Quick and Easy Christmas Gift Wrap with Jenifer Cowles

Quick and Easy Christmas Gift Wrap
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Jenifer Cowles

Has the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping worn you out? Have you asked yourself - what are you going  to do with all the wonderful gifts you've accumulated?

Our shop has a great variety of bags, boxes, and envelopes for a wide assortment of gifts. Jenifer shares a stress free combination of tags, ruffle flowers, baker's twine and kraft boxes that will bring a bit of perfection to your parcels with little effort on your part.

Don't forget to take a moment to enjoy the Christmas lights and a bit of hot cocoa - only 8 days left till Christmas morning!

4x4x4 Kraft Pinstripe Boxes - Curtsey Boutique	Jumbo Fabric Ticking Tag	Tulle Ruffle Flower - Curtsey Boutique
Large Kraft Boxes - Curtsey Boutique	Small White Shipping Tags - Curtsey Boutique	Blue and White Baker's Twine - Curtsey Boutique

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Thanks for taking a peek today!  To see more of Jenifer's work, please visit her blog by clicking on her picture below.

Snowflake Card with Rebekah Faeries

Today we have a frosty card from Rebekah to share with you.  Perfect for the holiday season, this card is simply elegant.

Products Used:Christmas Glitter Snowflakes
Large Doilies

Thanks for taking a peek!  To see more of Rebekah's work, visit her blog by clicking on her photo below.

Christmas Air Mail with Lisa Spiegel

Today Lisa is sharing with us the perfect crafty way to send holiday mail.

Lisa says: "The Christmas Air Mail Cookie Envelope would be perfect for a yummy baked cookie, but for those of my friends watching their waistlines this holiday season, I burned them a Christmas playlist onto a CD, which also fits perfectly into the envelope.  I think they will love the alternative to a cookie and it's the gift that keeps on giving! "


Lisa used our new Cookie Envelopes from the store, along with some doilies, Baker's Twine, and glitter snowflakes.  Check out all these items and more new holiday items in the store HERE.

To see more of Lisa's amazing work, visit her blog by clicking on her photo.

Retro Christmas Garland with Connie Mercer

Today's project is a retro Christmas garland made by Connie Mercer, and it comes with a tutorial!  Let's get started!

                                      

Curtsey Boutique Supplies:

Red and Green soda straws

Burlap Stars

Red twine

Die cut snowflakes

Glitter Numbers

Die cut mittens

Other Products:

Buttons

Instructions:

1. These are the items you will need to make this festive “retro” garland. You will need about 40” of the red bakers twine for the garland.

2. I used 4 straws and cut them into pieces, about 1” to 1.5” in size.

3. I tied a button on the end so I wouldn’t lose my garland, as I threaded the straws and buttons on.

4. Just as the photo shows I started adding the straws and buttons. About every four or five straws I put the string through both button holes so the button would be flat, for a different look. That is up to you.

5. I continued this same process and adding a button at the end also. I put a dab of hot glue on the end of the button where I tied it off.

6. I took the mittens die cuts and glued them together with the red bakers twine~making five sets of ornaments. My initial thought for a small Country Christmas tree. I just need to get a small tree! Hope you enjoyed this Holiday project!!!

Check out all of the items needed for this project in our store!  

To see more of Connie's designs, visit her blog by clicking on her photo below.

Stamped Muslin Bag with Kim Stewart

Today we are sharing a sweet little gift bag made by DT member Kim Stewart.  Kim stamped on a muslin bag, then used some Baker's Twine to sew on a fabric paper tree that she glittered for an extra festive touch.

We especially love the handmade detail of sewing the tree on with twine!  Check out these bags and all the supplies needed to embellish them for gift wrapping in our store.  Thanks for sharing, Kim!

To see more of Kim's work, visit her blog by clicking on her photo.  Thanks for dropping by.

Peppermint Christmas Decor with Alyssa McGrew

Today, Alyssa is sharing an adorable paper decoration that can be easily adapted for almost any holiday.

Alyssa says: My family and I made a recent move overseas, in which we did not have room to pack any Christmas decorations.  So this year, we are making our own, mostly from paper.  These hanging peppermints hang from a garland that runs between our living and dining rooms, and it adds a festive touch to an otherwise plain, cheap garland.  My peppermints are held together in the center with paperclips, so something was needed to cover the clip.  The glitter snowflakes from the shop were the perfect solution. Peppermint Instructions can be found HERE.

Glitter Snowflakes can be found in the shop HERE.  Happy crafting!

To see more of Alyssa's work, visit her blog by clicking on her photo.

Shabby Chic Snowflake Ornament Tutorial with Andrea Amu

I love to mix in little bits and pieces of Shabby Chic décor amongst my favorite pieces of vintage and primitive fixins as I decorate.  The fresh white and glitter aspects that are common with each make it a very good style combination to pair up!  Ornaments are especially fun to decorate with this time of the year plus they make the perfect little gift too.  So, I started this project off by purchasing an unfinished wood snowflake ornament at a craft store. 

Here are the steps:

1.  First I coated the wood snowflake with several  generous layers of spray color mist.  I used a combination of Hot Chocolate Chalkboard Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels and Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold mist by Ranger.  Allow this all to completely dry.  Now spray the ornament with a heavy coat of Spray adhesive.  I used "General Purpose 45" by 3M.  You will want to cover the entire surface of the wood ornament with glitter of your choice.  I used one of my favorites, Fairy Dust glitter in Pralines & Cream by Donna Salazar Designs (Clearsnap).  Make sure to fix all the glitter to the ornament by spraying the surface with a clear coat fixative spray. 

2.  The rest of this project involves lots of embellishing... with lots of gorgeous Curtsey Boutique goodies!  First up, I layered on a pink heart paper doily from the shop.  Apply it to the top of the snowflake ornament using some strong adhesive glue-dots. 

 

3.  Next I selected some white glittered mini snowflakes to add in.  I layered each of them to the ornament having them peek beneath the pink heart doily and attaching them to the ornament with smaller glue-dots. 

 

4.  To finish this ornament and to really give it a boost of shabby chic-ness, add a fabulous Curtsey Boutique glass pearl and fabric tulle flower embellishment to the very top.  Adhere with a dab of hot glue.  Last, tie off a piece of jute twine through the hole at the top to use as the hanger. 

 

The result is a perfectly Shabby Chic Winter snowflake ornament to adorn your favorite holiday display!

 

Curtsey Boutique supplies:

 

Tulle Flowers

Christmas Glitter Snowflakes

Heart Shaped Doilies

 

Other supplies:

 

Unfinished Wood Snowflake Ornament

Color Mist Spray
Glitter
Clear Coat Fixative Spray

Jute Twine

Glue-Dots

Hot Glue

To see more amazing projects from Andrea, visit her blog by clicking on her photo below.  Thanks for stopping by today!