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Read it now! Our new online magazine - Creative Packaging Inspiration for Creative Entrepreneurs.

Friday, 23 September 2016




Saturday September 24, 2016 is the Etsy Made in Canada Event. There will be pop up markets all over Canada on Saturday filled with local Etsy shop owners. I will be at the MaRS building in Toronto with the Etsy Made in Canada Toronto team. It will be a great day to check out local handmade goods and the creative entrepreneurs who made them. 

I have a workshop at 3:30 with the 25 people who were able to sign up in advance for tickets to the free event.


We have many creative customers that will taking part in the Etsy Made in Canada Event all over Canada. At Creative Bag, we know that good packaging can help to sell products. So I teamed up with four local Etsy shop owners to create an online magazine filled with packaging inspiration for creative entrepreneurs. It's live now and I hope that you will check it out.


Thanks to Doris, Alicia, Robin and Karen for working with me on this project.








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Countdown to the holidays inspiration from Style at Home and Creative Bag

Friday, 13 November 2015
If you are planning to create a advent calendar to count down the holidays, November is the month to start planning and get your diy on. 

We were very excited to see what blogger Jennifer Flores from Rambling Renovations created using our cotton drawstring bags. You can see it in Style at Home November 2015 magazine.


Jennifer's refined rustic room was so beautiful - contemporary with lots of natural details. The fabric bags hanging on the mantle make such a great focal point and make a beautiful holiday decorating detail even if you don't have small children. You will find more decorating inspiration for the holidays on Jennifer's blog here.


Looking for more count down inspiration? Check out our Creative Living online magazine from last year here as well as on our Pinterest board. 



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Sneak peek at our exclusive 2015 ho ho holiday collections

Monday, 10 August 2015



holiday gift wrapping | Creative Bag

The cold weather is still a ways a way, but some of our holiday products have started to arrive in our warehouse.

We designed three exclusive collections for this holiday season. Each collection is very different, and to be honest, I still am not sure which one is my favourite.

 black and white holiday gift wrapping | Creative Bag

URBAN MARKET is black and white, clean and contemporary with a little dash of fun. Make this collection your own by adding pops of colour to match your brand or holiday decor. With wintery elements like snowflakes, bears and pine trees, you're bound to get into the holiday spirit.

retro holiday gift wrapping | Creative Bag

1961 is a retro collection featuring candy stripes, whimsical ornaments and an argyle print inspired by grandpa's holiday socks. 
kraft/black/gold holiday gift wrapping | Creative Bag

LEAVES & LETTERS is the perfect marriage of a little bit rustic and a little bit of sparkle. Dress up or dress down this kraft, black and gold collection to compliment your packaging and decor projects

holiday gift wrapping | Creative Bag

Our holiday 2015 collection catalogue can be viewed online here. 



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diy paper bows for holiday gift wrapping

Thursday, 27 November 2014


paper bow printables to download for free - woodland theme | creativebag.com

I've had a number of requests for the art to create the paper bows that were featured in our  Creative Living Magazine. I've made and shared printables to create paper bows before in patterns to co-ordinate with wedding and party themes. I could not resist making some to co-ordinate with three of our holiday collections and today I'm going to give you the printables to make them yourself.

Here's a really quick tutorial for making these. Please note that I numbered the individual pieces that you will cut out and glue on my "tutorial bow" so that you could easily see what I am describing in my directions ...

quick tutorial for creating paper bows - find lots of free downloads for paper bows on the blog | creativebag.com

Directions: Print downloads on white cardstock. Each page contains elements to create two bows. Cut bow shapes. For each bow you will require one set of loops (two), one set of tails (three) and one band for the middle (one). 

