{"id":5540,"date":"2010-11-27T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T05:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2010-11-27T00:01:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T05:01:57","slug":"getting-ready-to-christmas-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/getting-ready-to-christmas-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready to Christmas Wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5541\" style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Kristens-bag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5541\" title=\"Decorate it Yourself Christmas Gift Bag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Kristens-bag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Decorated Christmas Gift Bag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of you have asked if I decorate all of my wrapping paper and gift bags.\u00a0 Uh, sorry, I love stamping but I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;m not <em>that<\/em> ambitious!\u00a0 Looking at all the fun Black Friday deals we found yesterday, there&#8217;s no way I can make all my own wrapping for that!<\/p>\n<p>I did start my Christmas wrapping today though (just 5 presents mind you) so my in-laws can take the gifts back to NY with them.\u00a0 I&#8217;m getting a new sister-in-law in May so I figured I&#8217;d better do her gift up really pretty.\u00a0 What do you think?\u00a0 To be quite honest, I think the bag may be more exciting than the gift, but we&#8217;ll let her decide that.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5542\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/kristens-bag2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5542\" title=\"Stampin' Up! Big Shot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/kristens-bag2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Shot Snowflake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the snowflake decoration made with the Big Shot Snowflake #2 die, some tinsel and a Regals button.\u00a0 I used some of the tinsel to wrap around the front handle of the bag because I was being eccentric (I was called &#8220;eccentric&#8221; today, nothing to do with stamping, but I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever been called that before).\u00a0 How should I take that??<\/p>\n<p>In the first picture you may notice there is a piece of Hodgepodge hardware in the lower right corner, that is a piece of our retired pewter hardware.\u00a0 I wrote the recipients name inside the hardware.<\/p>\n<p>The other gifts included a<a title=\"Gift card giving\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/gift-card-giving-class-tin\/\" target=\"_blank\"> hand stamped Gift Card tin<\/a>, hand stamped gift tags and even a handmade paper bow but I&#8217;m afraid I didn&#8217;t snap pictures of those. I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed this little peek.\u00a0 Maybe if I keep giving you little peeks I&#8217;ll get some of my wrapping done early and make it look extra special.\u00a0 Now, how many more presents are there to wrap??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you have asked if I decorate all of my wrapping paper and gift bags.\u00a0 Uh, sorry, I love stamping but I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;m not that ambitious!\u00a0 Looking at all the fun Black Friday deals we found yesterday, there&#8217;s no way I can make all my own wrapping for that! 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