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Gift Wrapping

Last Minute Gift Idea

November 28, 2012 by Abby 2 Comments

You can never have too many last minute ideas! Especially for Christmas presents. I find these great for teenagers. I have no clue what they would like! It's not like it was THAT long ago that I was a teenager either. You can pick up everything for this at the supermarket, so you can even put it together in the car on the way. The toothbrush adds a bit of humour, makes it ...

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Hand Painted Wrapping Paper

November 25, 2012 by Abby 5 Comments

I normally wrap my presents pretty plainly, using brown paper and some nice ribbon, but this year I thought it would be fun to get Roman in on the action.I set up a fingerpainting station for him with some red and green paint and let him at it!He was concentrating so hard and had his head really close to the paper. He somehow managed to get a smudge of paint under his nose, but ...

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Fabric Scraps for Gift Wrapping

November 19, 2012 by Abby 4 Comments

I was given a gift that was wrapped in this way and it was so cute that I kept it in the back of my mind for later. Since Christmas is the season of giving, I thought I share it with you all!This is a lovely way to use up little scraps of fabric that you have and takes a plainly wrapped gift up a notch. Fabric Scraps for Gift WrappingYou'll need:A wrapped giftRibbon of your ...

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Tea Towel Gift Wrapping

November 13, 2012 by Abby 19 Comments

I love using tea towels to wrap cook books. I think it's a great way to wrap them up that's a little bit different. It's really simple but looks like you've gone to lots of effort. It's nice for house-warming presents too.You need a fairly large tea towel for a regular sized cook book, so keep a look out for jumbo dish cloths. Finish it off with a wooden spoon, whisk or a few ...

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