1. Take the two outer tabs on the loops cut out and bend them into the centre back. Glue in place. 
2. Glue the loops on top of the tails cut out. 
3. Place the centre of the band on top of the loops and wrap the ends around to the back of the tail. Secure in place with glue

paper bow printables to download for free - for holiday packaging | creativebag.com

Here's a look at some all of the bows included in the printables package. The three red, blue and white bows go nicely with our Holly Jolly collection, the wood grain bow matches our Into the Woods collection and the black, white and gold bow co-ordinates with the Glitz and Glam collection. Attach these bows to boxes and bags ... if you are not very good at tying a ribbon bow - try these instead!!

paper bow printables to download for free - great for holiday packaging | creativebag.com




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Free printables to download for holiday packaging and more holiday gift wrapping inspiration

Thursday, 13 November 2014




free download | holiday label printables | creativebag.com

As seen in Creative Living - our new online magazines - holiday themed labels to download and print out. I hope that you like these free downloads and are able to use them in your holiday packaging projects.

free download | holiday label printables | creativebag.com


We printed the long labels on blank sticker sheets and used them on a number of different boxes and containers. 

free download | holiday label printables | creativebag.com

In the download you will find a long sticker design to co-ordinate with each of our three exclusive holiday collections. Use one design or use them all!

Looking for more holiday wrapping ideas and inspiration using our products? Check out the current issues of Style at Home magazine and Canadian House and Home magazine for inspiration ... then visit us for the supplies ...

holiday inspiration - Creative Bag in the media

wrapping paper, ribbon, burlap ribbon and twine, wood slices, paper straws ...

holiday inspiration - Creative Bag in the media



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Let's Celebrate! Our third holiday edition of Creative Living Magazine is now available to read online.

Thursday, 30 October 2014



Let's Celebrate - holiday 2014 | Creative Living online magazine

Our last holiday edition of Creative Living Magazine is now available to read online!

The new magazine is filled with lots of projects, free downloads and ideas for the holidays.
Here's a quick look at some of the things you will find inside:

Let's Celebrate - holiday 2014 | Creative Living online magazine

The magazine has been set up so you can download it for free from ISSUU. Enjoy!




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Get Creative with wrapping paper

Friday, 17 October 2014

get creative with wrapping paper | Creative Bag {dot} com

Wrapping paper is pretty awesome. It's pretty, it's artsy, and it's one way among others, to make the most impersonal offerings - gift cards and electronics to name a couple - seem meaningful.

When I am wrapping a large number of gifts, I usually end up with a pile of wrapping paper scraps. Instead of send those pretty pieces of paper to the recycle bin, I use them to create these little gift tube packages. They are super easy to make, so dust off your sewing machine and get ready to WOW everyone with this unique gift packaging idea.


Here's how I made them:tutorial for making unique gift packages using wrapping paper| Creative Bag {dot} com

1.Cut wrapping paper into a 7" x 6" panel. On the back of the paper (along one 6" edge), place a 5" piece of two-sided tape centred along the edge. Roll the panel into a tube shape and press the edges together. 
Note: To keep your sewing machine running smoothly, do not apply tape to areas that you plan to add stitching. 
2. Flatten one end of the tube and machine stitch about 1/4" along the edge. Optional: Trim the paper edge with decorative scissors. 
3. Fill the tube with candy, a small toy, gift card or whatever you want to wrap. Turn the tube 90 degrees and close the top edge so that you create a triangular shape. Sew the top edge and cut with decorative scissors. 
Go ahead and make these your own by adding finishing details with twine, ribbon, stickers, tags, paper bows and more.


get creative with wrapping paper | Creative Bag {dot} com

This package would make a sweet escort card/favor at a holiday dinner party.
Packaging details: Tiffany blue solid everyday wrapping paper, baker's twine, clothespin that I stamped a name onto, gift card.

get creative with wrapping paper | Creative Bag {dot} com

This package looks like something you would give as a secret Santa gift.
Packaging details: Red solid everyday wrapping paper, paper bow. You will be able to download the template for our holiday paper bows in the next Creative Living Magazine - due the end of this month.

get creative with wrapping paper | Creative Bag {dot} com

Be a teacher's pet with this gift packaging inspiration.


get creative with wrapping paper | Creative Bag {dot} com

I am going to make a bunch of these to use for a countdown to the holidays! Just add chalkboard stickers and number each package with a chalk marker. 


