Some of you might have seen on Facebook already that I attended the Fashioncamp here in Vienna. It’s not a fashion camp per se but a conference for lifestyle bloggers. There were lectures on SEO and responsible consumerism as well as DIY workshops. Guess where I was all the time?! DaWanda, an online platform for all things handmade, did a workshop on envelope bags and I made 4. Just because they were so easy and fast to make and I felt much more comfortable talking to people while my hands were busy.

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It always surprises me that there are so many bloggers directly around me that I haven’t even heard of. While making the envelope bags I got to know at least a few of them.

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All you need is:

– leather
– scissors
– push button
– permanent marker, studs, thread & needle
– envelope_bag_template
– pencil
– jewelry glue

Cut out the envelope_bag_template and draw it on the on the back of the leather with the pencil. Cut the leather out as well.

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Decorate it while it is still flat. I added studs on 2 of the envelope bags, drew dots on another and embroidered the forth with arrows like here.

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Fold the left and right corner in and glue them together at the tip. Add some more glue to the bottom triangle and fold it up.

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Fold the top down and punch a whole with a needle where the push button will be and add the push button.

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Now it’s all done. Depending on your decoration the whole bag will only take about 15 mins.

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This one was the first I made and I added the studs after I made the whole bag. A big mistake! You don’t really have to make it that hard for you!

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And here my whole selection of envelope bags that I made. They are a cute little present too. Or a gift wrapper that could be reused as bag.

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Now. Carry on!