Today’s post comes from my lovely sister, Kerry. Her gifts are always the best-looking under the tree, so I asked her to share her tips with everyone!
I know many of people get tired of wrapping presents. They might enjoy the other parts to presents: the picking them out, the buying them, and especially the look on the person’s face when unwrapping them, but usually the wrapping of the presents in not on the tops of people’s favorites. This however is not me. I love wrapping presents. I love the putting energy and thought into the present and seeing it all beautifully wrapped. I feel like any present I give can be elevated by the care I put into making it beautiful.
Now, I know my wrapping skills are more appreciated by some circles, say a ladies bridal shower then say a guy friend’s birthday party, but in my opinion there is no better place to showcase my wrapping talents then artfully wrapped boxes under a Christmas tree.
A little disclaimer: nice rubber stamps and nice stamp pads are not the cheapest thing in the world. However, I strongly urge you to invest in quality products because they will last a lot longer and deliver richer color. My personal favorite stamp pads are by Color Box. I have had one stamp pads for almost two years so they do last a while.
Now you will also see under materials “assorted trinkets”. These are just little things I find at the dollar store, or charms off of broken jewelry, etc. You will see on some of my presents I have little ornaments. Last year I found I huge stack of these ornaments in the dollar bins at target and I even used them as my gift tags.
Materials:
Paper craft wrapping paper, rubber stamps, ink pads, ruler, ribbon, gift tags, assorted trinkets.
1. Wrap the present with paper-finish wrapping paper. You need to pay extra attention to the edges.
2. Place and tie your ribbon. (A little hint, I always tape my ribbon to the bottom side of the package).
3. With a pencil and ruler make dots of where you want to place the stamps.
4. Place stamps over the dots. I usually dip my rubber stamp into the pad after every other application.
5. Let the stamp ink dry. Give it a good 5-10 minutes.
6. Curl the ribbon and add a gift tag.
7. I often add a stamp mark to the gift tag to add more correlation. Here are some other examples:
These ideas can be used for any holiday, not just for Christmas. I encourage you to express you own creativity when wrapping this season and please upload pictures and link in the comments so I can get some ideas from you!