Well, guys, in just a few days, the holiday season will officially be upon us. I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a little overwhelmed already. I swear, it seems like it was just July. I haven’t saved up for Christmas shopping. I haven’t started brainstorming gifts. I don’t have any good holiday recipe ideas. All I have are my New Year’s Eve shoes.
To calm my frenzied brain, I’m focusing on something simple: gift wrap. I’m personally not a fan of embellishing gifts with fancy origami tags or silk flowers or anything like that. I mean, sure – I enjoy presentation as much as the next gal, and I think it’s great for very special occasions, like weddings or showers. I’ll admit I found a certain glee in covering our wedding party gifts in sheer pink glitter ribbon goodness.
But for Christmas, there are just too many things to wrap. Gotta keep it simple. I think I’ll aim to use gift wrap that’s two things: classic and metallic.
Like, for example, this gold and silver wrapping set from Ikea.
Or perhaps this Kate Spade-esque gold polka dot paper from Kate’s Paperie.
Maybe I’ll go just a teeny bit overboard by using metallic washi tape instead of the old standard Scotch.
This is also from Kate’s Paperie:
And Etsy has a ton of festive washi tape, too.
From Etsy seller Chickydoddle
I’m sure I won’t be able to resist topping it off with some sheer wired ribbon.
From Etsy seller TodoPapel
… OK, so maybe I’m not great at keeping things simple. But I assure you, when that night-before-Christmas terror strikes, I’ll have no trouble cutting out the unnecessary adornments. Have I mentioned that I tend to procrastinate?
Have you started preparing for the holidays?
glitter & goat cheese 