I have the tiniest little announcement to make.
I'm Chinese.
No I'm not. That's not the announcement I wanted to make at all. It just sort of popped out.
The actual announcement I wanted to make was ... I haven't decided on my holiday gift wrapping yet. Which, if you follow my Christmas Pledge calendar you know was supposed to be figured out almost 2 weeks ago.
I just don't know what to do. I've done a sort of burlappy, rustic kind of thing the last couple of years, which I love but I think I want more sparkle this year. This first Christmas without the fella is going to be a tough one, so I figure I can combat that with a little sparkle. Or maybe a big Bulgarian.
I went through some of my old wrapping posts to see if some of them would give me any ideas, and they did. Which I am not going to tell you about just yet.
But, in case you, like me, haven't quite found the perfect wrapping idea, here are a few of my past wrapping posts to get you inspired. (click on each picture to take you to the original post)
Need more inspiration? Take a look at my Etsy Wrapping Gift Guide. Even if you don't buy something, it's a good place to get ideas.
And if you're running out of time and feeling a bit harried, you can never go wrong with any combination of plain white paper, brown craft paper, white satin ribbon and twine.
Also, for some reason at the moment, I'm feeling a kinship to anything with lanterns and dragons.
I wish I could decorate as pretty as I'd like. But, I get the bestest I can find that the kid sells from school, and hopefully call it a day :)
I enjoy making bows. People are always amazed by my bows.
I just use a bow maker to help me. I tell people that, but they still insist it is a secret talent.
What they don't know is I spend an unhealthy amount of time finding the right paper and making sure the ribbon matches said paper and that the bow is the correct size for the paper pattern/present size/occasion. Not to mention other little odds and ends to make complete my gift vision (paper pattern lines up, there are no "rough edges", etc). The actual making of the bow is diddly.
But they keep focusing on the dang bow. APPRECIATE MY OBSESSIVE WRAPPING SKILLS DAMNIT!!!!
Oh and PS....never anything wrong with glitter and sparkle.
I regularly use glittered ribbon despite the fact that I always look like I got caught in a stripper stampede when I'm finished.
Hah! ~ karen
Karen...I am so honored this is my first comment back from you ever! There is nothing like chartreuse and copper to make your right, or left, eyebrow to raise up and go, hmmmmmmmmmmm. Honk
LOL. Sorry 'bout that. I get a lot of comments and I can't reply to them all! I do read and laugh at them all though. :) Well ... the ones that are meant to make me laugh anyway. ~ karen!