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DIY Gift Wrapping: Gold Sharpie on Kraft

December 24, 2014

Ideally, I would have had this post up and ready for you all much earlier than this - but I admit that I am a mega procrastinator when it comes to gift buying and wrapping! It's actually a miracle that I have this ready for you today on Christmas Eve (lol) - as most other years I am typically still wrapping the night of Christmas Eve. Chances are most of you smart people are already done with your wrapping, but in the case that you still haven't finished - I'm here to share with you what I did this year! If you have finished, maybe you will find these ideas useful for next year or any other gifts you may be wrapping in the future (birthdays, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, etc.)

This year I decided to do my own DIY gift wrapping. Of all the people in my family, I am probably the only one who truly gets into the spirit of wrapping gifts. Most people in my family think that the extra ribbons are a waste of time / money, but I think that an extra pretty gift (from the outside) is much more fun and exciting to open. With all that said, you can totally dress up your gifts and make them extra special without spending a whole lot of money - and I am here to share with you how I did just that. :)

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thanks @thesecondgleam for inviting me to join you and @darrenerbe! 🫶

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wrote a bit about this solo day trip over on my substack (icymi) - link in bio! 🍦

#seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
the only place I wanna to be on a 75 and sunny saturday is down the shore 🌞🍦🍭🎡🍕🌅

#seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
me going on a self directed ✨little treats✨ tour after a morning of minor inconvenience 🙃

🌮 - lunch at @centraltaqueriaofficial (I ordered the portobello and nopal tacos)
🇮🇹 - picked up a cannoli bombolione and loaf of fresh bread from @coniglio always stopping to smell the flowers 🌻 (even if they are fake 😂) 

and yes, yes we were the most colorful girlies at the park today ☔️🌈💖🌧️🦄✨ (also, we were the only girlies at the park today 🤣)

#rainyday #rainbowumbrella #ihavethisthingwithpi stopped to check out @kasia.market after the shibori food scrap dye workshop a couple weekends ago ✨

had a lot of fun going up and down every aisle selecting different goodies to try (and then proceeding to make a collage out of the food packaging I happy first day of spring! ✨🌷✨ 

some photos / videos from last year at @hollandridgefarms that I never got around to sharing (oops 😅) - better late than never! 

#spring #springflowers #happyspring #tulips #springequinox #tulipseason #tulipfestiva friends who match(a) together 👯‍♀️🍵💖 saturday (back at @haricotvert 🙃) to celebrate @inthecraftnook 2.0 (an absolute play paradise 😍)

I put together a couple collage spreads using charming things that caught my eye 👀🍬🐚🌸🐬✨ + sprinkled a few of my business cards onto the (very abu some more photos from sunday in hopewell ✨ after the workshop, I walked over to @hopewellfare in pursuit of @sourland_bread 🍞 it was nearing their eod, so I wasn’t expecting there to be any sourdough loaves or much of anything left 😅 but I en a lovely sunday morning spent at @wullandoak learning how to shibori dye using food scraps (avocado pits & onion skins) with @_earthencolor_ 😍🥑🧅✨

thanks @thesecondgleam for inviting me to join you and @darrenerbe! 🫶

#wullandoak #hopewellnj
when that first hint of spring is in the air 🙃🌳🌼

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our last stop last sunday was @marthascountrybakery 🍰 regrettably, I did not take home a cupcake or slice of cake 🥲 but the drive by of the pastry cases was an instant serotonin boost 🙃 (to be fair, I had some goodies from chinatown in my bag from walked over to @taiyakinyc after @haricotvert for a little sweet treat 😏🍦🐟 almost ordered the “straight out japan” matcha hojicha swirl too, but opted for the “beach please” mango strawberry instead (for ✨variety✨) 😉🍵🍓⛱️ a literal dream world 😍 @haricotvert
(charm bar, cafe, craft nook) 

- ogle over all the tiny adorable things ✨
- diy your own jewelry (bracelet, necklace, earrings, keychains, etc) 💎
- enjoy a sweet treat from @dreambeanbk ☕️
- attend an event/wor the excitement of finding out it’s a ✨fun✨ bathroom 💁🏻‍♀️

@spicymoonnyc #spicymoonnyc #spicymoon #nyc #bathroomselfie #ihavethisthingwithpink #neonsign brunch / dim sum at @spicymoonnyc with @sarabryn & @k6anana 🥳🥟🔥🌝🥢 did not manage to get a picture of everything we ate because we dug in right away 😅, but did manage a very nice ✨drink photo✨ 

what we ordered: (& shared) 🍜
- dan dan n a (much needed) sunny sunday for the soul in nyc 🌞 - started off with a long overdue frolic through chinatown ✨ I had wanted to get out here for some of the lunar new year events 🎊, but it didn’t quite pan out.. 🥲 despite missing the festivi

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