Holiday tags...and those glittered snowflakes

I don't think you guys were going to let me get by the holiday season without showing you those glittered snowflakes I spoke of early on so here goes. :) Every year I make some sort of homemade Christmas gifts for neighbors. I like to make a really pretty presentation instead of just gift sacks, so I shopped early on for some fun goodies. This year I decided on a red and white, candy cane like theme. I chose red and white baker's twine from Martha Stewart, some red and white striped fabric, silver jingle bells, silver pipe cleaners and some large wooden snowflakes that I glittered using Martha Stewart snow-like glitter. For my tags, I chose to use Papertrey's 2008 Holiday Tags set. They were just the perfect accent to finish off my packages. I also printed a label for my jelly jars and then used a whimsical circle border stamp from Papertrey's Borders and Corners Circles stamp set. I used PTI Pure Poppy Ink for all my stamping, and PTI Stamper's Select White cardstock for the tags. I adhered the glitter to my painted snowflakes with the The Essential Glue Pad. Worked like a charm.

Above and below are some of my decorated boxes. These Kraft boxes were purchased from Michael's. I cut my fabric into really long strips and tied them around my boxes. I then put two jingle bells onto the pipe cleaners and twisted them around the ribbon. I then tied on my glittered snowflakes and tags. So pretty!

I tied scraps of fabric onto my jelly jars and added the tags with some baker's twine.

For this gift, I used a larger Kraft box and filled it with a jelly jar, a block of cream cheese and a roll of crackers. I was late getting my gifts out this year so Eric suggested that they would make great New Year's Eve snacks. Good plan.

Here's my rectangle boxes all fancied up. I purchased some extra boxes so I might even use these again for Valentine's Day gifts and change up the embellishments. We'll see what goodies I can conjure up for that.

Okay, that's the LAST of the holiday goodies. It's a new year and I've got lots more cookin'. Stay tuned! I know for many of you it's back to work.....the fun is over....back to the grind! I'll be thinking of you today. I have one last day with my kiddos at home before they head back to school!