Happy Monday to my awesome readers & followers! I can't believe Christmas celebrations start this weekend. Remember as a kid when it took FOREVER for Chritmas to get here??!! Now that I'm "20-something" I wish it didn't come so fast! However, I did get a lot done this weekend and wrapped most of the gifts we will be giving.
I think of gift-wrapping as an "art." I'm always trying to come up with new ideas to wrap gifts and make them look beaufitul. Sometimes I question my own judgement on this knowing that the paper will just be ripped off an thrown into a big black garbage bag... Oh well - I still like doing it!
Here is what I cam up with this year!
I used brown postal package paper as wrapping paper (found in the office supply dept at Target) and then decorated it with some awesome holiday ribbon I found at Hobby Lobby.
I made my own gift tags for all of the packages too!
You can go to any office supply store to find the brown tags and metal rim tags. Then just decorate with rubber stamps. You can get a small barrell of mini Christmas stamps for $8.99. (Make sure to use this Hobby Lobby coupon to get an additional 40% off) You can use these tags for other holiday hosting ideas. Take a look at this post about Thanksgiving Hosting Ideas that work for Christmas too!
One of the best things about using this brown shipping paper is that it is heavier and more durable then regular Christmas paper. This is nice because the presents that can easily get holes poked in them with regular paper will stay nicely packaged and still look beautiful after transporting them.
One more thing I have to share... Isn't he SO cute!
"Someone" thought that he should let our outside dog in the house to hang out with me while I was working on Christmas gifts. He was actually pretty well behaved (except wanting to play with my rubberband ball) and even let me tie a Christmas ribbon around his neck.
In case you are wondering... he left it on for a couple of hours!
Happy Wrapping!
Beth
Beth
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