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lorajean's magazine
I don't know about you but I love to wrap presents. Like, LOVE love. Most years, I start a week or two in advance and wrap a few presents each night so I don't feel rushed. I like to spend time on the details. But this year, our Christmas plans took an unexpected turn and guess what? I have not wrapped the first present. I don't even have access to all my usual supplies-- my army of pretty papers, tapes, tags and twine. But I haven't given up. Of course, I will probably be singing a different tune come three a.m. Christmas morning but I am not giving up, not yet. I believe there's still time for a little extra sweetness in the gift wrap department and so I went looking for last minute inspiration. I went looking for simple and fun and that's exactly what I found. So if you've got a mountain of presents to wrap like I do, do not despair. There's hope, people:
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my cakies
A little brown paper, a few bits of found ephemera and a little white string. Love.
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martha stewart
And speaking of found ephemera, I am a big fan. Newspapers, magazine pages, old maps. I am never tired of this idea. Add a bright-colored ribbon and voila.
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how about orange
Paper snowflakes make everything look pretty. Plus, all you need is a pair of scissors and a piece of paper.
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packagery
If you don't have time to cut out paper snowflakes (and okay, I probably won't), paper doilies are the next best thing. Everybody knows that. Talk about instant pretty.
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martha stewart
I know. You're looking at these bows and you're laughing. You're thinking I'm out of touch with reality. But I promise, these are simply cut-up store-bought bows. A snip here, a snip there, that's it. Check the directions and go ahead. Buy that big bag of ready made stick-on bows. I bet you won't be sorry. I know I won't be.
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martha stewart
You might as well know-- I'm totally on a yarn kick this year.
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martha stewart
I spent five bucks at the local big box store yesterday and came home with more bright-colored yarn than I know what to do with. My personal goal is to use it all. We'll see what happens.
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cakies
Shipping tags are my favorite. Because shipping tags are like tiny blank canvases that just beg for bits of things. A decorated shipping tag will always bring the happy.
And now I must get to work. A mountain of unwrapped gifts awaits me. Happiest of holidays, folks! See you in 2011!
8 comments:
Seems you are like me!! Mountains of presents still to wrap- I am off! merry Christmas!
Beautiful wrapping. Very stylish.
Ahhh - a feast for the eyes. Beautiful ideas.
really fun compilation of wrapping.
i love shipping tags too...well put
katie
www.aperfect300.blogspot.com
Wow, what beautiful ideas. Gorgeous post.
oooh nice, these were mine this year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87213197@N00/5296269666/
thea.
xx
Spoonfulzine
so cute! i find that even putting things in a classic brown paper bag and jazzing it up with homemade tags and ribbons and washi tape can do in a pinch. ^_^
These are so, so gorgeous!
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