notes from our whimsical Swedish days between city + sea
Christmas Countdown I like to have little gifts on hand, this time of the year. These are perfect to make up in advance and have ready whenever you’d like to spread a little cheer. We wrapped chocolates in rudolf-red tissue for this example. Supplies: Brown Carton PDF Template for pyramid box, here Red Pompom Google Eyes
Make Personal Wrapping Paper with Tracing Paper Leaf Wrappings: Use tracing paper (or sandwich wrapping paper in a pinch, I did!) to create your own. Grayson used a round, green leaf to make this turtle wrapping paper. I like the way he drew his own ribbon, too! Click below to continue: Tracing Paper + Leaves
AN APPLE FOR TEACHER EDITION Oh, how I love these: Two in one wrappings — my favorites! These include a bookmark or a pen for teacher. “An apple for the teacher” is an unknown ritual here, in Sweden, but teachers always seem happy to receive our traditional gift with this sentiment. These are such a sophisticated but,
To me, everything about Summer means being pared down — even wrappings — don’t you agree? There is, however, always room for wonder… and, as I fished up our “guppy card,” I thought: “what could I do to make that guppy look like he’s actually swimming?” …. one thing led to another and here we go
Say it with flowers. We’re been collecting flowers for our home, crowns and adding them to gift wraps. SUPPLIES: Wrapped Package (Craft Paper) Fresh Flowers Craft Tape Marker HOW-TO: 1. Simply add a few fresh flowers — or one single large bud —- to 2. the top of a package by attaching them with craft
Gift Wrap #16: Pyramid Packages (or how to wrap a round object) It’s another long, holiday, weekend, in Sweden, which seems to mean: more days for kid’s birthday parties. This wrap came about, as I prepared packages for the weekend and had the challenge of wrapping a ball. How to camouflage it? I realised that
LIGHTWEIGHT AIR MAIL PACKAGES #15 We mail a lot of over seas packages and this means avoiding cardboard boxes, due to the weight this adds; however, there’s no reason to skimp on fun. This is a fun way to pare packaging down to a minimum: make the wrappings your greeting and use a gift tag.
… these handmade baby moccasins. Gift wrap, below, and handmade baby moccasins, here at freshlypicked. OMBRE color instructions, here + FRINGE instructions here = OMBRE FRINGE GIFT WRAP SOMETHING YOU MIGHT LIKE:GIFT WRAP SERIES: 15 Gift Wrap Techniques and variations with How-To. NESTING BABY SHOWER
GIFT WRAP SERIES #14: OMBRE Could it have been the Spanish sunrises and sunsets that ignited this week’s ombre wrapping paper? Have fun painting these yourself or experimenting with your children. Our kids wanted to put our ombre artwork up on our walls permanently. I convinced them that we could make more and these really do make