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Wrapping Week 2013: Pretty in Polka Dots

December 11, 2013 By Katrina

The other day I was hanging up some laundry to dry and realized that between Beany and me, we could rock a polka dot nearly every day of the week. The entire doorframe of the master closet (the designated drying spot in our humble abode) was filled with a smattering of spots in varying sizes…

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Wrapping Week 2013: Fa La La Felt Ornaments

December 10, 2013 By Katrina

Ever since I made these felt cookies for Beany and my niece last Christmas (which are holding up amazingly well and still favorite toys in our house), I’ve been toting around a ridiculously large supply of scrap felt. It’s like when you’re eating dinner at one of those gigantic-portions Italian restaurants, and no matter how…

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Wrapping Week 2013: Holly Jolly Reindeer Prints

December 9, 2013 By Katrina

We got our first real covers-everything-and-makes-the-world-look-pretty snow last night in Boston! Woo hoo! After living in North Carolina for two years, where we barely, barely got anything that could count as flurries for nearly the entire stay, I think Jared and I just assumed that moving to the Northeast would mean bunches and bunches of…

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Let’s get wrapping!

December 6, 2013 By Katrina

How did Christmas get to be less than three weeks away? I know, broken record, broken record. But has this past month flown by, or what? I’ve amazingly finished my shopping already, which is pretty unheard of for me this early in the game, but that just means there’s lots of wrapping around the corner….

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Wrapping Week 2012: Boy Likes Bike

December 7, 2012 By Katrina

Wrapping Week 2012: Boy Likes Bike

As Wrapping Week comes to a close, I thought I’d wrap things up by giving a nod to the sole guy in our house, the one who’s slightly less enthused than the rest of us by (though incredibly tolerant of) the overflowing bows, ribbons and gets-everywhere glitter that have spent the past four days covering…

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Wrapping Week 2012: Put a Snowflake on It

December 6, 2012 By Katrina

I love a pretty package and will happily sit on the floor of my living room, surrounded by piles of paper, ribbon and tape, until every last present is wrapped, but I realize that spending two hours on a Tuesday night crafting intricate bows out of shopping bags isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time….

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Wrapping Week 2012: Martha-Inspired Shopping Bag Bows

December 5, 2012 By Katrina

Wrapping Week 2012: Martha-Inspired Shopping Bag Bows

It seems the holidays just aren’t the holidays without a little Martha Stewart-inspired craftiness, and this wrapping idea from the woman in blue was actually months in the making. Back in early spring, I watched as Martha and a fellow crafter fashioned amazingly fancy-looking bows of out stiff paper shopping bags on an episode of…

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Wrapping Week 2012: Mod Podge Glam

December 4, 2012 By Katrina

In high school, I think it’s safe to say that my friends and I would have Mod Podged just about anything that sat still long enough for us to grab our scissors and brush. It was the early 2000s, when paper scrapbooking was still the thing, we made posters by hand instead of by computer…

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Wrapping Week 2012!

December 3, 2012 By Katrina

On Christmas morning, there are two very different kinds of people who gather around the tree. There are those who rip open presents and tear off bows, with a laser-like focus on what’s inside. And there are those who peel off tape, untie ribbons and pry back paper with the care of a professional present…

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Wrapping Week: Button, button, who’s got the button?

December 16, 2011 By Katrina

It seems I’ve unintentionally ordered this week’s wrappings in increasing order of easy peasy-ness because today’s method is the simplest yet. Despite its simplicity, it’s one of my favorites. Talk about cute as a button. The snazziness of this wrapping really depends on the kind of buttons you choose to use. You can keep it…

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