I recently went to a baby shower for a good friend of mine who's having a precious little boy named Grayson. We purchased baby Grayson a cute little outfit and got the parents a gift card to buy him some books from Barnes and Noble - now I wanted to make it a cute gift. Gift bags are fine but have you ever noticed that almost all you every see anymore are gift bags at a party? I will admit I have done that too and will continue to probably use gift bags on occasion. But, when you really want to make a cute package you do it the old fashion way - you gift wrap!
I particularly love wrapping baby gifts because I think a cute little stuffed animal attached to the package really makes it ADORABLE! For this gift I decided to get a plain white gift wrap and make that as the first layer. The second layer is a cute gift wrap I found by Hallmark. I cut it so it was a bit shorter than the package and then securely taped it around the gift. Next I tied a bow on using satin ribbon I purchased at Walmart. Lastly I used clear packing tape to attach the little blue giraffe.
Lastly instead of a store bought card I made this really simple gift card holder that I learned how to make from the following tutorial at: Kerry's Craft Blog I had never done one of these before and it took me a few tries to get it right - I ran it through my printer to get Grayson's name on the front. (I am look forward to making more of these cute gift card holders in the future.) Then I slipped the card in and wrote a little message.
I LOVE the way the package turned out. Next time you have a baby shower to go to take a little extra time to make the wrapping CUTE too...I guarantee it will get noticed!
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