Peter and I wanted to make something special as giveaway presents at our baby shower. We were constantly bouncing ideas with each other on what to make, or what to bake… So after days and days of coming up with different ideas, we settled on something so special – chocolate bars wrapped up with our collection of Eames paper!
This is a simple project anyone can do. We headed to a grocery store after work and bought organic chocolates with hazelnuts. But we made sure these chocolate bars were wrapped with aluminum foil as it would look nicer once we customize the packaging. We removed the outer paper covers and replaced it with nice bold prints. Peter was in charge of designing the tags and I voted to be in charge of choosing which Eames paper to use and carefully wrapping them individually and got creative with the ribboning.
Our friends loved them and we were happy to have made something special for them. The joy of making and giving things to friends!
Peter and I always have so much fun making things together. We had music playing, pieces of ribbon & paper all over the table and floor… It makes me realize even more how much I love our studio space as we are able to make things together!
Riss, you and Peter are so creative!!
Thank you.
Awesome idea! Saw these on craftgawker and I love your paper designs :)
Thanks. The paper design is by Charles and Ray Eames. Probably more Ray than Charles but they both get credits. :) The paper used is from “Eames Textile Patterns: A Stationery Collection” published by Chronicle Books.
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what a great idea !! hummmm as a swiss and chocolate fan, i think i’ll do the table names for next xmas based on your idea :)
Merci !!
They’d work great as table names. Good idea. Have you seen our table name DIY? http://thenewdomestic.com/2010/01/diy-place-cards/
These are great! What simple but clever ideas! Found your site via somebody who was “freshly pressed” on WordPress today for posting a diy they based on this idea. It was a lovely variation too :-) Thanks for sharing this, very smart chocolate indeed!
I love the idea. How did you make the labels?