brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favorite things.............

the one on the left is the vintage wrapping paper that i found

Yes, I know it's  way past new year already and packages-tied-up-with-strings season is officially over, but before I move on to talk about new year's resolutions (not!), I would just like to continue what I started talking about in the previous post.  For those who cared to guess, the blue and white one on the right with the victorian ladies,  is the real vintage. I actually came about it while scouring a store in Divisoria for the generic wrapping papers, boxes, and whatnots. I found this almost-hidden in their display cabinet which apparently has been there for ages, already forgotten. It wasn't for sale, but I managed to convince the salesperson to sell it to me at a super bargain price, some of the edges were already browning but I loved the authentic look and the feel of the thick old paper ( yes, I'm even addicted to the smell of  old dusty pages of a book).  The salesperson couldn't quite believe I was interested, he told me the wrapping papers were probably older than me, that bit of news just made me want it more.  Now i just want to preserve it and don't even want to use it as wrapping paper anymore.

For the past three months, my sister and I have been busy with gift wrapping, yes, the business of gift-wrapping, tags, and the like.  We have been up to our necks (literally) with wrapping papers, ribbons, tags and stickers for the bazaar slash christmas season. We expect to at least earn some profits from it but like any small business venture we find ourselves engaged in, gift wrapping as it happens, has always been something we also love to do. Actually people who know me well know how I like wrapping presents for them and I am known to spend major bucks on wrapping papers, ribbons and other wrapping paraphernalia.

The Kraft paper and paper twines are my all-time favorite wrapping materials.  There are like a hundred and one ways to wrap things with Kraft paper or Japanese paper, so simple yet so versatile, they are every wrapper's best friend.

For some people, wrapping for them involves qeueing in the free gift-wrapping section of a department store or buying a paper bag to stuff their presents into but for me gift-wrapping is an essential part of gift-giving. Somehow making an effort on the presentation just make it seem more special, the gift more personal, don't you think?