Thursday, January 5, 2012

Gift wrapping


A 5 year old pencil box gets a re-purposed life.... Oh, the pleasure of gift wrapping! The joy of designing the right package for the birthday person! In this case, the birthday girl is a talented copy-writer, hence the tag "The rain in Spain... is good for the brain".



I took a used pen box and wrapped it in simple kraft paper. I was dying to use this adorable umbrella shaped that I received for Christmas - Thank you, ANA!! And for the final touch, I added some rain (I used a white gel pen) and some yarn to make the puffy clouds.
The key to success: less is more. Stay monochrome!















Click here to see my other gift wrapping posts :)

UPDATE: TA-DAAAAAAAA! I am honored to be featured at Blissful and Domestic, Candace Creations, Tales of a Trophy Wife, Flamingo Toes and Mr Shines Class. Thank you for your support :)


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68 comments:

  1. I LOVE this. You can wrap my presents anytime. I have never thought to do something as creatively as this! Thanks so much for sharing!

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    1. Thank you, Marilyn :) I love making unique presents for the people I care about the most.

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    1. Thank you, Rebekah! I'm so glad you like it :)

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  4. Ohh how beautiful! Those little umbrellas are adorable!

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    1. Thanks. Your golden wreath is just amazing!

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    1. Thank you, Rosemary! Your talent is amazing!

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  6. How fun! You could do so many different things with brown paper--and the kids would have so much fun with it as well! Great idea!

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    1. Well, the first step was the hardest... new brown paper projects just keep pouring in :)

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  7. How creative......Thanks for linking up @CountryMommaCooks…Have a wonderful Sunday:)

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    1. Thank you, Deana, for taking the time to visit :)

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  8. Stopping by from the Anything Goes Linky! http://queenofsavings.com

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  9. SUPER cute wrapping.
    love it lots!
    {love} lauryn @ lovenotesbylauryn.blogspot.com

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  10. How cool! Now who wouldn't want to receive that package!! I'm your newest follower and thanks for sharing this cute idea!

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    1. Thank you a lot - you can make that too!

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  11. What a beautiful, thoughtful wrapping job. I'll be honest, I'm a gift bags type of person, but I love how good wrapping looks.:)
    Shiloh
    everydaygameplan.net

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  12. Ah! That is super cute! Totally reusable as well :-)

    ps would you please consider removing your word verification please?

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  13. Oh sweet is that!!! So original...I love the little umbrellas!

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  14. That is much too cute!! Thanks for sharing your adorable idea! Pinning it:D

    Maysem @ odetoinspiration.wordpress.com

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  16. So cute and original. Thanks for linking up to the Share the Love Wednesday link party at Very Merry Vintage Style!
    Mary

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    1. Mary, thank you so much for making time to visit! You host a wonderful party :)

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  17. What gorgeous packaging! So simple but really effective!


    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  18. The wrapping is too cute! I would love for you to visit and link up at my Linky Party via: ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com

    Mrs. Delightful
    Ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com

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  19. WOW!!! I LOVE this!!! So adorable. I love the little umbrellas, rain, and clouds. Very creative.

    I'm pinning this for sure. Thanks for linking up to the Take it on Tuesday blog hop!!

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    1. I couldn't be happier, Betsy:) You just made my day!

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  20. Gorgeous wrapping. I love the little umbrellas. I am going to feature this on Blissful and Domestic's tonight:>

    Thanks so much for linking up and sharing on Blissful & Domestic.

    http://blissfulanddomestic.blogspot.com/

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    1. Wow, I think I'm singing with joy! Thank you so much, Danielle!

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  21. I love all the little details! It is just soo cute:)

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  22. that is perfect! i wouldn't even want to open it, it's so cute! thanks for linking this up to tip-toe thru tuesday!

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  23. I love the sweet details in this gift wrapping. I found your lovely blog at Mrs. Hines class. Hugs

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  24. This is the cutest box that I have ever seen.

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  26. I love this! and I 100% agree...less is more. I"m a fan of a monochromatic color scheme. Thanks for sharing your creative talent at Show & Tell.

    Sharon @ mrs. hines class

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    1. Thank you for your kind comment, Sharon, and for hosting :)

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  27. this is very cute! love the yarn rain clouds.

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  30. Featured this on my Facebook page...its adorable!

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    1. Thank you for the feature, Janel! I'm crazy about your style :)

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  31. Love this I'm featuring it on scrappy saturdays tomorrow!

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    1. Thank you, Candance, you've just made my day!!! (as I am sipping my morning coffee right now)

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  32. Holy cuteness! I love it! I'm pinning this to remember next time I have to wrap something. :) Thanks for linking up to A Pinteresting Party this week. :)

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  33. Very cute! Thank you for joining me at Home Sweet Home!
    Sherry

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    1. Thank you for making the time to visit, Sherry :)

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  34. Oh My!! This is adorable!! I'm your newest follower-stop by for a visit!!

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  35. Wow! Adorable! You did such a great job! And thanks for linking up to my place! Welcome to Wild Wednesdays at Chatty Chics! Can't wait to see what else you come up with. :)
    Melody

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  36. Adorable! Thank you for sharing your creative idea at Potpourri Friday!

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    1. Thank you, I just visited your stunning boat 15 min ago :)

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  38. Wowowow, that's very creative.

    Golden Mardi Gras, have a great week ahead.

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  39. Thanks so much for linking up at last week's party. Congrats you were featured:http://trophyw.blogspot.com/2012/02/winner-and-features.html

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  40. Beautiful and clever packaging!!! Thank you so much for linking up to the Pretty Packages Party. The March Pretty Packages Party will begin tonight at 9:00 PM CST. Hope you'll stop by again!
    Smiles!
    Jami
    www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you so much, Jami, I've linked another pretty package!

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  41. This is one of the cutest packages I've ever seen!! I love how it all looks together!! Too pretty to unwrap. :) I featured you today! http://www.flamingotoes.com/2012/03/crush-of-the-week-think-pink-features-41/

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    1. Beverly, you are the sweetest and you made my day! Thank you!!!

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  42. very creative and so crafty...beautiful :-) Visiting from MYM, hope that you can return the visit too.

    http://www.adventurousjessy.com/2012/02/chuck-e-cheese-air-walker-three3-feet-balloon.html

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  43. That is too cute! Wow. Now I want to wrap my presents like that.

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  44. Wow, that is adorable. I think the rain clouds are my favorite part. They are sooo inventive! I'm a brand new follower and I would love a follow back at
    www.redrosecakesconnection.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you, I made the yarn clouds on a whim, after the box was already "finished"

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