Get CRAFTY On Someone This Holiday Season!
Every year at Christmas my sister and I engage in a sometimes friendly, sometimes hostile, gift-wrapping contest. I’m up against the kind of person who when asked what she wanted to be when she grew up at age 5 would respond with “a gift-wrapper at Macy’s.” She turned out to be an interior designer, but her gift-wrapping skills are quite stellar. She’s elaborate. She’s precise. At times, I questioned whether she spent more money on the wrapping than my actual gift.
Needless to say, I’ve had a Susan Lucci-like losing streak going on for YEARS. However, that ended last year when I got “crafty” on her. It was simple, actually. You don’t need to spend a lot of money to make a winning presentation. I just recycled! I used old blueprints I had lying around to wrap the gifts and used thick red ribbon I had collected from my sister's glorious designs from Christmases past to come up with a classic and original look. Simple. Cheap. Green. Victory!
16 December 2009
