Two years ago, I decided to be a crafty girl. I wrapped all our gifts in brown craft paper, tied them with red ribbon (okay, and some yarn) and added a homemade gingerbread man as a tag. And when I say "homemade gingerbread man," I mean a wooden painted thing to which I added puff paint and hot glue. You can see my handiwork above.Please note that those lovely gifts are piled on our deep freeze in the garage. Because my cats, loves of my life after my husband, daughter and every other person I've ever met, like to eat paper. Especially when it's wrapped around a gift.
I can't even remember what I did last year. My brain was still on maternity leave at that point.
I considered doing the craft paper again this year, with green ribbon/yarn and Christmas tree tags. But even though I still have a jumbo-sized roll of the paper, it sounded a little too ambitious for this year. So I bought coordinating paper and tacky bows...and have yet to complete the wrapping. About 2/3 of my gifts are piled, wrapped, on my freezer (where else would I store the Christmas gifts?). The rest are sitting in various places in the garage, mocking me and wondering when I'm going to realize Christmas is just TWO DAYS AWAY. (Oh wait, no, it's tomorrow. Hmph.)
Maybe by the time you read this post, I'll have gotten my act together and wrapped those last few gifts. Maybe. If that miracle happens, I'll include a picture of those bright and festive boxes stacked on my freezer.
Because what says "Merry Christmas" like a pile of freezer presents?
What's your wrapping ritual? Do you do matching paper? Do you prefer bags and tissue? (Oh yeah, I think that's what I did last year - all bags, all the time.) Are you all wrapped and ready for the big day??
