I started working on Christmas presents a few weeks ago and am finally wrapping things up. Literally!

It’s been a really long time since I’ve busted out the box of painting supplies. Always a good time, even though my painting skills are sub par! Gotta’ love the set of brushes that cost $6.99 for about 24!

I painted a few gifts for the teenage cousins in my family. There are 2 more I haven’t post photos of yet because their names are on them, and I’m not sure if they check the blog.

For someone who loves art.

For someone that loves motivational quotes + is extremely determined to succeed.

The wrapping of the presents, may have been my favorite part. I used brown paper bags for everything and barely had to use tape! It’s extremely hard to even get tape to stick to this paper, so I used ribbon instead. Yes, some of it’s blue…oh well!!

To succeed at not using tape, wrap the gift in a larger than necessary piece of brown paper bag, so you can hold it tight with just a ribbon. Worked like a charm, and now the trash can go straight to recycling!

My favorite wrap jobs were of the paintings.

brown paper bags for the wrapping and tags
burlap [I used this for architecture models waaay back in the day and have had it for years!]
baby clothes pin [leftover from my sis in laws baby shower]

Kind of excited about these.