Gift Wrapping Ideas

     Since we started our blog last January, I have been waiting all year to share these with you!  I always love making Christmas gifts look extra special with a few DIY touches.  Below are a few ideas to dress up your brown paper packages tied up with string!

MATERIALS:
- 99 cent store ornaments (or old ornaments you no longer use for your tree)
- Ribbon, yarn, or twine
- Wrapping paper (check out Paper Source for a super cute selection), or go to Home Depot's painting section and buy a large roll of "Painting Paper" (kraft paper) for about $11, and get creative!
- Scraps of fabric
- Chalk Ink pens: these are seriosouly one of my favorite craft tools, they write SO much better than regular chalk, and I use them for wrapping all the time!
- Scissors
- Tape
- Chalk 
- Hand-Drawn Gift Tags FREE PRINTABLE by Hey Look

     I hit the 99 cent store and scored tons of super cute ornaments for a fraction of the cost.  I also scored a large ball of crimson twine (that I surprisingly still have some left of) that I used as ribbon for a majority of my gifts.  

     I did a runner of shabby chic crown fabric around the center of some of the presents, used twine for the ribbon, and attached a FREE PRINTABLE gift tag by Hey Look.

 

     I wrapped presents in kraft paper and used Chalk Ink to write Christmas Carols on the kraft paper.  I also wrapped mini presents and numbered each one to be "The 12 Days of Christmas."  And my lastly, I finished wrapping a few of the gifts with Christmas ornaments.  I hope you've been inspired to add some holiday cheer to your brown paper packages, tied up with string!

Happy wrapping!

LLLove,

Jess