{Christmas Wreath Gift Cards}

Good Morning Peeps! Let me just say - I am exhausted after the 9-hour drive yesterday. How was your Thanksiving? Mine was fantastic - and while I did indulge as I planned, I think overall I made it through the holiday successfully. I wasn't brave enough to go weigh in on Saturday, so I have a few more days to shed all of the macaroni and cheese, stuffing, and cranberry/pear sauce that I devoured over the weekend. In addition to all the eats - Black Friday was also a success. We were at Target at midnight - then headed over to Best Buy and then Macy's. Went home to take a "nap" and then went back out around 9:30 am and didn't come home until 9:30 pm. If you thought I was a shopaholic - you must meet my mother! Nevertheless, we had a blast and most of her shopping is done. So now the fun begins - I love turning into a kid for a month. Stay tuned for holiday decorating ideas, recipes, and my annual gift guides! 

Aren't these wreath gift cards the cutest? Such a great {and green} idea. Click here for instructions!

{Christmas Wrapping: Brown Paper Packages...}

As you know ~ me and my sisters always compete to see who will have the best Christmas wrapping under the tree. I've been planning what my wrapping would look like for several weeks now and this weekend I got all of my wrapping done and I have to say that I love it! This year I wanted to go with  the brown craft packaging paper but wanted to add a modern twist to it. Below I have provided the step by step process and I must say that it was super cheap...super easy {and when I say easy I mean you don't have to have a single artistic bone in your body to pull this one off}, and really fun. Eat your heart out Martha...

So.....what do you think? Easy right?

{2010 Holiday Gift Wrap Guide}

As a wrap-up {literally} to my 2010 Holiday Gift Guide, I thought that I would provide you with some gift wrapping options to kick your packaging up a notch. Within the coming weeks I'll be posting several ways to get really creative with your wrapping. Promise me you'll leave the dollar store gift bags in the store, and trust that for pennies I can show you how to create packages that have that Martha Stewart & FLOURISH  {lol - wow did I just place myself in the same sentence as The Martha?} touch to them - I mean it is all about the packaging, right?

Wrapping Paper: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Ribbon: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Gift Tags: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18