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Thanks everyone for all the comments yesterday...loving all the stories about favorite decorations.
So many memories shared.
Congratulations!
to the winner of "Peace on Earth"
Montgomery Family said...
I love your peace on earth creation!! That crackle paint is the
bomb dot com!! I've gotta get some! My favorite Christmas decoration
is ball jars with cranberries and candles. I make them every year!!
Oh, and the kids' nativity set. Soooo precious to me!
Someone from the Montgomery Family, please email me at paula@2gypsygirls.com to claim your prize! You have 24 hours or it goes back in the pot!
and from my house
I have to mail a lot of packages so I am always looking for flat packaging that will not get damaged in the mail.
Plain brown mailing paper
(you can buy it at Michael's over by the shipping supplies and cellophane)
and a recycled Paper Source Letterpress Calender.
Of course once I mail this package to my sister I will have no idea what day it is till I put out the Jan calendar.
Add some baker's twine and my favorite label shape and you are done.
then there's the calendar that we have been giving out. I just printed December on kraft paper (also from Michael's), cut it out, rounded the corners, added a little Distress ink. I decided on wide satin ribbon and cut two slits in the calendar to fit. Add the label sticker and a little star I punched from glitter paper and you're done. simple.
You can email us for the 2012 calendar, just click on the email icon in the left sidebar.
Here I made a simple flashcard...all who bought the village kit got one of these inside their kit as part of the packaging, so now here's a use for it!
Super easy to make...if you can make a text box in your word processing program, you can make this.
I used the free font Modern No. 20 - download it here .
The word Merry is 125pt and the date (No 1225) in the corner is 12pt. Print it on some creme cardstock and cut it out, round the corners and you are done.
Oh, and don't forget the little red label ready to write in the name of the recipient, I need one of those on just about everything.
I have to mail a lot of packages so I am always looking for flat packaging that will not get damaged in the mail.
Plain brown mailing paper
(you can buy it at Michael's over by the shipping supplies and cellophane)
and a recycled Paper Source Letterpress Calender.
Of course once I mail this package to my sister I will have no idea what day it is till I put out the Jan calendar.
Add some baker's twine and my favorite label shape and you are done.
You can email us for the 2012 calendar, just click on the email icon in the left sidebar.
Super easy to make...if you can make a text box in your word processing program, you can make this.
I used the free font Modern No. 20 - download it here .
The word Merry is 125pt and the date (No 1225) in the corner is 12pt. Print it on some creme cardstock and cut it out, round the corners and you are done.
Oh, and don't forget the little red label ready to write in the name of the recipient, I need one of those on just about everything.
If you would like to enter to win today's giveaway
to win a stash of 7gypsies products, please leave a comment.
to win a stash of 7gypsies products, please leave a comment.
Today's question: Do you have a favorite Christmas Song?
(anyone that picks Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano will be disqualified by me because when I hear that song I can't get it out of my head for a month and therefore should it not be played at any time of the year)
Day 3 Giveaway is open till 12 midnight pacific time.
Winner will be posted tomorrow morning and you will have 24 hours to claim your prize.
See you tomorrow!
cheers!paula
I love Ave Maria, reminds me of my grandmother, it was her favorite
ReplyDeleteLove the packaging ideas! Who knew!Thanks for the download link. My favorite song has to be Christmas Island. It reminds me of my childhood. My mother would always sing it.
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas Music! If I could just pick one it would have to be Silent Night. Christmas night really is a "Silent Night". Familes are in their homes, no traffic and it is so still and quite it makes the words mean so much.
ReplyDeleteI think my fav Christmas song is Angels We Have Heard On High! I love the movement of the different parts in the chorus. The wrapping ideas are gorgeous. Too bad people just rip it all off!
ReplyDelete"O, Holy Night" is my favorite. I don't care who sings it.
ReplyDeleteWith out a doubt it's "WE ARE THE WORLD WE ARE THE CHILDREN!!" brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I have to say I just "found" your site due to Tim. Absolutely wonderful, I love the past posts.
