making lately: pretty presents

I love a theme for my holiday gift wrap, and one of my personal traditions to enjoy the season is to browse Target in early December and come up with a new scheme - and this year it provided me my inspiration before I had even made it past the dollar section, when I found the most adorable little box with a printed door and mini wreath to add as an embellishment. As previewed in my holiday home tour, here's what's under my tree this year:

I bought the only one of these adorable boxes they had at my Target, along with a pack of matching mini wreath ornaments, and then I went with a big roll of kraft paper to mimic the look on my packages - and even took a Sharpie to some of my wrapped packages to make more festive little house scenes. Brown paper packages tied up with string are of course a classic look, but how fun to add a little whimsy, right?

Then for a little variety, I complimented it with a second wrapping paper with a greens motif, along with some fun gold and white dotted gift tags. Seeing everything all wrapped up under the tree for the last couple of weeks has made me so happy I almost don't want to gift these... but I found some pretty great stuff this year that I'm excited to delight their recipients with, so that still wins out.

My other pro tips for successful wrapping: get a tape dispenser like this that allows you to retrieve pieces of tape one-handed, and find something fun to watch while you do a whole evening of wrapping. While not really seasonal at all, I was perfectly happy for an excuse to sit with several episodes of Big Little Lies season 2!