Trend Watch - Mini Bags

There are many items from our everyday life that often get pulled into scrapbooking.  When these items start to appear on scrapbook store shelves, sometimes it is hard to know exactly what to do with them.

Mini decorative bags are a huge hit these days and are definitely trending as a must have embellishment. They are available in different sizes and colours from many of the top industry manufacturers.  But how do you incorporate them into a layout?

Nicole Nowosad recently created a blog post for Jillibean Soup where she used the mini bags as a layer on her page, instead of adding patterned paper.

 

Nicole's post shares a few great ideas on how you can use mini paper bags on your layouts. 

Have you created with mini bags? We would love to see how you have used this embellishment and for you to link to your layouts in the comment section.

Have a wonderful day!

~ Jen

Comments

[Shirley]

They look neat. What a great idea I have but have never thought use them for that.
You could use them on a card too the same way.

[Dorina D]

Such a creative way to use the bags and what a fun blog it makes.

[Nicole N.]

:) thanks Jen!!

[libeeti]

Beautiful!
About 6 months ago, I've made a tutorial on how to make your own mini envelopes (mini bags). Here's a link to that tutorial:
http://creationswithlove-li-bee-ti.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/diy-mini-chevron-envelope-tutorial.html
I used my own mini bags as layers:
http://creationswithlove-li-bee-ti.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/remember-this-momemt-no-journaling.html
and here:
http://creationswithlove-li-bee-ti.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/family-sweetest-thing.html
TFS

[Carolyn Hawkins]

Thank you, Nicole N, for the tutorial on making my own mini envelopes, it will be easier now as you showed us the way to go!

Love the ideas given on this blog and will be using these...

Thanks, guys!!

[Kathy P]

These are so cute! I especially love the journaling tucked into them! Thanks for a great idea!