Birthday Wrap to Birthday Decor! (2015)

Those of you that have been following this blog know that in addition to holidays, I enjoy LOVE decorating for birthdays as well!  I also really like to recycle as much as possible.  Not only is it financially savvy, but it's good for the Earth too.

Given that, I always have an assortment of gift bags on hand.  Of course you can always reuse your gift bags for future gifts, but this time I decided to upcycle them into birthday decor.  Read on to see how I completed this easy project.

(You can see the rest of my birthday decor by clicking here)

A couple of cute birthday gift bags from my wrapping stash.

This is probably one of the easiest projects ever.  All you have to do is cut out the portions of the bags that you want to highlight, and pop them into a frame.  It's that simple!

(And if you use frames that you already have like I did, the project is free too!)

 I decided to cut out the individual cakes from the blue gift bag on the left.  I thought they would make a nice trio of smaller frames.  I liked the 'Happy Birthday' printing on the white gift bag, so this one I left as a full 8X10 sheet.

Tip:  If you are having a hard time deciding what part of the bag you want to frame, or just need help measuring - use the glass.  Carefully remove the glass from the frame and position it on top of your artwork.  Move it around until you find  a position that you like, then lightly trace around the glass.  Be careful though, the straight edges of the glass can sometimes cut your hands and fingers.

Scroll on to see how the frames turned out!

Orange Cake

Green Cake

Chocolate Cake

8X10 Happy Birthday

I found the little birthday hat when searching through some scrapbooking supplies and thought it would look cute in a frame as well.  I like the way it turned out next to the large happy birthday cake.

(And in case anybody is wondering...no, I didn't get out the birthday decor just to take these pictures.  This project -and these photos- were taken in January when I was preparing for Little Man's first birthday...better a late blog share than a never blog share, right?  Haha!)

 And there you have it, another easy and inexpensive decor project!
I hope you enjoyed the post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2015