Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Bread Sleeve

A couple of years ago Adriel and I were making these mini bread sleeves for our Etsy store and selling them. These little bread sleeves make the cutest way to give away your little Holiday loaves of bread.


Here are the dimensions, if anyone else would like to make some for the holidays. These fit a 3x5 mini bread loaf.

SUPPLIES: 4.25x11 cardstock, decorative paper, sticky strip or adhesive
1 - Starting at one of the long ends, score at 7/8", 2-1/4", 4-1/4", 6-3/4", 8-3/4", 10-1/8"
2 - Fold at scores to form a box except for the scores at 7/8" and 10-1/8", fold those in the opposite direction to form a handle, as seen in the picture.
3 - Glue decorative paper strips to sides, if desired.
4 - Glue or sticky strip the 7/8" handles together.
5- Punch a hole in the middle of the handle and tie a ribbon or add a decorative tag.
6 - Insert your wrapped bread loaf! Very easy!
I made a large loaf of bread to give to some friends and thought that I'd create a larger bread sleeve using retired DSP colors and stamp set, which I've posted a picture of here.
These go together quickly and are sure to get you a "Wow!"
Thanks so much for taking time to stop by and visit. I appreciate it :-)

2 comments:

Theresa said...

Heidi, This is incredibly cute! I hope I get to make some bread just so I can make some of these sleeves!! Thanks for your wonderful idea!

Two Happy Stampers said...

I hope you do too, Theresa. These are so quick and simple to make, but they make your little bread loaves look great (hopefully my bread will taste as good it looks in the sleeve:-)