"Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favourite things"; a perfect description of how I wrapped my gifts this year.
But stop!
Before you scroll down any further: if you are in a gift exchange with me, wait until after before you read this post or else you might see that I have you and ruin the surprise. I was going to wait until after Christmas to do this post but I couldn't help but post it earlier. But really, the instant people see the wrapping they will know it's from me anyways. So read on if you must.
First I want to share the sign that's on my door right now in preparation for my filipino family's Christmas party on Saturday to try and ensure my bedroom doesn't get turned into a coat/baby/nap/teenager's hangout room.
But stop!
Before you scroll down any further: if you are in a gift exchange with me, wait until after before you read this post or else you might see that I have you and ruin the surprise. I was going to wait until after Christmas to do this post but I couldn't help but post it earlier. But really, the instant people see the wrapping they will know it's from me anyways. So read on if you must.
First I want to share the sign that's on my door right now in preparation for my filipino family's Christmas party on Saturday to try and ensure my bedroom doesn't get turned into a coat/baby/nap/teenager's hangout room.
ESC is the name a few cousins and I have dubbed ourselves. No need to ask what it stands for (and no, it's not actually the Edralin Sexy Club, that was a joke), because if you don't know then you probably aren't in it. Did you notice the words are kind of shaped like a Christmas tree? My sister didn't until I told her. It was actually an accident at first, but when I realized it looked kind of triangular I decided to give it a trunk and star.
But moving on to the real point of this post: the presents!
But moving on to the real point of this post: the presents!
This is our tree: the picture doesn't do it justice because it is really decorated quite beautifully. My mother won't let us touch it, she spends the evening decorating it herself so it will be exactly how she wants since it's the first thing you see when you come into the house. And below the tree are...
the presents!
the presents!
My gifts all match: brown craft paper and my favourite red and brown Christmas wrapping paper (from Ikea a few years ago. I want to savour it for as long as I can by using it mostly as an accent on bigger gifts) all tied up with white strings and labels. There are a few Fossil bags and boxes in there as well because they matched perfectly as well and I love the texture the wood grain print gives the package.
All of my favourite gift wrappings are for exchange gifts.
As you can clearly see in the picture above, I got my cousin Jeff for one of my gift exchanges. I used a Fossil bag and covered up the logo on the front and sides with the other wrapping paper.
All of my favourite gift wrappings are for exchange gifts.
As you can clearly see in the picture above, I got my cousin Jeff for one of my gift exchanges. I used a Fossil bag and covered up the logo on the front and sides with the other wrapping paper.
Below is a little less in uniform with the rest of my gifts because I added some Star Wars snowflakes I cut out because I thought it was a fun touch since he's a fan.
Then for this gift for my cousin Starr (as well as one other gift that was given away before the pictures) I wrote a poem to help them guess who their secret santa is:
I'm a terrible poet, so don't judge me. But for someone who is really bad at rhyming, I find myself writing a lot of random poems for cards and gifts.
I hope you all have finished your shopping and wrapping so you can relax!
As for me, I'm tempted to make a shirt that says "I survived my first Christmas working retail" and hoping that after Boxing Day I would actually be able to wear it.
Word to the wise: don't work at two stores during the holiday season. Especially if you love Christmas because it will disrupt your chances to shop, wrap presents, sleep, and possibly your sanity too.
I hope you all have finished your shopping and wrapping so you can relax!
As for me, I'm tempted to make a shirt that says "I survived my first Christmas working retail" and hoping that after Boxing Day I would actually be able to wear it.
Word to the wise: don't work at two stores during the holiday season. Especially if you love Christmas because it will disrupt your chances to shop, wrap presents, sleep, and possibly your sanity too.