From the category archives:

Gift Wrapping

They Call Me Carol, But I’m Diane

July 29, 2010

I celebrated my birthday not too long ago, but I was not the only one celebrating that day. Someone very close to me was also turning a year older, although she is officially in the record books - 5 minutes older than me! She is my twin sister, Carol. She is the one on the right, I am [...]

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Trash into Gift Giving Treasure

July 19, 2010

I am collector of throw-away” stuff”. Not junk, but honest to goodness – discards. My friends and family know to give me their throw-aways, which are different than cast-offs. Cast-offs are unwanted items like furniture and lamps. Throw-aways are bits and pieces of packaging, parts of items – stuff that seems useless once it’s original purpose is complete. Throw-aways [...]

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Easy Embellished Envelopes

May 21, 2010

It is the time of year when many of us will be giving the gift of money to graduates and newlyweds. Good manners require you to follow protocol – you put a check into a card, seal the envelope, and hand it to the recipient. Creative manners allows you to follow your spirit. When you express [...]

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One of a Kind Gift Envelopes

February 24, 2010

One of my favorite things to do is to come up with unique ways to give the gift of tickets, money, or photos, into the design of the envelope I am placing the gift in. Why be ordinary, when with a little bit of time, ingenuity, and a trip to your craft cabinet you can enhance the ordinary into something special and [...]

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The Gift of A Letter

February 4, 2010

Before “We’ve become too busy for the little things in life that add up to great polish.” -Letitia Baldridge When you go to your mailbox, not your in-box, the mailbox outside your house or apartment, do you open the handwritten or personal envelopes first because you can’t wait to see who has written and why? Or [...]

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Quick Gift-Wrap

November 28, 2009

I like to give and receive gifts, but LOVE to wrap them even more. I like to come up with creative and clever ways to present the gift that are a little out of the ordinary. No store bought wrap for me. The tall triangular box this gift (a cute Charlie Brown Christmas Tree [...]