ReplyDelete"I wish you a Merry Christmas" is so true right now, but I have to say I love almost all of the christmas music, but the chipmunks.....
Your ideas are great and right up my alley.....will tune in often.
Happy Holidays. DD
Oh my; if I have to pick ONE (I'm a sickie who could listen to Christmas music 24/7/365), then I'd have to say White Christmas. Being from the snowy North and now living in S. TX, I miss the glistening, glittering fresh-fallen white snow this time of year especially. Ahhh.. The miracle of childhood memories.
ReplyDeleteHeh y'all, I was feeling a little blue (withdrawl from Tim's 12 Tags) and found this link on his website. Love the peace angel wing plaque from yesterday's post and it was just the cure I needed for my tag hangover. Thanks for the inpiration and I look forward to more visits. Favorite Christmas song? It's a toss up between Michael Bubles' "Grown Up Christmas List," Faith Hill's "A Baby Changes Everything" and Celine Dion's "Another Year Has Gone By."
ReplyDeleteHeh y'all, I was feeling a little blue (withdrawl from Tim's 12 Tags) and found this link on his website. Love the peace angel wing plaque from yesterday's post and it was just the cure I needed for my tag hangover. Thanks for the inpiration and I look forward to more visits. Favorite Christmas song? It's a toss up between Michael Bubles' "Grown Up Christmas List," Faith Hill's "A Baby Changes Everything" and Celine Dion's "Another Year Has Gone By."
ReplyDeleteoh, unfair! i do so enjoy the song that can not be named! i actually have it as my text ring tone right now :) i do, however, LOVE one other song: o holy night....i find faith hill's rendition particularly moving.
ReplyDeleteMary did you know sang by Winona Judd and Kenny Rogers. I can play it over and over.
ReplyDeleteChristmas Eve Sarajevo by the Transiberian Orchestra is my modern favorite, but I shall always love The Christmas Song. Love the gift wrap ideas.
ReplyDeletefunny you should say Feliz Navidad because that is my song that takes me right back to my little christmas with my mother. we were poor with our charlie brown christmas tree but she made the best of it for me. that song was her favorite...the louder the better!!! she has since past away but that song brings me there but i guess i'm now disqualified...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas/Holiday song is "The Christians and the Pagans" by Dar Williams. Someone gave me that on a Christmas mix CD a couple of years ago and I just love the message behind it of how everyone in a family can get along by understanding and respecting each other's beliefs and traditions.
ReplyDeleteOk first, I'm right there w/ya on Feliz Navidad; nuf said!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many FabUlous Christmas Songs and one of my favorites is Nat King Cole's A Christmas Song. But, I just do the happy dance when I hear Christmas of Love by Little Isidor and the Inquisitors. A small part of it was featured in the Jim Carey Grinch movie when he's a boy making Martha May Hoo's Christmas present; I just love that scene. If you haven't heard it, here's a link . . .
http://littleisidore.net/rock_and_roll_music
Hope you have a FabUlous Christmas!
O'Holy Night--it has always been my favorite. But since I heard Chris Young sing it---oh boy.
ReplyDeleteI found you from Tim's blog too! Love all of your wrapping ideas and I'll definitely be spending some time here looking through more of your posts! My favorite Christmas song is a medley of Winter Wonderland, Silver Bells and White Christmas by The Carpenters. I adore the entire album it comes from. Thanks for the opportunity to win a great prize package!
ReplyDeleteLuvs2scrap at aol dot com
"I Only Want You for Christmas" by Alan Jackson. CUTE, cute song. Love your gift wrapping ideas, kinda makes me want to unwrap all the ones I've already wrapped and start over, KINDA!!
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Merry Christmas!
O Come All Ye Faithful --- especially Luther Vandross' version.
ReplyDeleteI think Little Drummer Boy is my favorite Christmas song. Wonderful wrapping ideas. Good luck to everyone. Linda S. in NE
ReplyDeleteI think Silent Night is my very favorite.
