Christmas wrapping

So this year's theme was red. It wasn't quite so labour intensive as previous years as I bought the labels instead of making them and it was pretty simple overall.



I did make name labels for some of them though.



I was going to freehand machine sew everyone's names onto Kunan Felt and cut them into circles but it took me so long to get one right that I knew I would run out of both felt and time.



I think the birds were the best bit, plus the felt string which I didn't have very much of.

Xmas wrap

This year, my xmas wrap was based on gold and yellow. Not as flamboyant as some years.

Xmas Wrapping

This year's wrapping was inspired by a blog I saw that I can't remember right now. I'll put up a link when I find it again. I made bags from interfacing using red zigzag stick on the sewing machine, then tied them with butchers/bakers twine. I got some really thick stuff off the internet which is great! I bought some really thick red felt from Paperchase and cut out letter name tags then tied German cake decorations to the knots.

Dayglo Wrapping

I decided that neon wrapping would be a good idea for a tenth birthday full of Superman and Batman

Christmas Wrapping

So a recap over 2005, 2006, 2007 and now onto 2008. This year it was a golden boroque theme with huge bows made from a selection of theatrical material from SoHo. Broadwick Silks for a little bit of dupion, Borovicks for the rest, plus some Paperchase ribbons and some giant golden acorn bells I found in a bargain bucket the first day I went xmas shopping.