Skip to main content

Gift Wrap

I Love Gift Wrap.  I have more than any normal person needs.  If ever I wasn't having to use one of my bedrooms as a home office, I might be inclined to have a gift wrap/hobby room.  But right now I just have a gift wrap closet...a very small closet in my guest room.  Because it is very small and guests seem to expect to be able to hang up a piece or two of their clothes when they visit, I had to get it very organized.  Here is a photo tour...







Now, for the record, I always wrap a gift.  By wrapping a gift, I mean old school...boxes, paper, etc.  I hardly ever use a gift bag.  But there is the occasion when something is odd shaped and you might need to use a bag.  I had a great idea recently.  Let me show you...
This happens every single time!  Someone is so nosey and a photo hound.
Okay Lola, move out of the way and I'll take your photo...
Cute!

Now back to my idea...
This is a gift that I just wrapped for a friend's upcoming birthday.
They are selling these bags at Hobby Lobby now.  They are reusable shopping bags.
I got one a while back and love it, so when I had a larger/odd size gift to wrap, I thought
why not get a bag that is reusable.  They have this style, but probably about 5 other styles too.
Really, it isn't any more expensive than most gift bags, so I wanted to share my idea with you.

Comments

Scrappy Girl said…
I love that idea. I have been collecting a few reusable bags so I can eventually start using only them at the grocery store. The Disney store has some great ones for kiddos!
August 31, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Abby said…
At a recent birthday I noticed some people that were using them for gifts. Such a better idea than the traditional gift bag! I love it.

You always have the most beautiful wrapped gifts and I do love them. I try to always wrap kid gifts because I cherish that memory as a kid and kids mostly only get gift sacks now. Kind of sad!
August 31, 2010 at 8:57 PM
Anonymous said…
I'm crazy about wrapping paper too. I thought about getting a job at The Container Store during my Undergraduate so I could get a discount on their amazing Christmas paper!

I love the idea of the reusable bag, but I too prefer the old school way of really wrapping a gift.

We should totally post up our Christmas wrapping this year. You should do a tag or McLinky for it!
August 31, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Emily said…
Love it, actually a few of our wedding gifts were wrapped this way. I thought it was a super ideal.
September 3, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Swiss Oatmeal {Copy Cat Recipe}

I'm obsessed with Swiss Oatmeal.  I particularly love   Corner Bakery's Swiss Oatmeal.  If you are not familiar with Swiss Oatmeal, it is a cold oatmeal cereal with fruit and nuts. I've had a similar recipe for years, but it was only similar.  It wasn't close enough for my liking.  So I finally set out into the land of Pinterest to find a recipe that was a good Copy Cat.  I found a few, combined them and came up with what I think is a very close Copy Cat Recipe of Corner Bakery's Swiss Oatmeal. Here's what I do (note, this recipe is really just pictures, because I don't really have measurements for these things.  The photos aren't great, but it's easier if I show you what I do)... Here's the Phase 1 ingredients...   Milk Honey Yogurt (I use a vanilla greek yogurt) Oats (old fashioned, not quick...you probably could do steel cut too)    I've simplified this to where you only need a bowl and a spoon for Phase 1 becau
3 comments
Read more

Join my Party

Welcome to my Christmas Shin-Dig! I've never thrown a blog party before so I'm kind of nervous, but that can just be our little secret. I have lots of things I want to include in my party, so I've decided the best way to tackle this is to do several posts, so keep scrolling down so that you don't miss a single thing that goes on at this party! I always try to have party favors when I throw a party, and this one shouldn't be an exception, so I am giving away a prize. Here are some photos of the prize All you have to do to enter is comment on one of my Christmas Party Blog entries. I will put all the names in a hat and draw a winner. I will post the winner's name on my blog on Sunday, so check back to see if this cute little Santa bubble light is coming to your house! All entry comments must be posted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time. If this is your first trip to my blog, Welcome! Please come back and see me again!
26 comments
Read more

A Blogiversary Giveaway!

One week from today will mark 2 years since I started this whole blogging thing.  I'm very excited about this blogiverary because an opportunity has come up for me to do a giveaway for you guys!  My sponsor has many websites that sell just about everything... lately I've been looking at the site for luggage  because I'm feeling the need for a new carry on bag for my upcoming trip to NOLA.  But more about the giveaway!  Here's a picture of a couple of samples... I will be giving you a set of Tervis tumblers!  If you don't know about Tervis tumblers, they are great because they keep your beverage super cold and they don't sweat all over your table!  As you can see, I'm feeling the collegiate tumblers in honor of the upcoming football season, but if you are the winner, I will give you a couple of choices: (1) You can choose from over a hundred different tumbler themes to fit your personality or lifestyle:  Texas themes, Initial (pink or black), Beach th
14 comments
Read more