Hello lovelies!
I've had a bit of a bad day, but despite that I thought I would share some smiles with you. My post is early this week because this weekend is Christmas and my birthday is on Friday. Also I thought a lot of you would love the adorable nerdy wrapping paper idea I came up with this year. If you try it out I would love to see what you do with it!
So I was talking to Pixie-chan and had commented I wanted to wrap her gifts in a nerdy way, but as I looked for nerdy wrapping paper I realized I would spending an arm and a leg for it. So later that night as I was trying to get some sleep I came up with a fabulous super cheap fun way to wrap her gifts.
So all you need for this project is white wrapping paper (found at the dollar tree) or something fairly plain, and your choice of makers (I used promarkers, they allowed me nice color and they dried fast enough i didn't have issues with smearing). On top of that all you need is the gift you are wrapping and tape. To add some flare to my gifts I bought some ribbon and bows from the dollar tree. The poka-dot bows you see on two of the gifts are from the dollar tree as well, but they are actually hairbands! So your giftee can keep the hairband to use as well! Just a little bonus.
So most of us have wrapped presents before so I won't go into all the deets, but as you can see above I shared a reference picture I found in a google search for the different expressions I wanted on my gifts. You can either draw the face on the wrapping paper before you put it on the gift if it is awkward. The ones that were wrapped in boxes and such I just drew the faces on after I had them wrapped. I liked having a variety of colors for my markers so I could add the pink blushies, or the blue tears/drool. The captions I added were ones I came up with where I added the package speaking to the reciever so they knew who the package belonged too without it looking awkward. The only challenge I had while I was wrapping was that the white wrapping paper I had picked up was a bit see through, so I remedied that by just wrapping more than one layer.
The project only takes a few seconds more, maybe a few minutes if you're going to add on ribbons (which I just tacked on with tape). It's super adorable, tons of fun, and allows you to personalize the gifts even more, while adding a nerdy touch. In the picture above you can see my end results, you can do this with regular wrapping, or if you don't have the time to wrap, you can plain colored gift bags and added faces to those as well, as you could see I did with the brown one! This project costs maybe a whole $5.00 when you're trying to go cheap during the holidays, maybe a bit more depending on how much you need! I'm really excited to see my friends and family recieve these adorable little gifts.
Well my lovelies, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this project and share with me if you have any ideas on how to improve it, or see your results if you try it yourself. Thank you so much for checking it out. All of you have an amazing Christmas and New Years!
Excited to share another year with you all!
*Sami-chan
I've had a bit of a bad day, but despite that I thought I would share some smiles with you. My post is early this week because this weekend is Christmas and my birthday is on Friday. Also I thought a lot of you would love the adorable nerdy wrapping paper idea I came up with this year. If you try it out I would love to see what you do with it!
So I was talking to Pixie-chan and had commented I wanted to wrap her gifts in a nerdy way, but as I looked for nerdy wrapping paper I realized I would spending an arm and a leg for it. So later that night as I was trying to get some sleep I came up with a fabulous super cheap fun way to wrap her gifts.
So all you need for this project is white wrapping paper (found at the dollar tree) or something fairly plain, and your choice of makers (I used promarkers, they allowed me nice color and they dried fast enough i didn't have issues with smearing). On top of that all you need is the gift you are wrapping and tape. To add some flare to my gifts I bought some ribbon and bows from the dollar tree. The poka-dot bows you see on two of the gifts are from the dollar tree as well, but they are actually hairbands! So your giftee can keep the hairband to use as well! Just a little bonus.
So most of us have wrapped presents before so I won't go into all the deets, but as you can see above I shared a reference picture I found in a google search for the different expressions I wanted on my gifts. You can either draw the face on the wrapping paper before you put it on the gift if it is awkward. The ones that were wrapped in boxes and such I just drew the faces on after I had them wrapped. I liked having a variety of colors for my markers so I could add the pink blushies, or the blue tears/drool. The captions I added were ones I came up with where I added the package speaking to the reciever so they knew who the package belonged too without it looking awkward. The only challenge I had while I was wrapping was that the white wrapping paper I had picked up was a bit see through, so I remedied that by just wrapping more than one layer.
The project only takes a few seconds more, maybe a few minutes if you're going to add on ribbons (which I just tacked on with tape). It's super adorable, tons of fun, and allows you to personalize the gifts even more, while adding a nerdy touch. In the picture above you can see my end results, you can do this with regular wrapping, or if you don't have the time to wrap, you can plain colored gift bags and added faces to those as well, as you could see I did with the brown one! This project costs maybe a whole $5.00 when you're trying to go cheap during the holidays, maybe a bit more depending on how much you need! I'm really excited to see my friends and family recieve these adorable little gifts.
Well my lovelies, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this project and share with me if you have any ideas on how to improve it, or see your results if you try it yourself. Thank you so much for checking it out. All of you have an amazing Christmas and New Years!
Excited to share another year with you all!
*Sami-chan