Christmas means different things to different people,
but everyone sees beauty in Christmas in some way.
As the magical season of the year draws near,
I will be sharing a series of posts with some ideas and tips I think are
Christmas beautiful ideas.
I hope you, too, find some Christmas beauty in them and that they will
be useful for you to find ways to adapt them to express
the beauty of Christmas in your home.
Christmas Beautiful Idea #1
ivory fabric deer
gift tags
Beautiful Christmas presents make the excitement of receiving such
a specially wrapped gift even more exciting.
The fabric deer with their embroidered outlines and little gold bells
will be treasures to keep and to use for many years to come
long after the package is unwrapped this Christmas.
When presents are this beautiful, they can be used
as a table arrangement for weeks leading up to Christmas.
Their beauty can be enjoyed by the whole family,
not just the intended recipient.
Of course, you may have to find ways to discourage
Peeking.
A gift bag can stand empty until a couple of days before giving the gift.
While boxes are more secure in keeping the gift 'under wraps,'
determined peekers can still find ways to peek at a wrapped gift.
When we were children, one of my brothers was always
so excited about presents he could hardly wait until Christmas.
Mother loved to wrap presents early and to put them under the tree
which made it even harder for my brother to wait.
One year, just after my brother learned to read, and
knew which tags had his name on them,
he found a way to peek at just his presents.
He chewed a corner off each present so
he could peek inside the box.
Yes, we all knew who the guilty party was.
Only his presents had chewed corners.
Boy, was he in trouble,
but we still laugh about that.
Here are a few suggestions for how to create a special display with packages.
You don't have to wrap all your presents now, just a handful that have
special ribbons, papers, and adornments.
Coordinate the color of the packages.
Repeat the use of some items such as the deer tags and fresh greenery.
Use items with different heights.
Not only is the display more interesting, each item can be seen more fully.
Stack some presents if they are all the same size.
Use an odd number of objects, some of which are not gifts, but that
repeat the gift packages' colors and other embellishments like the greenery.
Finally, look for ways to use items in ways different from their normal use.
These beautiful ivory fabric deer tags came as a ribbon.
Yes, a ribbon.
All the deer were connected together as a ribbon,
but by cutting them off individually and using a hole punch,
they can be used as gift tags.
I hope you will watch for my entire series of posts during
November and December
that will be about what I think are Christmas beautiful ideas.
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