ReplyDeleteLove all the wrapping ideas, especially all the brown/kraft mailing paper. One of my favorite Christmas songs is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song is one by Kenny Rogers & a female singer about Jesus' mother, Mary. I can't remember the name of it though!
ReplyDeleteMy fav is little drummer boy - the one with Bing Crosby and Sting - love that song!
ReplyDeleteThose are some great ideas on how to wrap the gifts. Many of us have the circle punch (makes circles look like doilies and many have labels and banners we can use on other pacckaging). I personally love your calandar on the craft paper. I think that looks really sharp. It has me thinking of the things I did for Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Chreistmas and I can see a few greens and some pinecones in the near future.
ReplyDeleteWhat child is this is my favorite song.. it is so pure and sweet sounding.. makes me think of the true meaning of Christmas. Listening to it at night while snow is falling is just incredible o me! Kay
ReplyDelete'Little Drummer Boy': Bing Crosby/David Bowie, "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24": Trans-Siberian Orchestra, "The Grinch","The River": Robert Downey Jr., "Same Old Lang Syne" : Dan Fogelberg
ReplyDeleteLots of paper wrapping ideas,they are so great for the season. My favorite christmas song is silent night. Thanks for sharing these great ideas
ReplyDeleteI'm LOVING your ideas. And my favorite holiday music is from Trans Siberian Orchestra. I got to see them in concert last year and they were fabulous!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song...one I don't think to many people have heard is by Bing Crosby " An axe, an apple and a buckskin jacket" It's in the Christmas Story CD it is such a fun story and cute song.
ReplyDeleteO Holy Night is so simple and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteO Come All Ye Faithful. Love it.
ReplyDeleteIts hard to pick a favorite. I think we can all attach a special memory to one or another. But the song i heard today will be forever branded in my brain, sung by a group of 3, 4,& 5 year olds at the lunch table at the "Head Start" where I am the cook. "We 'Fish' you a 'HARRY' Christmas! and a 'Hippo' New Year! when they saw me looking confused they started giggling & laughing! we have such a great time!
ReplyDeleteO Holy Night is my favorite Christmas Song.
ReplyDeleteSilent Night is my favorite! Loved all of the wrapping inspiration.
ReplyDeleteJust hopped over from Tim's blog and so glad I did. Love your packaging/wrapping/decorating ideas.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite song? That would have to be the medley that Bing Crosby and David Bowie do of "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" I absolutely think it is one of the most beautiful song ever!
Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!
I love White Christmas, but enjoy so many others as well!! I would love some 7Gypsies goodies!
ReplyDeleteWhen I am at midnight mass and the choir bursts into song with Adeste Fidles...I still get goose bumps.
ReplyDeleteSecond for fun: Bing Crosby and David Bowie, Peace On Earth.
Catherine
PS
The packages are lovely, thanks for sharing with us
My favorite Christmas song of all time is "Santa Baby" when performed by Eartha Kitt. I just love her voice and of course I'd love to have all the things she asks Santa for in the song. However, I'd surely settle for some 7Gypsies products!!!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to do this this year. Love this look. Found some shipping paper at the dollar store and was going to trim with old lace, baker's twine or jute and burlap.
ReplyDeleteFavorite Christmas song Away in a Manager.
I love how unique these are.
ReplyDeleteOh thanks so much for the 411 on how you made the flash card, was going to repurpose the WISH one I received in the spool kit!! I love Christmas music and can’t wait till Dec to start playing it, I love it when the kids sing songs especially "Mary did you know?” I think that is the name of the song.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the gift packaging ideas!
I love Rudolph The red Nose Reindeer!! and the movie too. I is a lovely and funny song!!
ReplyDeleteThe Little Drummer Boy song by Bing Crosby and David Bowie. I have wanted a copy for years and finally found it at my own store where I work.
ReplyDeleteLove "O Come, O Come Emmanuel." It is hauntingly beautiful when done right, and always moves me.
