Gift wrap for her.....

So how are we all today? I sent my little Jordy back to school today.  She gets so tired when she gets sick.  I think her asthma just literally knocks the wind out of her.  I worry about my little chicklets...just as so many of you did today sending your little ones back to school. Even though my kids are high schoolers, a mama's heart is always with her children.  

But to brighten things up I have a fun gift wrapping session to share with you.  I just love the photo below....a sweet pile of girly gifts + a lot of fun, colorful wrap.  I truly love to gift wrap and I just want you to know that I'm planning so many fun kits & gift wrapping items for the shop next year.  I think the packaging of a gift just makes the present so much more meaningful.  

The girls always do a little gift exchange with some of their best girlfriends from school.  I love this tradition and look forward to it every holiday season.  So much so that the girls' gifts are my most favorite to search for and help wrap.  This year I shopped locally at Maurices, a favorite place the girls like to shop for clothes and accessories.  I picked out the gifts this year due to time constraints and I found these cute floral headbands and stretchy flower rings. They came to about $8.00 each with a buy one/get one 1/2 off sale + a $10 bonus coupon I had. I don't like to give junky gifts so I always hit a sale to find something of better quality.  Last year the girls gave these initial necklaces for gifts + Jordan did the gift wrapping.

I also found these adorable gift sacks at our local Bath & Body shop for $1.50 each.  Too cute to resist & I always like to find a little something special for these girly gifts.  They each came with a big piece of pink tissue paper + the pink gingham tag.  I added some silver Washi tape and some medium grey tags from my shop to the mix.  (Note:  My shop will be have a grand update in January so stay tuned.)

To fancy up the small tags and add a place for a to/from sentiment I taped the small pink tags to the larger grey tags.  I then used an October Afternoon December kit stamp on the grey tag. I just rounded the stamp and stuck it to my clear block.  I thought the silver lanes part went perfect with the gift sack photo + I tucked in a candy cane for each girl too.

I dug in my holiday stash and found these fun pom poms so I stuck them on with a dimensional tab.

Now I was ready for the girls to add the to/from sentiments.  By using a Bic/Sharpie type marker, the ink dries fast and doesn't smear on slick surfaces.

I tucked the gifts inside the tissue and then put the tissue in the sacks.  I tied up the pink ribbon with my tags hanging down in front.  I tucked in a candy cane and was good to go.

Eight little gift sacks all in a row.  What teenage girl wouldn't be giddy to receive a fun gift like this.  I know I would have loved it!  I had such a fun time dressing up these store bought sacks.

I think that why I love wrapping these girly gifts each year is that it's only ONE GIFT.  You get one shot to make a perfect presentation for that someone special.  So the hunt for a perfect gift (that is still rather inexpensive) + the perfect packaging is always an especially fun task.  I hope you enjoy!  Please join me here again tomorrow as I'll be showing a little something special for the fellas.