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12/18 DIY

13 Holiday Gift Tag Printables

It’s actually a lot more than just 13- it’s 13 sets! Oh the options! There’s been a lot of gift wrap talk around here and I’m just as excited as you are to stop talking about it, but I wanted to wrap things up (kill me) with a final touch for your beautifully wrapped gifts. All you need is a printer! I’ve gathered lots of different styles of tags here, so there should be something for most every gift that’s about to get gifted this season.

Holiday Tags from Creative Index

Gift Tags from A Pair and a Spare

Woodland Gift Tags from Design*Sponge

Merry and Bright Gift Tags from Simple As That

Christmas Gift Tags from Oana Befort

Holiday Gift Tags from House of Hipsters

Gift Tags from The Lovely Drawer

Hand-Lettered Christmas Tags from Persia Lou

Christmas Pattern Gift Tags from Pat Pat Pattern

Holiday Tags from Almost Makes Perfect

Christmas Gift Tags from Visual Heart

Neutral Christmas Gift Tags from Brepurposed

Gift Tags from Jesussauvage

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12/17 DIY

DIY Diamond Boxwood Wreath

You might be thinking that you don’t see a lot of wreaths around here, and that’s because I haven’t made any! This is the first one, and I went with a classic. Boxwood wreaths are a holiday staple, but I wanted to give it a little twist while still keeping it really simple, so I created one in a diamond shape. The hardest part was creating the diamond form, which wasn’t all that bad, so other than that it was pretty easy to make.

I’m honored to be sharing this DIY at Design*Sponge today. Go check it out, and as always, let me know what you think about it!

About the ribbon… why is it so hard to find thinly striped black and white ribbon? Or is it just me? If you’ve been looking for one, you can find the one I used here.

If you missed the link, find the tutorial for this wreath over at Design*Sponge!

AND, I used the leftovers from this project for my boxwood and pine cone gift toppers. Check that out if you haven’t already!

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12/15 DIY

DIY Tinsel Pom Pom Gift Topper

Another gift wrap idea for ya, and this one is the easiest ever. Usually these simple ideas come to me when I’m not trying, like when I came across an aisle full of tinsel garlands and my immediate thought was I wish they came in pom pom shapes. Boom! I bought a few and made them myself, and they are CUTE.

I shared the DIY on the Pottery Barn Teen Blog and it will take you all of 7 seconds to look through it and get how I did it, so hop on over there and let me know what you think!

If that black, white, and gold ornament caught your eye, I shared the DIY for that here! Also, if you’re wondering about that snow leopard stocking, you can find that here from PBteen.

Are you guys still decorating for Christmas or are you pretty much done? I’m on the home stretch now and slowing down on all that very soon so I can just sit in front of my tree and stare at it without having anything on my to-do list. Sounds luxurious (and impossible), right?

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12/12 Friday Links

Friday Finds

Are you guys getting tired of all the Christmas talk? I’m not at all, but I realize it’s probably all you’re seeing and hearing about everywhere, and maybe like me you’re craving just a little change of scenery, so it felt right to do a Friday Finds post today. Still, a couple of today’s finds are Christmas projects (ha), but they’re SO good and unique that I had to share. I’m pretty sure you’ll love them.

I’m a big fan of A Pair and a Spare DIY. A lot of the DIYs are fashion related, like these adorable lace up ballet flats. I feel like fashion DIY isn’t something that comes naturally to me, but I’d love to explore that category more.

I’m generally not a fan of pink, but this chair caught my attention. Maybe it’s the way it looks with that Orangerie print pillow or the bold black and white rug, but I’ve never been so attracted to a pink chair before. Would I prefer it in a royal blue, though? A million times yes.

I LOVE Scandinavian style, so this Scandinavian tree garland is something I’d definitely want to try. What really makes it better though is Aileen’s amazing style. She has a sharp eye for beautiful things with charm, which is already clear just from this glimpse of her mantel styling.

For a while I’ve been wanting to try stamping leather! I love the simplicity of these DIY leather key rings, and they’d for sure make beautiful handmade gifts.

Emily Henderson dominates gallery walls, and she shared a most helpful guide on hanging a gallery wall. Tangent- I just about died when I saw that she pinned my ornament DIY earlier this week.

