notes from our whimsical Swedish days between city + sea
Personalized Mother’s Day Present Dipped jewelry keeps catching my eye recently. I absolutely love the contrast of wood and shine and wanted to do a project with the kids for special mothers in our lives. After trial and error, we’ve decided that painting to achieve the dipped look, vs actual dipping, worked best. If you’d
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
GIFT WRAP SERIES #13: FRINGE Here’s a baker’s dozen entry with a pop. SUPPLIES: – Crepe Paper- Scissors – Rolling Applicator Glue (or double sided tape) – Neutrally wrapped package. HOW-TO WRAP WITH A FRINGE: – Measure and cut crepe paper to a length that will wrap around the box. – Estimate the number of
Pass on some bling: Gift Wrap Series #12: Sequin I think there’s always room for a little shine and with the snow landing outside, I’ve found a away that I’m excited to share with you — so that you can pass it on, too! I spotted a sequined hair band of our daughter, this past week,
Variation one: Small dots Confetti Gift Wrap Series Number One: Confetti Gift Wrap Happy Friday! I’m kicking off a gift wrapping series, largely inspired by kids for kids. Like us, do you have kid’s birthday parties? I love packaging and this in one of my favorites! Shouldn’t opening the present be a part of the