Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Fancy Pants!
Well hello there Poppytalk readers! I think you all know my husband, Mr. Fancy Pants, aka Will Bryant. I am his other half. I answer to Mrs. Fancy Pants…or just Sally. William talked to me a while ago about co-writing a guest post for Poppytalk and I have avoided it until now. To be quite honest, I was very intimidated! I read Poppytalk almost religiously and I'm convinced I don't have 1 ounce of the creativity exhibited by those featured, those guest posting, etc. etc. But all of that aside, I do live with an incredibly talented husband, and after two years his "artsy magic" is beginning to wear off on me. Today marks our first guest post for Poppytalk. I am writing but expect little interjections from Will from time to time! So...here goes.
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Fancy Pants!
Christmas is a huge deal to me. Any one who knows me would confirm this fact. I go all out every year. Traditions, music, lights, Santa, stories, memories...I could go on and on.
I find that two of the most aesthetically influential projects for me each year--areas for me to really shine--are Christmas wrapping and Christmas cards. This year marks a first for Will and I. We worked together to design (and by we I mean him) our Christmas card to be sent out to our friends and family. I normally take on a role that could most appropriately deemed "art director" aka bossy backseat driver. However, this year the idea for our card was all mine--execution, of course, had nothing to do with me as I couldn't draw a stick figure if my life depended on it.
From my idea, my incredibly talented husband come up with this. How amazing is it!?It's crazy...it's like he does this for a living Ha!
Using the elements from our card, we had some rubber stamps made at a local shop here in Austin. I used the antlers and pine cone and incorporated them into our present trimmings. A big thanks to Uline for the massively huge roll of recycled craft paper that donned all of our gifts.
I snagged some bakers twine (that I am now obsessed with) from Divine Twine in lieu of ribbon, and our mini gift tags also arrived at our doorstep from Uline. The only hiccup I ran into was the fight I had with the craft paper and cheap tape when wrapping commenced. Industrial gift wrapping tape became a quick necessity for the heavy paper--the cheap kind was NOT going to hold. I'm beginning to think there is a future for the Fancy Pants collaboration projects.
Merry Christmas to all! Looking forward to sharing more 'Fancy' projects with you in the future!
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12 comments:
That Christmas card is just fantastic, love it!! I am using kraft paper and bakers twine myself for wrapping presents and I love the look of them :)
Lovely holiday card!
Great post, Mrs. Fancy Pants! Thoroughly enjoyable - love your holiday card and wrapping - I always wrap with craft paper too - I love how vintage the presents look! happy holidays!
I love these ideas! Nothing better than getting into the Christmas spirit with your hubby at your side.
xo L
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My husband and I got 3400 yards of baker's twine for $20 from here. It's not quite as attractive a site as Divine Twine, but it is cheap.
so insanely cool! inspired!
j.
Oh my, you really know how to go all out! So lovely... all of it!
where oh where did you get those amazing envelopes?!
Way to go Mrs. Fancy Pants! Love the Christmas card!!
Happened upon your blog quite recently and fell in love... and then after this post when I saw that you're a fellow Austinite, I wanted to reach through the screen and high-five ya. Hah. Awesome cards. I also love Christmas, especially wrapping the gifts. I like to choose a theme each year, a new way to spruce up my brown craft paper. This year I drank a lot of Texas-brewed Holiday Cheer Shiner and chopped up the boxes for gift tags (Extra points for reuse?) and got organic cotton tea towels to wrap some homemade kitchen gifts furoshiki-style.
Yes... where DID you find those lovely envelopes? Please tell!
Thanks all! We greatly appreciate the support. The envelopes were purchased from Uline along with the blank tags and the much too thick for wrapping Kraft paper.
Amber, so glad you've been enjoying some Shiner Cheer, its one of my favorites for the season.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
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