I love wrapping gifts! Love the paper, the ribbons, the little cards...mix and matching everything to make it just right. I remember being 12-13 and my mom paying me a quarter per present to wrap all of hers, including her gifts to all the physicians when she was still practicing - that year if someone was getting a coffee mug
AND some hot chocolate they got wrapped separately -
HA, HA, HA - I racked up!
So it's no surprise that I'm loving the color scheme for this year's presents:
PINK and
AQUA, mixed in with a few
polka dots and some
candy cane stripes. And that little choo choo is one of my favorite things! Got it at Target 3-4 years ago. It's fallen apart a couple of times but I just keep re-glueing it and hoping it'll last. I just love the colors so much!
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Simple but sweet.
PINK for the girls and
AQUA for the boys and on the presents from Grace & Hudson to their cousins and little friends, we used a mini photo as the gift tag so little ones would know who their present was from.
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Peeking at all the presents I can really tell there are LOTS more boy cousins and friends than girl ones in our family tree!
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Ahh...my little village!
Heather L. - this one's just for you! You wanted a better peek at my tablescape and here it is
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It's a little jumbled up especially the ornaments, but it's been rearranged pretty much every day by one certain little elf who loves the tiny houses as much as I do :)
And speaking of elves...check out where Super landed yesterday! He's been everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE!
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Okay, back to showing you a few of my faves up close
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I love the tiny bottle brush trees and the sweet vintage snowmen are too cute for words!
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The little ball ornaments are all vintage Shiny Brite. I big puffy heart love Shiny Brite!!!
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This tiny wreath sits at the top of the main tree! I love the colors and those itty bitty baby jingles! I got the wreath and several other similar decorations at Target in 2006 when I was pregnant with Grace. I was feeling the need for babyish ornaments that year!
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This raggedy little tree started the whole collection back when I was doing my undergrad and fell in love with vintage stuff. A few of the branches are smoke seared. I once put this little tree too close to a candle and had a little mishap right in the middle of a Christmas party!
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Another one of my favorite little houses
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You can't really see it in the picture, but this little "JOLLY" sign is covered in sparkly glitter! Love the glitter...maybe too much? Don't think I ever really "grew up" in that area!
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A few of my favorite non-vintage ornaments on the big tree...
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In honor of our love of baking, we added this one this year. Isn't that tiny glass dome the cutest?!
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I try to add a few holiday touches to vignettes that I already have set up like this one
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I added the glittery church and that sweet baby blue jingle bell.
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There's something magical about all those twinkling lights, isn't there?
Hope you are having a blessed Christmas Season surrounded by loved ones!
3 comments:
Thanks for sharing! Love it all!
OOOH, love the pics, Jessica! Thank you for showing us more! Your wrapping is just beautiful. My wrapping is such a hodge podge this year - seeing yours makes me want to unwrap all mine and redo them! So pretty!
Hope you have a Merry Christmas!!!
Love, love, love everything about this post. Your tree looks so lovely and glowing.
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