ReplyDeleteSo many new ideas for wraps. Thank-you! I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS! I used to listen to this on an old 78 record when I was little and was so excited when Telus made it popular again a few years ago. I still listen to it on an old gramaphone at Christmas!
ReplyDeleteNew to this site. It is amazing. Love the wrapping ideas. I do not like wrapping but this year....I can't wait. My favorite Christmas song is "Cool Yule" by Louis Armstrong.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Do You Hear What I Hear? Thanks for the wrap and tag ideas. You've inspired me to pull some of my packages back out and jazz them up a bit more!
ReplyDeleteWow! What great ideas and inspiration! I think my favorite song is White Christmas but I love all christmas songs as they all bring back wonderful memories! Love your blog! I see why Tim Holtz loves your blog!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song is "Mary, Did You Know" by Kenny Rogers. It reminds me of the true meaning of Christmas & it's not your typical cheery Christmas type carol-ish song.Thanks for the opportunity to win some goodies. Love all of your creations!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that I saw your link on Tim Holtz' blog! I'm excited about the kewl wrap ideas! Simple is AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing! One of my all-time fave Christmas songs is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. So stoked to have found you!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade.
ReplyDeleteFound your blog through Tim Holtz! Love your site ;)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song... it's not your everyday carol, and not actually "traditional" in that sense, but my favorite is "So this must be Christmas" ... it just doesn't feel like Christmas to me until I hear that song :)
Oh Holy Night! Always...
ReplyDeletePomRomARomPom...The Little Drummer Boy...always brings a tear to my eyes on the part where...Then He Smiles At Me, PomRomARomPom!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the wrapping ideas-one year i wrapped all the gifts in brown paper or brown paper bags & tied the bows with ivory tulle-very pretty! It's hard to pick a favorite christmas song-I really like "Aspenglow" and "A Baby Just Like You" by John Denver.
ReplyDeleteTop fav Christmas Carol, Silent Night. I remember all of us kids circled around the piano singing along with Mom as she played. Beautiful song, beautiful wrapping ideas all!!
ReplyDeleteFirst off....i really enjoy your blog. You not only show the awesome things you create, you share your finds for some really cool stuff! Always inspiring. My fav Christmas song would be O Holy Night....i think it symbolizes the reason behind the celebration perfectly. Hope you & your family have a great Holiday.
ReplyDeleteWow...you make packaging look so easy...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite christas song is Felize Navidad. My girlfriend Mary and I have this private joke on it...it just makes me laugh. But for real christmas songs I love I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and Silent Night....so beautiful. Thanks for the awesome ideas!
I love Carol of the Bells. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI love all of them, but since you said favorite, I guess I will say, "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
ReplyDeleteWhat cute wrapping ideas. Love the recycled wares too. As far as my favorite Chrstmas sond hands down is Little Drummer Boy.
ReplyDelete"O Holy Night" sung by Josh
ReplyDeleteGroban."
"Happy Holidays!"
Many thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
Wrapping presents is one of my favorite things to do! It gives me an excuse to buy ribbons and papers, but I also like to stamp my own papers. For me, the embellishments are key and the wrap is part of the gift. My favorite Christmas song is from Handel's Messiah.." I know that my redeemer liveth"
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of my mom, who would listen to the Messiah while we wrapped our treasures!
My favorite Christmas song is "Silver Bells" as sung by Robert Goulet. It reminds me of the good old days when my mom and dad were alive and all eight of us kids were home for Christmas. Good times!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song is O Holy Night. It tells the Christmas story so beautifully. I love all the different wrapping ideas.
ReplyDeleteLove the gift wrap ideas! Especially the one with the vintage photo...
ReplyDeleteMy favourite carol has to be Handel's Messiah followed by Silent Night sung a cappella at night in a room lit by the tree... on Christmas Eve.
My favorite Christmas song is Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas Is you." First, because I grew up listening to Mariah and I love her old stuff, and second because I'm madly in love with my boyfriend of 5 years and it always reminds me of how lucky I am just to have him.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is "Mary did you know"....I love...love...that sound by Kenny Rodgers....or anybody who sings it....