Very rarely do I audibly gasp at something I see on the internet. This was one of those rare occasions. I’m crazy obsessed with this Morroccan wedding blanket inspired tree skirt. You can tell that Gwen put so much love and expertise into this project, from the amazing choice of embellishments to the precise techniques she used. It’s perfect.

MAN that felt good to casually just chat about things and step away from the holidays for a second, which by the way are already going by lighting fast, right?? More than before I’m consciously trying to slow down, starting this weekend with celebrating my mom’s birthday and tackling the messes in my apartment. If you came over right now, you wouldn’t be able to walk around without stepping on something I’m working on. It’ll be such a relief to get things tidied up and sit down with a cup of hot chocolate after. Ugh, yes, I can’t wait!!!

Enjoy your weekend, my loves. See you back here on Monday <3.

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12/11 DIY / Seasonal/Holiday

DIY Boxwood and Pinecone Gift Topper

Within my piles of crafty holiday messes, this easier than easy idea was born: recycle craft leftovers into gift toppers. Seriously, you can make anything into a gift topper, especially if it’s left over from some other holiday project, like these pine cones left over from my pine cone garland, or these boxwood branches left over from a DIY that’s yet to come ;).

It’s so so simple, and maybe I don’t even have to explain it since it’s not a new concept at all, but the point is that you can make this work with whatever materials you have on hand by following these easy steps.

I tied a boxwood branch onto the gift with string. So far so good.

Next, I applied hot glue onto the bottom of a pine cone, then placed it on top of where the boxwood branch and ribbon intersected.

Paired with a bold, graphic wrapping paper like this, these classic holiday materials look a little more fresh and updated, no?

Any greens would work, like some branches from your Christmas tree, or holly, or maybe some rosemary, whatever! Instead of pinecones, you could use ornaments, or classic gift bows, mini bottle brush trees, pom poms, anything cute you’ve got lying around, really. The options and combos are interesting to think about, aren’t they?

Hopefully that gives you some ideas to get started on some simple and beautiful wrapping. Are you done shopping for gifts yet? Yea, me neither.

For another gift topper idea, check out my ornament cluster gift topper if you haven’t already!

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12/09 Seasonal/Holiday

Gold Christmas Tree

Each year, I say I’m going to get a big, fat, beautiful, REAL tree and decorate the hell out of it with 10,000 lights and a bajillion ornaments.

This is not that year.

In fact, I think as long as I’m here in this apartment, I’m sticking to the smaller and simpler stuff, because even right now I have NO idea where I’m going to store these ornaments once the holidays are over, which could be a decent excuse for me to keep this tree out as long as possible for “storage” purposes.

I did consider doing a real, mini tree to at least participate in wintery, piney smells (that’ll be next year FOR SURE), but my mom had this extra tree for me, and I took it in a heartbeat. Just like that, Christmas is saved, because y’all know I’m dumping this tree back at mom’s house after the holidays to free up precious space in my little apartment.

Really though, I love this tree. It’s the perfect size for my place, and reminds me of a gigantic bottle brush tree since it’s on the skinnier side. I would’ve loved to add some sort of tree topper, ~~but I couldn’t find one that I liked~~ but I’m a rebel, so I’m going without one this year, and I’m really liking it.

I was going to keep things really simple and only put up the big, gold ornaments, but then I made these black, white, and gold ornaments, realized I didn’t have enough of them, then pulled out some white and gold ornaments from last year to fill in more of the gaps. It all ended up working out better than I thought while still keeping simple. Win!

As much as the tree, I loved placing all the little details surrounding it. The tree skirt is actually just a fur throw c/o PBteen that I bunched up around the base of the tree, and the fur pillow underneath the gift is also c/o PBteen. I’ve been in a particularly furry mood lately, and I always find it to be a welcome texture in any space, so for good measure, I added in my beloved fur stool. The candle holders on top are also from Target. Gift wrapping is still to come!!

Did you go fake or real with your tree this year? I seriously considered getting a second, mini tree to indulge my craving for a real tree, but thinking about the extra care, space, lights and ornaments I’d have to get for it was stressing me out. It’s already such a stressful season as it is, isn’t it?? So I’m putting my foot down, keeping things simple, and making room to enjoy the holidays more than stress out over them. Although, I really am still open to that mini tree if the moment is right…

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