Christmas Package Swap

Hello my sweets. I have 3 more work days. Yay! A few weeks ago Jasmine and I hosted a mini Christmas packaging swap. These are the items I sent her. 

We tried to tailor the items around the colour theme we wanted to use. I sent her assorted paper, colourful pens, ribbon, twine, glitter, brown paper bags. It was so much fun to put together. 

There were also a few gift tags, a stamp, some cute Christmas cards. 

The assorted pens and some gemstone stickers. 

This is what I received from Jasmine. It was packaged so beautifully! 

Some pretty paper. 

Lovely ribbon and pens. A glittery butterfly. 

Gift tags, Christmas cards, tissue paper, cute pegs. 

Some pretty tags, stickers, stars and tiny gemstones. 

A doily stamp, tape, ribbon, twine and pretty pearl string.

I was so spoilt by Jasmine and I'm using some of these items for my packages right now. She's awesome! I hope you have a fantastic rest of week. Yay for 3 more days of work. 

Brown paper packages

Thank you for all your comments about the ornament swap. It was truly a wonderful experience.

Last night I want to our church Christmas carols. It was amazing! But it was also pouring down with rain. It's a good thing we had ours indoors. I had a few videos but they aren't playing on my comp for some reason. There was another random video I wanted to share but not working :(

Anyway, most of my gifts are wrapped and it's pretty much all wrapped with brown paper. I really love the look of it. So here's a few photos.

The gifts under the tree. The one in front with red string is one of my gifts from Jason. I have an inkling of what it is :p (and finally some beautiful sunlight!)

A bit of a close up. The one on the left in the front is from my lovely Laura. 

My packaging for the gifts for some of my girls. 

And I just had to add this YouTube video.

These guys are from my church and they won a competition to open for Bon Jovi at the Brisbane concert a few days ago. This song is awesome! Definitely take the time to listen to them, The Smart. (I hate that YouTube videos always get cut off on my blog). 

Have a wonderful week! The countdown to Christmas begins :) 

Pretty Paper Christmas packaging

As I mentioned in my last post, I want to use brown paper to wrap my gifts with lot of pretty ribbon, butterflies, baubles etc....Here is some inspiration.

Via Polkadotandplaid flickr

Paper butterflies would be sweet. 

Via Giverslog

I love the lace and pegs. I might use some plain coloured paper too. 

Via Style Me Pretty

This is just utterly gorgeous! So many pretty things here. 

Via Katydiddy flickr

A glitter letter tag would be a nice touch. 

Via Rubyellen flickr

Little mushrooms!! 

Via Ohhellofriend

Danni has the prettiest packaging ideas. Japanese washi tape, lace and hearts. Ahhh! 

Via Ohhellofriend

*Eyes popping* 

Via Ohhellofriend

YESSS! 

If I received packaging like this I would jump with glee! And take a whole lot of photos :)

And remember there is 20% off my shop with code: HAPPYSEASON 

Mail and other pretty packages

* I'm guest posting over at Erin's blog Pugh's News. Check it out!

Hey everyone! Thanks again to everyone who signed up for the swap. I've been working on partners for awhile now and it's so close to being done. The only thing is I forgot to add myself in the count and now it's an uneven number. Oops. I was so caught up in it I didn't even realise until late last night. That's alright though I'm sure I will figure something out.

I have a small mail catch up to do. And it's a gloomy day which makes me want to just sit and read (and finish putting partners together).

Incoming...

This is from Caro. When she found out that I loved pens she sent me some from her work. So sweet! This was from awhile ago but I forgot to add it to my last mail post.

This is from Alicia. A pen pal from awhile ago and we are getting back to writing again. She saw the ornament and thought of me :) The angel is holding a butterfly!

I bought this pretty fabric tape from Anastasia's etsy shop Percival Road. She always adds pretty little extras.

I purchased the little teapot necklace and the macaroon print from Anna from her Much Love etsy shop. She added another sweet print from her other shop Dahliaville. It's so pretty and her packaging is always very sweet.

I purchased this from Janetstore. Lots of cute stationery and she added a few stickers with my order. Plus she is lovely and sends personal emails with the order.

Assorted post cards from Postcrossing. I never take pictures of the ones I send because they are always the boring tourist ones (well maybe boring to me)

This is from Ingrid. She sent me a few Friendship books she made because I didn't know what they were.

Outgoing

An old letter for Megan. I can't remember if I have showed this before because I send this awhile ago.

A little something for Alyssa. A thank you for everything she does for Project You. Plus the little sunnies reminded me of the travelling heart shaped sunglasses.

My first Dear Darling letter to Hazel.

Another Dear Darling letter. This one to Ruth.

And another Dear Darling letter. This one to Nicole. There are 4 (inc. me) in our pen pal group.

These little stud earrings are off to Alyssa. I've been making a lot of them for my etsy and for an event I'm involved in.

And that's pretty much it for now! I hope to have a lot more mail to share next time. I hope to have your swap partners today. Maybe tomorrow. Have a beautiful weekend!!