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I did it!! I bought and wrapped all our Christmas presents and had them ready to send back with each family member when they returned home from their Thanksgiving visit with us!
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Don't hate me! LOL! Believe me, the high postal prices drove me to do this. It was hard to get the shopping done, then everything wrapped, but I was motivated to save the postage since they had to be mailed.
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My children and grandchildren helped me a lot by sending us their wish lists, and even included the
links to everything! I ordered most everything from Amazon.com and they have free shipping!
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Granted, there's no Christmas tree up, and we can't sit on the sofa in the living room, but it's done! PTL!!
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I had planned to do a tutorial on how to tie these bows, it is pretty easy and good results every time!
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The hardest part is having to put your own finger on the "knot" if my husband wasn't available (which was most of the time, because I did almost all of the wrapping after he went to bed!)
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I also couldn't take pictures for the tutorial because I didn't have enough hands, and never thought to ask hubby to do take the pictures when he was available!
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I will try to explain and hope you can understand.
First, wired edge ribbon is a must.
Second: cut a piece of ribbon long enough to go around the package, with enough to tie and have long tails left.
Third: Cut a shorter piece of ribbon to make two loops by bringing the two ends together, overlapping the ends. Pinch in the middle of the loop.
Fourth: Tie the long piece of ribbon around the package, pulling and tying together tightly.
Fifth: Place the center of the looped piece of ribbon in the knot area, then pulling the long ribbon tails into a tight knot. Usually one knot is sufficient.
(Is that "clear as mud??" LOL!)
Fluff the loops out, and give shape to the tails.
Cut a "V" in the tails, or angle them.
(Note: This wired ribbon will flatten out for traveling then fluff back up later.)
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I had a lot of paper and ribbon left from last year stored in the attic and wanted to make sure I used it up this year, so I ended up with a lot of different paper packages!
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Last year my grandson was obsessed with Thomas the Train and I had a lot of that paper, bought too much, so a lot left over this year.
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I bought it only for the Thomas the Train design, I must say I didn't like that it says "Happy Holidays!" as I'm very adamant about "Merry Christmas" instead of Happy Holidays.
These are only a few of five-year-old Caden's gifts!
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Plus, he always gets a large can of popcorn! This one has the CARS movie theme.
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I love Tow Mater, and of course, there's Lightning McQueen!
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Neat story about these boxes below. We have had several of these decorative hard boxes in the family for years and each year we give them to someone! I like the design so I just tie bows around them.
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Have you started your shopping and wrapping yet?
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I don't usually start or finish this early, but I was motivated to not have to pay postage! Now you see why I have been so busy and not blogging lately!
Do you see your present??
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I hope you didn't mind an early Christmas post. I haven't started decorating yet, we always wait until after Thanksgiving to start!
Happy Thanksgiving, enjoy your family, I know I sure will!
I'm linking to Wow Us Wednesday, thanks
Kim for hosting! Click on her name for lots more fun!