than half of part A
Repeat with part B.
Glue the folded pieces A & B to shut the bottom of the bag (glue or double sided tape)
If you want to reinforce your bag, you can cut a piece of cardboard slightly smaller than the bottom and insert into the bag.
Fill your goodies/gift into the bag and close it however you fancy 🙂

I punched two holes in the top of my bag and tied it with some twine.

Here’s a tall skinny bag, suitable for a bottle:

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