There are days, when everything goes wrong right from the start and you want nothing more than go back to bed immediately. When drinking my cup of coffee in the morning, I discovered a dark spot on the rosewood couch table, which refuses to disappear, no matter how I fight him.
During my efforts to remove the spot, the baby is obnoxious (she is getting her first tooth). Moreover, the Christmas order is delayed and won't arrive before Christmas. Uff.

Luckily, I know something to lighten my mood - shot the pictures for the next blog post! So here we go! Matching to the pre-Christmas period, a not-compulsory Christmassy idea for custom wrapping paper. With suitable stamps, you don't need gift tags and can print your own wrapping paper.

Unicolor wrapping paper is available in different stores (I got white one from the building supplies store - matches perfectly to the current black-and-white trend, which I see a lot in other blogs).

First wrap your gifts - afterwards print them with the different stamps. This way, it's easier to place the motives. If you tend to always want it perfect, let me give you a warning: this project can be very satisfying - but it can also drive you nuts (e.g. if you're almost done and misplace one of the stamps *sobbing*).

Unique Wrapping Paper

At 8 a.m. I'm not socially acceptable.
My teeth are not clean and I'm still wearing my pajamas. Solely my baby and my coffee keep me up (the baby is more effective than the coffee...). Anyway, what suggests itself more than take the pictures for the next blog post :)

For quite some time I want to make a card - to be exactly: personalized thank you cards. There are some people to whom I owe a thank you ("Dankeschön" in German). And this works best with handmade cards - at least, that's what I think.

Make Your Own Cards -Instructions and Materials

• At least 2 patterned card boards
• Glue
• Printer and Paper
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Thread

Are you still in search for small gift ideas for women? For your best friend, your sister... - and at best it's also individual, creative and inexpensive. Maybe I got something for you.

Recently I bought some craft supplies I was eager to use. The set contained also a few vintage stamps I wanted to try. After some hard thinking, I had an idea for handmade gifts: a colorful pencil box. Now, my old one, which has already seen better days, finally can retire.

The metall box I used was a jewelry box formerly. Maybe you know the boxes some brands use to pack their jewelry. This one was pretty scratched on the surface, so the new look came right on time.

Paint the box several times with acrylic spray until the old color is completely covered. Afterwards, release your wildest fantasies (just kidding..) and use different stamps for a new pattern. Stamps and corresponding ink pads are nowadays available in lots of stores.

By the way, I decided to keep my new pencil box - the pencils already moved in 😀