Simple Chic Gift Wrapping

Who all looks forward to wrapping gifts? Honestly, I don't. If you're like me, you want gift wrapping to be as simple and quick as possible.

I picked up some plain white gift boxes from Target and added some twine and a branch. This year I'm all about simplicity for Christmas so I love how this turned out.  

I used alot of scraps I had on hand from old projects to put together some more wrappings. I used ribbon, a stencil and a sharpie. I always added washie tape to a couple of boxes.

My daughter had some stickers left over from her little projects so she added them to this box. It give is a great pop against the white box.

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What chic ways do you wrap your gifts?

Simple DIY Christmas Centerpiece

The countdown is still on.. 3 more days to Christmas! I wasn't too excited before but as the day gets closer I'm all of a sudden in the mood to be festive. This year my Christmas theme has been simplicity....I barely wanted ornaments on the tree, but I have to satisfy the little ruler (my 7 year old) of the house.

For my centerpiece I collected things I had around the house and yard and threw it all together. One thing I am working on is getting comfortable with combining different textures and styles to create something beautiful. My centerpiece is truly a collaboration of styles and I love how it turned out.

The basket has an old feel to it and I picked it up from Goodwill for about $1.00. The little birdie was a Marshalls find. It use to have a tail on it but my daughter accidentally broke it. In the long run it works out because it fits perfectly in this basket

I gathered the branches and berries from my yard and my mom's yard. Lastly, I added a candle in a wintry scent, Apple Cinnamon and my centerpiece is complete.

Check out some of my other DIY Christmas Centerpieces:
Holiday Martini Glass
DIY Holiday Centerpiece

Will you be creating any simple  Christmas centerpieces? Do tell!

DIY Front Door Wreath

Wow, we only have 4 more days til Christmas! For all my last minute decorators I have a little project I worked on over the the weekend that I wanted to share. It cost me next to nothing to make this because I had alot of the supplies on hand and I got the branches, berries, and pine cones out the yard and from old ornaments. It cost me $3.00 to purchase the command strips that I didn't already have on hand.

To create this DIY Front Door Wreath here the things you will need:

1. Twine

2. Greenery Branches

3. Berry Branches

4. Mini Pine Cones

5. Glue Gun

6. Command Strips

7. Gold Spray Paint

Here's what to do:

Lay out branches and holding them together at the stem. Next, add berry branches on top. Gather the stems together with the branches that you already have.

Then you want to take twine and tie a knot around the branches. Tie it extra tight to hold everything in place. If you would like you can also secure it with hot glue. Next, hot glue the mini pine cones around berries

For a finishing touch you can spray paint your command strip. I don't like the way that the white looks personally so to get rid of that I use my trusty spray paint in a gold finish. Lastly, hang up your command strip and hook your wreath!

Now how easy was that? What do you think of this project? Will you be making your own DIY Front Door Wreath before Christmas? Do tell!