• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Nashville Wraps StoreNashville Wraps Blog

Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas & Inspiration

  • Blog Topics
    • How Tos
    • Featured Customers
    • Retail Business
      • Offering a Gift Wrapping Service
      • Custom Printed Packaging
      • Gift Basket Tips
      • gift & gourmet business
      • Social Media
      • Economy
      • Marketing Tips
      • Packaging
    • trends
    • Weddings
    • Eco-News
      • eco-friendly packaging
      • recycled plastic bags
      • recycling
      • sustainability
    • USA
    • Robby’s Notes
  • How-To Videos
  • FREE Tools
    • Printables
    • Cello Bag Sizer
  • Shop Now
    • Shop All Products
    • Closeouts
    • Specials
  • Shopping CartShopping Cart

June 7, 2012 By Priscilla Medders 2 Comments

Bakers Twine Butterfly Gift Toppers

Share
Tweet
Share
Pin
Email
0 Shares

Bakers Twine ButterflyWe’re so excited about this brand new Nashville Wraps product: Bakers Twine in bright, crisp colors! A quick search on Pinterest reveals many imaginative uses for this fresh-looking classic. We’ve created our own quick how-to featuring versatile bakers twine, just in time for summer gifts and favor packaging.

To start with, choose your favorite color or printed tissue (delicate prints like our Florentine tissue work best). We used a 2-inch paper punch with scalloped edges, but a plain 2-inch circle or even a square would be cute as well. One piece of tissue folded in half twice creates a stack of 4 sheets which is easy to punch out. You might experiment with 2 contrasting colors – just make sure you end up with a stack that is 4 sheets thick.

Butterfly supplies

Punch out your tissue (step 1), then fold the circle in half (step 2). Fold in half again (step 3), then make a cut along the middle fold that goes about halfway. (If you are using contrasting colors and want to create cutouts in the wings, remove the outer 2 layers, fold back together, and punch a hole in the center. When you put all 4 layers back together, the inside color will show through.)

Butterfly-making how to

Next, cut a piece of twine long enough to wrap around your box (in this case, we just wrapped the box lid), and another piece of twine to pull through the center of the butterfly’s wings and create the antennae (step 4). Make sure to leave a little extra twine to make it easy to tie the knot to form the butterfly’s head. Place the butterfly on top of the box (step 5), then pull the twine that will wrap the box inside the the butterfly’s antennae (under the wings). Make the knot for the butterfly’s head by holding both ends together and tying a single knot.

Finally, tape the ends of the twine to the bottom of the box (or under the lid of the box) and trim the butterfly’s antennae (step 6). You can slide the butterfly to one side of the package if you’d like to add a gift tag or label. For more great ideas, check out our our blog Baker’s Twine & Favor Boxes,  how-to videos and favor packaging products.

Butterfly bakery box

Priscilla Medders

Priscilla Medders is a graphic designer who lives in Nashville. She enjoys singing and playing music with her husband, Cheyenne Medders. In addition to contributing to the Nashville Wraps Blog, she also blogs about wellness and studies homeopathy.

More Posts - Website

Share
Tweet
Share
Pin
Email
0 Shares

Filed Under: eco-friendly packaging, How Tos, Packaging, trends Tagged With: baker's twine, divine twine, favor boxes, favor ideas

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Kathy_g says

    June 20, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    These are so darn cute! I am going to make them from cardstock and use on my little collages.

    Reply
  2. Lynne says

    June 13, 2012 at 11:49 pm

    So happy to see you carrying this. Was just getting ready to place an order with another company for it. You are 60 miles away so much rather order from you than CA.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Get the Catalog

Get a Free Nashville Wraps Catalog

Search

Subscribe

Questions about our products?

Call Customer Care!
8 AM - 5 PM CST
800-547-9727

Blog topics

Footer

Be Sociable

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2023 NASHVILLE WRAPS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PRIVACY POLICY | TERMS OF USE
Log in