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!!!
Foe me it's Handel's Messiah....I play it over and over while doing my holiday baking.
ReplyDeleteSilent Night is my fav! Thank you for all the great ideas! I already have my kraft wrapping paper, now I can spice it up with some of these ideas.
ReplyDelete'All I Want For Christmas Is You' is one of my favourites, reminds me of my favourite film, Love Actually. Favourite carol is 'Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem', we always have the children singing the first verse at Church, sounds so sweet!
ReplyDeleteLove all the packaging ideas! TFS!
Alison x
I have about a bazillion "favourite" Christmas songs. Feliz Navidad is *not* one of them. Currently I'm totally addicted to a song called "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas", but my all time fav is probably the David Bowie/Bing Crosby version of Little Drummer Boy.
ReplyDeleteWalking in a winter wonder land!!!! I live in the Desert and it doesn't snow, but I love that song.
ReplyDeletefavorite song... hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteI think White Christmas by Bing Crosby is a favorite. Each time it comes on the radio it makes me smile. Really tired of hearing lots of versions of 'Last Christmas I gave you my heart'.... it doesn't say CHRISTMAS to me... it just mentions Christmas kwim?
Oh my Goodness, this is what your email comment meant. Duh, I'm totally clueless but soooo glad I got here in time to enjoy four more days.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE LOVE your Peace box and your beautiful packages--for Christmas I want Santa to send me to hang out with you guys with the hope a little of your creativity will rub off!!
In answer to today's question: I love Bing Crosby's song "I'll be home for Christmas," like the beautiful lights on my Christmas tree, it touches those deep and precious memories.
Merry Christmas!
These are such lovely ways to wrap presents. I remember I used to use the coloured comic page from the newspaper to wrap gifts, oh and also brown grocery bags which I would draw on and then colour with my pencil crayons. Thanks for sharing your special ideas with us. Karen :)
ReplyDeleteIf you hate the Feliz Navidad song, you should listen to Bob River's Twisted Christmas version... Police stop my car, police stop my car..
ReplyDeleteIt's funny... you will like it.
I just stumbled across your blog, and wanted to let you know that I like your ideas. The angel wings you did previously are awesome! And the peace word is literally identical to the Peace I put on a project earlier this month.
I liked some of the ways you have simply dressed up the brown packing paper as a gift wrap. I will definetley be trying it (I have a ton on hand for kids to make book covers with!)
I am new to your site and will certainly become a follower. Love all the packaging ideas. Thanks for sharing. My favorite holiday song is the entire Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky. I even have the sheet music for it displayed during the holidays.
ReplyDeleteJean of Santa Barbara
I do simple wraps also! Love the look of brown paper with red writing or bows!
ReplyDeleteSanta Baby is one of my favorites for Christmas!
I swoon whenever I hear Bing Crosby and David Bowie singing their duet of “Little Drummer Boy” combined with “Peace on Earth”
ReplyDeleteI really love all the beautifully wrapped presents. I always use a craft paper and then all the accessories are in shiny and sparkly blues and silvers to go w/ our colors so while they sit under the tree they fit in with their surroundings so well.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas music is anything Bing Crosby sings. I can still hear my mom humming and whistling to her Bing Crosby Christmas tape singing Mele Kalikimaka, or some call it the Hawaiian Christmas song. Puts a smile on my face just thinking of it.
We are having a family reunion after Christmas and each family member had to give the organizers their favorite Christmas song that will be made into a CD. I had a tough time deciding between "The Little Drummer Boy" (an entire-life favorite) to "Mary Did You Know" sung by Heidi Joy. I ended up with "Mary Did You Know?" Loved the packaging images and congrats on T!m's shout-out about your blog.
ReplyDeleteso many to choose...love O Holy Night, Carol of the Bells (sung in Ukrainian), Silent Night, White Christmas (Bing Crosby is timeless) and I'll be home for Christmas. Always wishing my entire family could be here for the entire holiday season. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a peaceful entry into 2012. Thanks for the beautiful ideas you've shared on your blog!!!
