Summer Birthday Season and the Art of Gift Wrap

It's summer. In my family that means one thing; a never ending stream of birthdays. Aside from one cousin with an October birthday, and myself being a winter baby, everyone in my family was born in the summer. The birthdays start in May and just keep on truckin' til the end of August.

So with it being birthday season for me, I feel like I need to get something off my chest.

Here it goes.

I love giving gifts. Every part of it. I love searching out that perfect something that the giftee didn't even know they wanted til they got it. I love packaging gifts and making them a site to behold before being opened. And just love giving the gift.

As for wrapping gifts, I really do consider it a bit of an art. Nothing makes a gift more enticing and curiosity inducing than good gift wrap.

I usually base my gift wrapping decisions around a theme. I pick a starting point and design around it. Maybe the theme is just about what would suit the personality of the giftee, or it could be based on the event, or give hints to what's inside. I've even gone so far as to base my wrapping choice on the design of the card going with the gift. I know.. I'm insane... but I just like it that much.

I go all out in my gift wrapping and don't just get awesome paper or a bag, but also ribbon, bows and tissue paper. I feel the gift should look good and the best way I know to dress it up is in the accessories.

One example of awesome gift wrapping technique.
The card was equally obnoxious.