My obsession extends to Christmas gift wrapping. Obviously.
I've always been one for good gift wrap, one of the many attributes my mother passed on to me. We both would adore a Gift Wrapping Room like Niles in Fraiser, imagine the possibilities, the ribbons, the bows? Anywho, each year I adopt a theme for our gift wrapping, much to the boyf's amusement. Last year it was glitzy high-shine black and gold, inspired by a window display I saw at House of Fraser. The year before was a bit of a Paperchase orgasm and the year before that was white paper featuring green and red typography with green and red curling ribbon along with bright red foil and gold curling ribbon. *sigh*.
This year the boyf got involved and the outcome as been quite beautiful. We are doing Christmas on a budget (again) and so making a lot of our gifts. However, the wrapping has gone a little premium and cost a bloody arm 'n a leg, but we're happy anyway!
This year's theme is, "brown paper packages, tied up with string", inspired by the well known musical. Adam and I found a gorgeous website in a Christmas magazine he picked up, as obsessed with gift wrapping as us, called pipii.co.uk
Our concept was curated using the following delicious bits 'n bobs:
Brown Paper, obviously, also available at your local Post Office for cheaper.
£4.50 at pipii.co.uk
String, again, obviously. However, we shook things up with not one but two types of string. Pushing the boat this Christmas! We firstly got red twine for the large parcels...
...and then a fine string for the delicate boxes.
We then went a little over board and opted for a really nice tape, which I at first thought was a ribbon, that says: "do not open til 25th December". Isn't that cute? Note: the tape is not very sticky so don't expect it to work as a sealant. It's more, aesthetic than adhesive.
Then we needed tags....
And some gorgeous stickers to stick on the tags...
'n there you have it. A Christmas wrapping theme curated and fulfilled for a splendid Christmas of wrapping magic.
What do your parcels look like this year?
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