this year, and probably from now on, i have decided that i can still have lovely gifts without spending a whole lot of time with all the details. one of my new favorite blogs has really shown me how to make something look lovely without putting a lot of effort into it.
i think i am going to go with plain brown paper (as in brown paper bag) this year with lots of brightly colored bows and ribbons and fabrics.
NO I HAVE NOT WRAPPED A SINGLE GIFT (except for the one in the photos).
i always wrap my gifts christmas eve night. i put the kids to bed, make a fresh pot of coffee, put on a good christmas movie, and wrap gifts.
this year i pulled out my large scalloped square punch and my solid square punch and created these easy gift tags. it honestly took me all of 10 minutes to make them.
i got these two punches a while ago and they have just been sitting around until the other day when i decided i wanted to make something. something quick because i have the attention span of a toddler so projects must not take forever or i loose interest.
i had some random christmas-y scrabooking paper in a drawer so i decided i would use them to make these cute little gift tags. these i did very quickly, but they can really be done up with a few embellishments if you choose.
i simply punched the background with the larger scalloped edge square punch and then cut a contrasting color for the top with the solid square punch.
then i took one large pop up sticker dot and stuck it in between the two and pressed them together.
the back of these papers are white so i will be able to write the recipients name on the back, but if the back of your paper is not white, you can punch another solid square in a light color that writing can be easily seen on and use double sided tape to adhere it to the back.
once i had the two pieces together, i punched a hole at the top and threaded a piece of string through for attaching it to a gift. it can be tied to a gift bag or tied to a bow on a boxed gift.
quick. simple.
for the rest, i wrapped the gift in brown paper first, then added a piece of snowflake fabric around it. all i did was cut the fabric and wrapped it around. i like the frayed edges.
then i took some white string and thick red ribbon and wrapped them around to hold the fabric in place. before i tied the red ribbon into a bow, i added one of the tags i made.
i love the "vintagy" look of how they are wrapped.
be sure to hop over and check out all of the beautiful wrapping styles from everyone who linked up.
