Vintage Halloween Treat Bags!

Hello my crafty bloggy friends! How was your week? It's almost FRIDAY! Yippeeeeee! I am loving the Fall weather and I'm excited that Halloween is only three weeks away now. I'm getting in the spirit and trying to get ahead on some treats for my friends. I love anything that is vintage Halloween. Love it. So cool and retro and fun. I go crazy for this stuff! It just really recalls a mood for me. I have had the idea in my head for a long time about making some glassine treat bags for Halloween, and this past weekend I finally got my act together and made them. I'm excited to share with you! I made 12 and they are all different, so this post is pretty photo heavy. Grab some candy and take a look! 

These were my four favorites! I used only black, orange and silver for my color palette. It's hard to see, but many of my accent pieces are sparkly silver glitter paper! 

 

 

 

I'll show you below how I made these super cool bat pins! I am so happy with how they came out! Easy to make, too. Here you can see some of the pieces I used, and the washi tape accents. 

 

 

 

I used Stayzon ink for my stamping to make the images super dark and rich black. This stamp is from a Martha Stewart Halloween stamp set in my stash. The pumpkin is from Martha too… 

 

 

 

I love how the little tags look clipped with a pin and wrapped with some twine…

 

 

 

Here is my desk in full on production line mode! You can see how I just layed everything out in front of me so I could pick and choose my elements. I only had a package of 12 glassine bags, otherwise I could have made lots more! The owl and moon dies are from Tim Holtz. 

 

 

 

Here is how I made my bat pins: I punched out the bats from black cardstock and glued two of them together on either side of a floral pin. Done! They look creepy and vintage at the same time. 

 

 

 

Here is a close up of some of my pieces….

 

 

 

I found it easiest to put the candy in, then fold the bag over first. Then I stapled on a doily to cover up the top and make a nice base for everything else. The staple holds the bag shut, and it gets covered up by the 'toppings.' 

 

 

 

Then I just started gluing stuff on! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are a couple more photos of the finished projects! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope I've inspired you, and maybe you'll give this project a try?! It was such a fun afternoon, just sitting at my desk thinking up combinations and putting them all together. I think this would be a great project to do with a group of friends, too. Maybe each person could bring some pieces and put everything out on a big table…. Hmmmm, that gives me an idea for Valentine's Day. But that's still far away! LOL. I hope you all have a lovely weekend and thank you for coming by to see what I'm up to!