It's a wrap!

I've spent all morning wrapping up all our Christmas gifts.

I was able to use up a roll of wrapping paper I picked up at the Goodwill for only $0.25 and everything else was recycled. I used everything from old cards as gift tags, balloons as wrapping paper, as well as brown paper bags, newspaper gift bags, and magazine bows. I also went pretty pom-pom crazy this year since we didn't have any ribbon on hand (Dana over at Made has a great pom-pom tutorial HERE.)!

It's Christmas Eve finally if you haven't finished wrapping up your presents check out a round up of some creative wrapping ideas HERE.

Here's hoping all your wishes come true this Christmas!

Recycling Balloons

Recently I snagged some balloons from an office party my company held. I liked the bright colors, they kind of cheer up my day! As a week or so passed and the balloons started to deflate and were no longer serving their decorative purpose I wondered what I could do with them other than throw them in the trash. And then I came to me....Gift Wrap of course!

Which is perfect since I just about refuse to buy wrapping paper...and thus is a nice change from the usual newpaper wrapping I do.

  

I poked a small hole in the already mostly deflatted balloons and was left with this flat balloons.

I wasn't able to use the front of the balloons as they had the company logo on them, but the backs were still good. I cut the back away from the front and that was it used it as wrapping paper.

I still have a bunch of leftover pieces of balloons so I cut them into strips and plan to use them as embellishements on other gifts as well. I really liked the shiney effect of the balloon foil. It will really jazz up some of our presents!

Cupcake Cravings

Those of you who know me well know I eat...A LOT! The bf says I'm like a goat. Always eating. I says if he didn't give me money to go food shopping I would end up eating the couch or a throw blanket. It's probably true.

Today I was seriously craving some sweets. Not unusual. So to appease the bf who also *loves* sweets, especially cupcakes I decided to bake some! Also I have not done any holiday baking yet so I added on some red sprinkles to try and be at least a little bit festive!

Yummy!