Last Friday afternoon my sister, mom and I took advantage of a gloomy afternoon to start wrapping the pile of gifts accumulating in my mom's spare bedroom. The wrapping is simple and we used only a small number of materials but I love, love, love concept. My mom has a beautiful collection of old black and white photos from both sets of grandparents that my sister and I drool over every so often. When is a better time to display them other than Christmas?
This Christmas, our gifts will be adorned with a few special photos from the collection to act as part of the gift as well. Because the photos show themselves off, the wrapping is simple. Butcher's paper, twine, a roll of ribbon and evergreens do the trick. My parents have a home nestled in the woods, surrounded by pine and maple trees...pretty easy for us to gather a basket of evergreens.
Usually this time of year NY is blanketed with snow, but for some reason we have not a drop this season. Total disappointment...and my fingers are crossed for snow before Christmas Eve.
I snipped a few sprigs from an arborvitae bush, made a paper ring, and hot glued the tine branches to make a mini wreath.
I hope our afternoon of wrapping inspires you to try something new this year. If you don't want to give away an original photo, scan a copy. Also, if tree snipping is not an option for you, head to your local florist or market where evergreens are usually inexpensive this time of year. Enjoy the rest of your Monday!
*On a side note, sister and I do not wrap our own gifts. Instead I help my mom wrap presents for my sister and vice versa. In case you were wondering. ;0)
*Revision...You can see a detailed tutorial how to make the mini wreath in this post by clicking HERE.
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This gift wrapping is so beautiful! Wonderful to have so many photos to use - makes the gift so much more special and personal!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! How did you attach the string? What does it look like on the back?
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful wrapping.
ReplyDeleteLove the ideas so pretty gift wrap.
ReplyDeleteI love the simplicity! You certainly put a lot of work into the wrapping...but definitely worth it all the same. Natural & organic looking.
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I love the little wreaths to use with gift wrapping. Where did you purchase the red and white string?
ReplyDeleteHi Tracy! I purchased it from Crate and Barrel last holiday season.
Deletelove it! thank you for inspiration :)
ReplyDeleteVery lovely! I had a question: How long will the fresh evergreens last? - Could you wrap a gift say, two weeks in advance or is is it better to wait until a few days before you give the gift if using fresh evergreens?
ReplyDeleteVery lovely! I had a question: How long will the evergreens last? - Could you wrap a gift say, two weeks in advance or is is it better to wait until a few days before you give the gift if using fresh evergreens?
ReplyDeleteI added them to my packages a week before Christmas. They were ok...just dried out a little bit. I wrapped everything weeks in advance them added the wreaths closer to Christmas. I hope this helps. =)
DeleteI love this! So simple and gorgeous. The little wreaths are super cute :)
ReplyDeleteYour packages look lovely and I've got this linked to my gift wrapping post too today, for unique ideas!
ReplyDeleteVery lovely. I like the simple beauty, too. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSo so perfect. I absolutely love this. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love your scissors - which brand are they and where did you get them?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful idea! I made some easy cutout gift wraps, no ribbons necessary:
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