this precious life.

For me, wrapping Christmas gifts is almost as much fun as making them or going shopping for them so I wanted to share a few ideas I've put to use this year.  Sometimes I do use regular wrapping paper but more often than not, I love the opportunity to get creative & use things I have laying around. Paper shopping bags {Trader Joe's are great & they usually have fun holiday prints this time of year!}, twine, lace, embroidery floss or baker's twine, scraps of fabric, book & catalogue pages, stamps & cutouts... the possibilities are endless:) I hope this gives you a little inspiration in your wrapping this year! {see past ideas HERE or learn how to make your own wrapping paper for small packages HERE }  bottom package: brown paper, lace & embroidery floss upper package: wooden tube with brown paper bag cutouts as embellishments below: recycled brown paper bag, image created with paint & a pencil eraser  clockwise from top left: 1) ...

Your Christmas shopping is all done ( or almost done ) & now you have loads of bags from stores...some even have Christmas prints on them! Or maybe you've run out of wrapping paper and you're snowed inside. Is there a solution?! Yes!  Turn all of those bags {paper or plastic} into gift wrap. Oh and did you run out of ribbon too? Use scraps of fabric you have lying around...or twine...anything that is long and can be tied;) get creative! Taking the time to wrap gifts creatively { even if it's just wrapping something instead of putting it in a bag! } is the last step to completing a gift which shows the recipient that you care about them. Here are a few I came up with ... So far I've used Trader Joe's, Starbucks bags and scraps of fabric. {I've yet to do the majority of my wrapping and try the other ideas. Here's a link for a pom pom made out of a grocery sack !} Add some color of your own with pens or markers. Paint would be very specia...