Each holiday season, I devote a little extra time to make gift wrapping extra special, and this year was no exception! My personalized mini canvas gift tags are so easy to make, absolutely adorable and totally affordable! These gift tags are nothing more than mini white canvases with a 3D holiday sticker on them and a stenciled… Continue Reading
I absolutely love presents wrapped in unexpected ways! One time, many, many years ago I had absolutely no wrapping paper to wrap a shirt I had bought for a friend who was celebrating her birthday. I emptied a box of rigatoni, placed the shirt inside and added a “bow” with various kinds of pasta (penne, tagliatelle nests and whatever… Continue Reading
My Christmas canvas art is full of little bells that… jingle all the way! Inspired after my “Canvas Art With Brass Monogram” project which I shared a few months ago, this one is only for Christmas but it will surely add a happy and festive note throughout the holiday season. I simply put together small metallic bells that create the chorus of my all time favorite Christmas… Continue Reading
I hope you enjoyed my step by step tutorials on how to make my paper napkin covered Easter eggs (Part I) and my favorite way of displaying them (Part II). Besides creating, the other best part is sharing. I made a few extra of these lovely and delicate Easter eggs to give as a present… Continue Reading
Who doesn’t like opening a perfectly wrapped gift? Reading a meaningful note, untying rich ribbons, unfolding crisp paper, looking through colorful tissue paper that reveal something that has been carefully chosen with love? For me, wrapping is part of the three-step process of offering a present: choosing, wrapping, giving, all of which are equally important… Continue Reading
My son’s room hosts three, yes three, IKEA desks – and not because he’s a homework lover, but only because there is nowhere else to place those desks (in our old house they used to be in three different rooms). I also had to fill this long-long-long wall in his room with some furniture –… Continue Reading
Finally, a pretty way to store pieces of leftover ribbon! I like to keep used fabric ribbons just in case they come in handy the next time I wrap a present or decide to do a project. But they don’t look very nice in that shoe box. And I can never find which one I… Continue Reading
