It's All About the Presentation, Right?

I don't know about you but with all the things that need to be done to get ready for Christmas, wrapping gifts is just another chore that has to be done.

I got into the habit of using a black marker and write on the wrapping paper who the gift was for.

No tag, no bow..just plain and not very exciting.

 

This year I decided give a little more attention to the presentation.

I was inspired by all the great pins on Pinterest and created a board, Gift Wrapping Ideas.

 

October Afternoon never disappoints me with their vintage flair and I can't imagine anyone not
getting excited when they receive their gift in this cute little package.

I also love how the October Afternoon designers used brown paper and then added
lots of embellishments to make each package extra special.

The idea of wrapping a gift in brown paper instead of Christmas paper is foreign to me.
But don't these gifts look gorgeous? And I can't imagine the recipient throwing the
burlap flower away.

I started planning what I wanted to do and ordered a variety of gift tags from Sweetly Scrapped Art.  Isn't this a fun tag?  I also visited Wal Mart and picked up a couple of spools of tulle.

I can only show a few of the gifts as my family reads my blog and I don't want to ruin the suprise.  For this gift I tucked in a candy cane that I had in my stash and wrapped  satin ribbon around the gift.  I ended up fixing the bow to make it cleaner looking.

I wrapped one gift in brown paper but I'm not loving it so I'll probably rewrap it.

Let me know if you take the time to make your gifts look pretty.

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