ReplyDeleteColleen
My favorite Christmas Song is a Romanian song called "S-a nascut" but there is no translation for it in english so to pick an international one I choose Silent Night!
ReplyDeleteSo hard to pick just one....
ReplyDeleteI'll go with 'Away In A Manger'.
LOVE your inspiring ideas!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Mary, Did You Know is my fav.
ReplyDeleteCan I just say I LOVE your blog!! Just found it thanks to Tim Holtz :) I didn't know I could buy the plain wrapping at Mike's. Love the idea's you shared for gift wrapping since I have to send a lot of packages to family, and will be using some of these ideas :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song is Mary Did You Know. I cry every time I hear it, because I have to wonder if Mary really had any idea of the impact her son would have on the world. Gives me chills just to think about it!
My favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night - every time I hear it, I have to sing along and I hear my mom singing in my head as well - she has a rich second soprano and this one is one of her best songs.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way of creative packing all the presents. It is a pity to unwrap them. My favourite song is "all I want for Christmas is you" for it is so terribly romantic.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I am so luvin all the gift wrapping ideas.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all the inspiration!
Hugs,
Laura De La Rosa
Of course it´s "Stille Nacht" or as you cal it "silent night". I have so many childhood memories related to that song.
ReplyDeleteLove those simple wrapping ideas - especially the kraftpaper-lace combinations.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.
ReplyDeleteLove your gift packaging ideas, I shall be lifting some of them.
Thanks for the inspiration.
My absolute favorite song is and always has been Silent Night. I love going for a walk on Christmas Eve and hear this song everytime. Yes, at times I've hummed the tune and even once or twice have sung it on the walk. It sounds even better if there's a light snowfall and around midnight when it's quiet!
ReplyDeleteIt just seems like an appropriate song for the season. Sharon
Little Drummer Boy by the Harry Simeon Chorale. That has to be the prettiest song at Christmas time!
ReplyDeleteMy absolute favorite song is and always has been Silent Night.
ReplyDeleteOur tradition is to go for a walk on Christmas Eve and everytime I hear this song in my mind. And yes, I've hummed the tune and even once or twice have sung it out on the walk.
It seems even better when there's a light snow and when it's close to midnight - a special silence.
It just seems like an appropriate song for the season. Sharon
There are just to many great ones to choose from but I really LOVE "Mary Did You Know".After all HE is the reason that we celebrate.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite christmas sond is Silent night.
ReplyDeleteGreat tags, love them.
I must say "Mary's boychild". And then I of course have my favorite danish christmas song; "Højt fra træets grønne top".
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for all the ideas for wrapping in my presents.
LOVE all your brown paper packages tied up with strings... so many great ideas for wrapping :) My fave Christmas song? That's a tough one... I love so many, but Jingle Bell Rock is jumping out at me right now- it always makes me smile and sing along!
ReplyDeleteWow, great wrapping ideas!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite songs is: Silent Night.
Silent Night is my all time favourite, when ever i hear it i cry.. On the day the day that my brother died 38 years ago he sang this song all day.. I believe he gave this song to me, so i will always cherish this song..I love all the wrapping ideas..
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ReplyDeleteYour wrapping ideas are great!
ReplyDeleteI don't have one favorite song but I do like the oldies like all the stuff by Bing Crosby, Dean Martin but my newest love is the incredible stuff by Straight No Chaser.
http://www.sncmusic.com/
Their 12 Days of Christmas, for example, is mind boggling!
Hi! Found my way to your blog through TH - and I love it! Spent hours and hours reading yesterday - and tonight! :)
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite christmas songs is "En julsaga" by Ainbusk. A Swedish version of "A fairytale in New York"
Btw, "thanx" for even mentioning the other song ...now it's stuck here - AGAIN!! lol :D
Perfect timing on the gift wrap ideas, I need to wrap for three special friends today.
