Back to Business.

I am sure you were soaking up mothering 'do nots' in my previous posts, but now...back to business.  I have lots of things to show you!  I can't wait!

So...first up is a design you've already seen here...it is up in the shop as well.  Anyway, I've been asked before how to use some these & this is one way.  I will be posting a few other ways soon enough.  If you are like me, you will have an event {birthday, weddding, shower, etc} to go to & will have every intention of having a beautiful gift, wrapped just so to convey your warmth towards the person receiving.  But then life happens & you are scrambling to pick up the babysitter, get dressed, get dinner on the table & oh shoot!  You still need to wrap that beautiful gift.

Am I right?  Or just a loser?

Either way, I've found myself printing these off time & again & using them as the gift tag.  Because inevitably I always forget to grab a card...which is usually most important.  I find a message I love for the occasion & write my own thoughts & congratulations on the back & I will now never be without a card again.  This particular gift was for a wedding...a happy memory indeed!

Gift with a Twist

I love wrapping presents. Really love it. At Christmas time I have to have all my papers coordinating so that they match under the tree. All the bows must be tied just so. All so that it can be ripped off in a matter of minutes.

Today was a family gathering for all the January birthdays. This includes my son & his cousin who is almost exactly one year older, Lucy. Zack was more than willing to "help" wrap...which really means, mess up my need for perfection. But in an effort to let go of some of those meaningless perfectionisms...I decided to let him "help"...as opposed to wrap it while he was napping.

I have to say I was happy with how it turned out. Zack found the balloons in my wrapping stash...they are really for his upcoming birthday...and so of course we had to blow one up. So I thought of tying one onto the gift {Zack popped his within about 30 seconds}. Then when I realized I didn't have a tag...I improvised again & viola!

Love it. Here's to letting your 2-year-old help you wrap gifts!

PS...I used a sharpie marker to write on it & it didn't smear a bit.