These wrapping paper tube packages would be ideal for more than just the Christmas holidays ... I'm thinking Halloween, New Year's Eve, Easter, weddings!

get creative with wrapping paper | Creative Bag {dot} com

Find more creative holiday packaging inspiration using wrapping paper on our online magazine. You'll find it here.


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Creative Living - Food Packaging for the Holidays

Sunday, 5 October 2014

Creative Living online magazine - Holiday Food Packaging 2014 | Creative Bag


We just published another Creative Living online magazine for the holidays! This one all about food packaging.

Get inspired. Be creative. Check it out here.







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sneak peek at what we are working on for the next issue of Creative Living magazine

Tuesday, 30 September 2014




I'm just putting the final touches on our next issue of Creative Living magazine and it should be available by the end of this week. The new issue is all about holiday food packaging. (Yum!)

Today I'm just going to give you a sneak peek of one of the pages in that I'm working on right now. As you can see, it's for a cookie swap party. If you have never been a guest at a cookie swap, I have a number of suggestions for hosting your own party. I designed a cookie swap party printable kit that you can download for free from the magazine. The fun graphics on the invitations, recipe cards and display signs were created to work with our Holly Jolly collection. I'll let you know when we go live with the next magazine so you can check it out!




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Find our new online magazine on ISSUU and at creativelivingmagazine.ca

Wednesday, 24 September 2014


Creative Living Magazine holiday wrapping ideas | Creative Bag

I'm hoping that you have already found (and read) our new online magazine but if you haven't here's a sneak peak of some of the projects that you will see inside featuring some of our new Christmas products as well as products that we sell all year round with a holiday spin. 

Creative Living Magazine by Creative Bag - see it on ISSUU


I published the magazine on ISSUU. Never heard of ISSUU ... well, grab a cup of your favourite hot beverage and get ready to be inspired! There are so many online magazines to read for pretty much anything that interests you - fashion, home decor, weddings & parties, sports and more and they are FREE to read. Create an account and you can save publications into "stacks". Follow your favourite publications and easily save ideas to your Pinterest boards or social media accounts. 

Some of the online magazines (like ours) can be downloaded if you have an account so you can save it and you have the option to print it out .

If you already have an ISSUU account - you can find us by searching for "Creative Living".

Don't have an account on ISSUU, that's okay ... you can read our online magazine at www.creativelivingmagazine.ca

Creative Living Magazines by Creative Bag

If you follow our link to creativelivingmagazine.ca you will see that I am working on two more holiday online magazines. Click on the "Gift Wrapping" photo and it will take you right to that magazine. 

Creative Living Magazine by Creative Bag - see it on ISSUU

If you want to download the magazine or follow us on ISSUU you will have to click on the "issuu" link as indicated on the screen print above.

Creative Living Magazine by Creative Bag - see it on ISSUU

As you can see, once you are on ISSUU, you can easily follow, download and much more.

I love online magazines ... they are so interactive! Find links for products featured, downloads for free printables, tutorials and more all at the click of a button. 


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You are invited to preview the first edition of "Creative Living" - our new online magazine!

Thursday, 18 September 2014


We are so excited about the launch of "Creative Living" our new online magazine. Creative Living is going to inspire you to package, celebrate and create with our products. This is our first edition and it's all about holiday gift wrapping. Get ready for lots of inspiration, free downloads and simple tutorials.

You can read Creative Living online but we've also set it up so you can download it {for free} if you want to save or print it out. I hope that you will take the time to make yourself a nice cup of tea, sit in a comfy chair and enjoy the magazine. We made it just for you!





P.S. If you have any comments about Creative Living magazine, please leave me a comment below. I am working on more holiday themed editions that will be published over the next couple of months and any feedback that you may have would be helpful.




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