ReplyDeleteSilent Night is my Favorite-I sang it to my newborn daughter(born in July!) because I didn't know a lullaby-that was 22 years ago, I was a young,scared Mom and that song comforted both of us.
It has to be the 12 days of Christmas for me. I did an ATC workshop on it several yaers ago and I made my students learn the song. Believe it or not most of them did not know it. Anyways since then I sing it sporadically all year long...don't ask just go with it. BTW I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteAny Christmas song sung by Michael Buble!!!
ReplyDeletedefinitely Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley. Brings back so many many memories of my mom!
ReplyDelete"I'm dreaming of a White Christmas....." The old school version none of these modern ponce elevator versions. :-) I made those Martha Stewart Monograms for my local Starbucks Baristas as tree decorations- I'm on a first namje basis with all 14 of them....what a mission!
ReplyDeletelove this! it's so economical! and gorgeous! lots of love.
ReplyDeletei like little drummer boy. it's a very sweet and festive song to play over xmas. Imagine it with great bass xx
Trying to pick a favorite Christmas song is a bit difficult, but if Bing Crosby sings it, then it is on my list!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful wrapping ideas! I love the calendar card with the red ribbon running through it - beautiful! My favorite Christmas song is Silent Night.
ReplyDeleteI love Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree! Love the looks you've achieved with these fab ideas! Awesome inspiration! TFS
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song, currently, is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as sung by David Phelps. It reminds me of the tree meaning of Christmas and fills me with peace and joy! Also, I love all the ideas for Christmas wrapping and tags! Beautiful inspiration! :)
ReplyDeleteThe Christmas Song is the one for me.
ReplyDeleteI love all your packages. The wraping is a present in itself. :)
DianeD
Lovin' all the baker's twine...and the packaging ideas.
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas music and it's hard to pick just one. My overall favorite is O Holy Night by Josh Groban and Celine Dion. The other favorite is Little Drummer Boy by Bing Crosby and David Bowie. I play them over and over! Love it and love the ideas on your blog!
ReplyDeleteMary Did You Know by Mark Lowry has become one of my favorite songs over the past couple years. Although who can resist a rendition of Away in a Manger sung by kindergarten children dressed as angels?
ReplyDeleteLove the gift wrap ideas! I can see I better get to a Trader Joe's before the holiday is here!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite song is O Holy Night.
DeniseB
I love all these packages - beautiful! Brown paper, doilies, and twine are my favorites. Christmas song? I love them all but my favorites are O Holy Night and Jingle Bells!!!
ReplyDeleteOk....you and me both on the FN song...lol. Course another one they've started playing here that is even worse....Dominic the Donkey...yes, the Christmas donkey. Um, right. As for my fave....hands down, the song Breath of Heaven....preferably sung by Amy Grant. Song gives me chills (in a good way) every time I hear it.
ReplyDeleteno real favourite Christmas song. I love most of them. thanks for the wrapping inspirations. now all I want to do is wrap things all fancy like LOL
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song is "all i want for Christmas is you" by Mariah Carey. I love her Christmas CD it is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteSilver bells is my favorite Christmas song. love the wrapping so inspiring!
ReplyDelete"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year". Thank you, Andy Williams. (And yes. I know I'm dating myself horribly by admitting this.). ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat wrapping!!! My favorite holiday song is Jingle Bells done by the barking dogs. Too fun.
ReplyDeleteLove many Christmas songs, but I have to say "White Christmas" is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteGreat Ideas. I love the brown craft paper with the simple pine cone pick... who would know something so simple could be so classy...
ReplyDeleteI loved every one of these Christmas wrap ideas! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWOWZERS!! My favorite song?? I guess Joy to the World has touched me most this year---because of word meaning and singability---then just words and musicality, O Holy Night.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE LOVE LOVE your ideas---they will be such a blessing for us and our wrapping---thank you for allowing me to glean from you:)
be blessed beyond measure
Tammy
www.bbbm.weebly.com
"Little Drummer Boy" is one of my favorites...I think that is the official name..hehe. Absolutely love the wrapping ideas. Wrapping and tagging gifts is always a challenge for me so greatly appreciate the great ideas!
