The rustling of wrapping paper and the sharp sound of Scotch tape tearing greeted me as I stepped through the basement door. I inhaled the scent of sugar cookies, my Grandma’s classic treat. No one made them like she did. Her basement was a busy bustle as aunts and cousins gathered to lend a hand […]
Ten Tips About Gift Giving
I’ve received some questions about gift giving, keeping gift items on hand and any secrets or tips I might have to share. No rocket science here, friends, but I will share what I know from my life. If any of it resonates with you, hooray! Grab it, twist it, change it up to make it […]
Christmas Gift Packaging 2017
Here’s a few photos of my Christmas wrap for 2017. The gold stripes and dots have been a lot of happy fun! Two of my neighbors shared cotton with me and I’ve had the best time with it. I love how it looks on the presents. I also used some of it on my front […]
Sweet Treats Tower
I have a fun DIY/Gift Idea for you! It’s May and that means graduation month. That means gifts for graduates. This sweet treat tower could be used for lots of occasions…………………… BIRTHDAYS FATHER’S DAY VALENTINE’S DAY THINKING OF YOU NEW BABY CELEBRATION aaaaaaannnnnnddd………………………… and it would make a fun graduation gift for the senior students […]
In Which We Put Together a Breakfast-in-a-Box Gift
Breakfast-in-a-box. Or whatever you have/want-to-use for your box! This gift idea is something I’ve put together a few times over the years and gifted for birthdays. I’ve done a variety of things. I’ve started with a brown, cardboard box and gift wrapped it. And I’ve gone this route………..using a fun or pretty container to hold […]
Christmas Gifts with Burlap Name Tags
Remember the Acorn Autumn Burlap Banner I made using the burlap coffee bags from Winans? The banner obviously didn’t take nearly a whole bag and I still had lots of burlap to play with. For my nieces’ birthdays in November, I made tags for their gifts. {I have photos for another Gift Packaging post later!} […]
Of Parcels, Papers and Packages {No. 5}
{affiliate links included} This is the gift packaging post edition that could also be called………. “Wherein We Package Gift Items Within Sight”. I like to sometimes “wrap” a gift in plain sight. With a few elements such as ribbon, Baker’s twine, a cute basket or box, some tulle or gauze bags, you can create a […]
Of Parcels, Packages and Paper {No. 4}
Here’s some fun packaging of treats for a friend’s birthday! We made cake pops and tucked them into cute, treat boxes. These boxes came from Sweet Lulu. I tucked the cake pops into little muffin liners and settled them inside the box. This treat box is clear coated onside, so it protects the cardboard against […]
Yarn Along {And Giving Away Some Stuff}
{affiliate links included} Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams and Life and Yarn! I made some more progress on my red leaf scarf. A few more leaves and it will be finished! We’ve been busy with farm work and field work and watering flowers and mowing yard and weeding here and there and moving sprinklers […]
Of Parcels, Packages and Paper {No. 3}
I have gift packaging pictures lurking around on my computer and I just haven’t done anything with them FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. Here’s my last packaging post. I mean!! There are so many fun gift bag designs! My girlie-o fixed up this package above for a friend. I liked how she added the little […]
Of Parcels, Packages and Paper {No. 1}
WELL. Obviously, over the last while I’ve started categories or themes. It just sort of happened and any ingenuity for a variety of names soon escapes my feeble brain. BUT. Categorizing works. Plus, I figured out I like this whole category-ish thing. I can blog and chat a bit about the things I love and […]
Open Me Gift Tags
Remember the little gift boxes in this post with the Open Me tags that I picked up at Ikea? It struck me to try making a few of my own tags!! While I like the ones from Ikea, better, {they just look more refined} these were fun to make. I’ve also used the idea […]
Gift Packaging ~ One of My Happy Things
Back last November, I posted about gift packaging. It is one of my happy things. Here are a few pictures of some small packages I’ve fixed up here and there, this year. I’ve had a lot of fun using the cupcake liner flowers on gifts! Ribbon and paper and stickers, oh my!
Chinese Style Gift Boxes And Very Fun, Completely Cute, Make Me Smile Gift Tags
These little packages make me so happy. They were fun to fix up. I had a last-minute-lunch with friends a couple of weeks ago and the last-minute-idea that it’d be fun to take gifts along for my girlfriends. I’d picked these Chinese take-out style gift boxes up at a Target one time and still had […]
