Wow! Christmas will be here soon, well in 22 days to be exact. I love this time of year for so many reasons.
- The smells like Christmas trees, cinnamon candles and goodies.
- Buying or making presents for people. I love finding the perfect gift for each person.
- Seeing family!
- Decorating for Christmas—there is so much more in the house and it's a nice change for a while.
- My birthday is this month and my wedding anniversary! Busy month for my hubby.
- The festive attitude that most people have, I feel like people are more cheerful during the Christmas season.
- I could go on and on, but lastly, Gift wrapping--I love wrapping gifts. And finding new ways to make them look cute.
So I want to tell you a little more about gift wrapping.
This year I decided to go with a more rustic gift wrapping and I am pretty darn happy with it. I just use the cheap brown or white paper bags that come in a pack of 13 for 6.99 (and I had a 50% off coupons from michaels - Yes!). Then for rectangle gifts, I bought some brown construction rolls at lowes. I wouldn't recommend buying that paper. It is really stiff and hard to us and the tape doesn't stick very well. But I am sure there is plain brown wrapping paper somewhere out there. The ribbon is colored raffia. I made the gift tags in photoshop, printed them on card stock, cut them out, punched a hole and added string. I just write the persons name on the back. If you don't want to use gift tags, you can use a sharpie marker and write directly on the paper. I am really happy with the way the gift wrapping turned out. Let me know if you need some tags, I can post a generic template or email one to you.
Here is another idea for gift wrapping. This was a baby shower gift for a boy. I used the brown paper again with twine and some denim scraps. Definitely unique!
Also, funny thing to share. We now have an attic in our house and it's great because you can access it through a closet on the 2nd floor, you just open the door and walk right in, no ladders, just plain simple, I love it! BUT it gets really really hot up there! Apparently we need more insulation because I lost a few candles to the heat! Yikes! I never thought about my candles. Now this one in the picture can barely stand on its own and is crooked, very interesting. Note to self, don't put candles in the attic when its 115 degrees outside. Now I know!
Hope you enjoyed reading about gift wrapping. Let me know if you try anything fun!
-Court