ReplyDeleteWhen I am in the Christmas spirit, I love them all. :o) But O Holy Night is just an all time favorite! Thanks for the great packaging ideas! :o)
ReplyDeleteall so pretty! What a beautiful sight they would all be under a Christmas tree.
ReplyDeleteSilent Night is my favorite. Love your packaging ideas. I will be using some of these for sure.
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas music so it's really hard to pick a favorite but the first song that came to mine was These Christmas Shoes really great song. I love all the great wrapping ideas so great. Thanks to Tim Holtz I found you.
ReplyDeleteI am so enjoying your blog. I love the brown paper packages tied up in string; they are certainly one of my favorite things!
ReplyDeleteMy new favorite Christmas song is Josh Groban's Thankful. I am so thankful for all my blessings!
Love the wrapping ideas. My favorite Christmas song is by Alabama entitled, Thistle Hair the Christmas Bear. When my boys were young they would make me play it over and over and it just became a tradition. Evokes so many sweet memories
ReplyDeleteNormally, I prefer lots of goodies and collage type things, however, these are stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteI will definitely be giving many of these ideas a try.
My favorite Christmas song is anything by Trans Siberian Orchestra! I LOVE their music!
ReplyDeleteGreat packaging ideas today, I love that you made them ship friendly because I often ship gifts to family and friends because I do not live close to so many of them.
love the tags with the initials on them. Santa may have to use that this year :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite song is Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt. Such a fun song that makes me smile. Although Frosty the Bluesman is a close second :)
It's hard to choose just 1 but it is a toss up between Winter Wonderland and O'Holy Night(Nat King Cole version for sentimental reasons).
ReplyDeleteSo you want to know my favorite Christmas song. Hands down it is White Christmas sung only by the smoothest crooner ever to sing-Bing Crosby. Jo
ReplyDeleteI adore all of the packaging ideas, they are all fabulous. I have two fav christmas songs - I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus and Winter Wonderland and the version of that one that is my fav is sung by Dolly Parton no less lol.
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Michelle
Brought here by Tim Holtz-and thanfully so-LOVE the ideas and festivities here! The packaging is wonderful!! Ok,it's not well known,but my fave song is "Les Cloches du Hammeau' sung by Celline Dion and her family. It brings back so many memories for my Mom born and raised in France, and of all the great times we've had revisiting all her family there-we miss seeing them.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song would have to be Bob Seager's version of Little Drummer Boy...love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for all the wonderful wrapping ideas. They are fabulous. My favorite Christmas song is White Christmas. When I hear it I always remember my Mom singing it to us every Christmas. It always evokes wonderful memories of her.
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I do tend to prefer Christmas Carols or Hymns but I think my favourite Christmas song is The Christmas Song sung by Nat King Cole. Great blog by the way, came here from Tim's.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song??? .... Oooooo.......... I cannot say. Why?? You will disqualify me........ It is realy my most favorite......... sorry, sorry, sorry!
ReplyDeleteBut beside this song I do like your wrapping ideas very very much!
Mariah Carey's All I want for Christmas is You gets me going every time!! Love the tempo!
ReplyDeleteI love all these simple gift wrapping ideas, each one has its own merits but I think the snowflakes from Inspire Lovely are just perfect. I have a CD by Lifescapes of Christmas piano music performed by Steven C Anderson that is so peaceful and relaxing I love to listen to it. My favourite track is Carol of the Bells. Thank you for putting up your 7days of givaways.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to pick a favorite Christmas Carol, I guess it would have to be "Mary Did You Know?" -The sentiment is so sweet...as mothers, we never know how our children will turn out & I love the idea of toddler Jesus getting into mischief & Mary having no idea that someday he would have such an immense impact on the world. -Just lovely!
ReplyDeleteO Holy Night is my favorite. I always get such a sense of peace and joy whenever I hear it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all these packaging ideas! I love to make pretty packages :) And thanks for the chance to win some yummy goodies!
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