Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Brown Paper Packages Tied Up with String

When it came to my gift wrapping this year I new I wanted to keep it simple and, as much as possible, use things I already had.  And I managed to do just that!  In fact, all I bought was an extra roll of paper, and haven't had to open it yet.

I wrapped everything in brown paper, wrapped a piece of wide, sheer, shiny ribbon around the middle, and then tied a piece of twine around that.  I just made it up as I went along, and I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but I really like the contrasts in dull and shiny, and simple and elegant.

When it came to the "tags" I knew they would need to be simple too.  Since there would be no repeats or confusion, I decided to just use letters. M for Mom, D for Dad, A for Amanda, and J for Jonathan.  I found some stencils and played around with different ways of filling them in, and landed on the simple outline.  No surprise there I guess!





 And thanks to Pinterest, I found a way to jazz up the addresses on my Christmas cards.  Just don't go stalking my friends!



1 comment:

  1. Aimee, you are so creative and fun. Looking forward to opening the "M" gifts, but more than the gifts I'm excited about being able to spend time with you at Christmas.

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