I don’t know how it happened, but somehow we are almost finished with our Christmas shopping! And this is a good thing- we will be sending packages to most of the people on our list since we are staying in St. Louis until after Christmas. Over the weekend and yesterday afternoon, the boys and I collected enough pinecones and small sprigs of pine to decorate a small city (or just to make some ornaments and decorate the presents we plan to send out in a week or so)! And though most of those sprigs went directly into the freezer (to keep them from drying out too soon, shedding their needles within cardboard boxes, and becoming a cursed mess upon opening), I couldn’t resist wrapping a couple presents… one of my favorite parts of the season is wrapping the gifts– is that strange?
Plus, I’m hoping the scent of freshly-cut pine will burst forth from those packages once they arrive! I can’t wait to send them!
Such a cool idea! Getting stuff in the mail is so much fun, and especially fun when it smells all forest-y.
Such pretty packages. I like wrapping too, within reason! (just between the two of us I am a little envious of your quiet Christmas at home and wish a few of our packages could be shipped… shhhh). I have some serious shopping left to do this year and it’s getting on the late side for much crafty gifting. Yikes!
Beautiful packages! I am pretty terrible at wrapping so I am always impressed when I see such creativity. Love the natural look of it all!
It’s totally not weird to love wrapping presents! It’s one of my favorite parts, too. My drawn on brown paper and tied of with yarn thing is getting a little old…I love the idea of adding some nature! Thanks for the inspiration!
I LOVE wrapping presents – just got some super cute $1 paper from Target today I can’t wait to use!
Your packages look adorable.
xo
cortnie
holy moly. i LOVE wrapping packages. my favorite part of gift giving (or mailing etsy sales!), for sure.