Simple Gift

Working by lantern light, I wrapped this simple gift last night using brown craft paper, dark brown grosgrain ribbon, red Canson paper (lovely saturated colors, sold in large sheets at art stores) a bit of bakers twine, and my gift tag template, which you can find here. Wrapped in the package is half a loaf of banana bread.

Our electricity returned this morning, and thankfully that was the end of what turned out to be a lot of rain, but nothing more. If only it was so easy for the people up in New Jersey and New York.

It hardly seems like Halloween because the past few days have been so unusual, but it is, so...Happy Halloween, and all the best.

Candy Corn and Bats Paper

What a combination, right? Well, I've been working on this for a few days now; all month if you count the start as the original bats papers here and here.

We're presently tucked in fine here on Bull Run Mountain, waiting out Hurricane Sandy. I don't know if it's made it's turn to shore yet, but so far the Hurricane is just a rainy day. I put some bird seed out last night, and I'm glad to see the birds are eating it up now. Do birds stock up for something like this the way people do? I think not, but I'm glad the seed is out there for them. 

Enjoy the bats and candy corn! Download the zip file here.

These Tea Towels Have My Number

Man, I love the surface pattern on these tea towels. They are just what I like, outlined, hand-drawn images, single color, in my perfect world, they would have added just a touch of pattern in a couple of places, like on this rocket paper from a couple of months ago, but they've incorporated hand-drawn lettering into their pattern, which I haven't tried yet.

Geek out with me, and enjoy. Available here.

Images from [Poketo]

Nature-Inspired Gift Wrap for Autumn

I'm delivering a long-overdue wedding present this weekend, and I've been wanting to post some gift wrapping ideas on here for a long time, so rather than make dinner I've taken pictures of this present (dinner will ensue momentarily).

This wrapping wasn't too hard, it's white craft paper, handmade paper I bought a few years ago, grosgrain ribbon and a handful of twigs. Tie the twigs with ribbon and attach to the top with hot glue. The tag is a 1.5-inch hole punch.

Hope this provided a little inspiration or eye candy for you, I am off to Pennsylvania to visit my husband's family for the weekend. Ciao!

Musical Note Cupcake Toppers

Make a sweet symphony with these musical-note cupcake topppers! These have been in my shop for a while, but I added more notes and notation to the printable, and made some new photographs. 

Get them here!