by jenn_davis | diy
*This is a post I wrote several months back on my personal blog but I thought I would share it here today since it is the season for wrapping!
It was my first attempt at decorating my own wrapping paper and I discovered a few things that worked and some that didn’t. I’ll let you be the judge in deciding how it turned out….
Step #1: Measure wrapping paper (in this case I am using a large roll of brown drawing paper I had from college and recently unearthed in my parents garage). Score! You can get yours here.
Step #2: Take a glass (or any round top object will do) and draw circles on another sheet of paper the same or similar size as the one you will be wrapping with…
Step #3: Cut out circles and place them by taping on wrapping paper surface…
Step #4: Choose desired color of spray paint and coat wrapping paper with circles still taped in place. I used pink here but red or white would be perfect for the Holidays!
Step #5: Remove cutout circles…
Step #6: Wrap gift and use ribbon, or in this case yarn, to tie a bow…
Voila…instantly personalized! I even used one of the circles to make a little heart label but after Heather’s post yesterday I will be using one of these!
Cost: $0. All products used were those that I had laying around the house!
Time: About 30 minutes. If I was to do this again I think I could move a bit faster. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was doing. 🙂
All in all….pretty cute, don’t ya think?
xoxo,
by heather | diy, fun finds
I don’t know about you, but I need to start wrapping gifts for the holidays. They are starting to pile up in my closet with no place to hide!
Don’t buy boring gift tags at a chain store…print some right at home from these awesome websites to spruce up your gift wrappings!
Here is a festive collection of free printable holiday tags from around the web (click name below image to download)
Sass & Peril
EatDrinkChic
HEY LOOK
Love vs. Design
Ellinée
Living Locurto
The Caroline Johansson
Happy Wrapping!
by jenn_davis | creative tips, diy
Anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE creative people who are able to think out of the box and have a little fun!
The holidays are no exception! My husband and I have enjoyed designing our own Christmas cards for several years now but only since our son was born have we taken it to the next level. Don’t get me wrong, we still love and can appreciate a “regular” Christmas card, but nothing makes our house light up quite like one that is creative and fun.
This year is our best card yet in my opinion, and while we aren’t quite ready to reveal what our theme is this year (we are mailing them this week), I thought I would share some fun designs I came across online!
This was our family card from last year….
Dyce was only about 7 months old so I had to hold him up and then my husband photoshopped me out!
A cute way to show the family from Threaded Together…
The most incredible felt cards by You Are My Fave….
Cards with candy? Yes, please! From Living Locurto…
Family mugshots from Summertime Designs….
Lastly, a pretty amazing iphone card featured on Leawo….
So, you guys doing anything different with your cards this year?! If so, I would love to see!
xo
