All Wrapped Up

Now that a few gifts have been purchased it's time to start thinking about how to wrap them. During the year I'm usually a kraft paper and black bow kind of girl but I like to spice things up a bit for Christmas. And no that does not mean red and green Santa paper. This year I'm dreaming of a white Christmas -- solid white paper (purchased at The Container Store), dressed up with beautiful ribbons, small trinkets that I've collected over time and labels from Sugar Paper. I'm going to use this peacock theme for family's gifts and switch things up a bit for my friends -- I'll share that next week. Time to start wrapping!

Happy weekend!!

(Image by Kristin Kerr for Simply Smitten)

Tied with a Tassel

Happy Friday! I may have jumped the gun with my holiday posts earlier this week but now that it's December Christmas is just 23 days away! If you're anything like me you've already started to think about how you're going to wrap your gifts. I usually stick to kraft paper and a beautiful velvet bow but this year I'm thinking I might switch things up a bit.

I have a gift wrap post planned for next week but in the mean time I thought I would share this tinsel tassel tutorial (try saying that 10 times) that Megan from MaeMae Paperie posted on her blog.  Pretty amazing, right? I think the tassel is a really fun variation on the traditional bow.  And if the tutorial wasn't enough, Megan has so graciously provided a downloadable pdf of all the custom gift tags she designed. Now go put on your best holiday mix and enjoy some happy wrapping!