Pretty Packages Party # 11

Its Pretty Packages Party Time Again!

Would love to see what lovely gifts you've been wrapping up!

This is one of the little July 4th gifts I put together for a few friends.

It was very last minute so I went to blogland for a free printable.

Paper and Pigtails had the perfect one!

Click here for a cute July 4th Party and the Free Printable.

Happy 4th of July to all of you!

Let Freedom Ring!!!

This is a PRETTY PACKAGES PARTY so what I'm looking for is beautifully, interestingly, creatively wrapped gifts. The gifts could range from individual gifts, to party favors, to food gifts to birthday presents, to any type of gift or packaging! At the end of the week (if I can wait that long,) I'll chose my favorites to share with everyone.

Please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address. To get your permalink, click on your post name, then just copy and paste the address that shows up in the address bar at the top, into the "url" box for the picture linky. You'll also need to put your e-mail address in, but don't worry, it will not be visible to anyone.

It would be fantastic if you would include the Pretty Packages Party button in your post, to make it easy for others to find your Pretty Package post. To do that, just copy and paste the Pretty Packages Party button to your computer or grab the html code from underneath the Pretty Packages Party button on my sidebar. A text link under your post is great, too!

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Please include a link in your Pretty Packages Party post back to the host blog, The Blackberry Vine. Why is this important? When you include a link back to The Blackberry Vine, it ensures your regular readers/visitors will find the other gorgeously wrapped gifts linked to the Pretty Packages Party. If everyone links back, this maximizes the opportunity for visits for all who participate.

Please do not add your link below, until your Pretty Packages Party post is actually published to your blog. Another helpful hint...DO NOT type in all caps...it makes it very difficult to read! Thanks!

Last, but certainly not least, please comment on the post in front of you and behind you (and any other post!!)...spread the comment love!

Pretty Packages Party #10

It's Pretty Packages time again!!!

Summer birthday parties are coming up and I was looking for some fresh ideas!

Here are a few fun and simple ideas I found...

Custom paper how-to at Elle Decor using plain paper and office supplies.

A simple hole punch transforms plain paper into fun packaging at Real Simple.

This simple complementary color pairing by Merriment Designs is just smashing!

The Color Connoisseur shares these gorgeous packages perfect for summer.

What fresh ideas do you have this month?

I can't wait to see them!!!

This is a PRETTY PACKAGES PARTY so what I'm looking for is beautifully, interestingly, creatively wrapped gifts. The gifts could range from individual gifts, to party favors, to food gifts to birthday presents, to any type of gift or packaging! At the end of the week (if I can wait that long,) I'll chose my favorites to share with everyone.

Please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address. To get your permalink, click on your post name, then just copy and paste the address that shows up in the address bar at the top, into the "url" box for the picture linky. You'll also need to put your e-mail address in, but don't worry, it will not be visible to anyone.

It would be fantastic if you would include the Pretty Packages Party button in your post, to make it easy for others to find your Pretty Package post. To do that, just copy and paste the Pretty Packages Party button to your computer or grab the html code from underneath the Pretty Packages Party button on my sidebar. A text link under your post is great, too!

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Please include a link in your Pretty Packages Party post back to the host blog, The Blackberry Vine. Why is this important? When you include a link back to The Blackberry Vine, it ensures your regular readers/visitors will find the other gorgeously wrapped gifts linked to the Pretty Packages Party. If everyone links back, this maximizes the opportunity for visits for all who participate.

Please do not add your link below, until your Pretty Packages Party post is actually published to your blog. Another helpful hint...DO NOT type in all caps...it makes it very difficult to read! Thanks!

Last, but certainly not least, please comment on the post in front of you and behind you (and any other post!!)...spread the comment love!

Pretty Packages Party #9 Highlights

What a beautiful Pretty Packages Party this last week!

It was a great turn out!

Having Teacher Appreciation Week and Mother's Day this week definitely helped party attendance! 

Here are just a few of my favorites!

Nifty Thrifty Things created these adorable treat packages for Easter, but I think these would be lovely for any shower or party...her photos are just gorgeous!

These precious mini Pinatas were created to hold party favors by One Charming Party.  My mind is racing with other ways to use this clever idea!!!

Julie shared a sweet story along with these perfectly sweet May Day Baskets over at Less Than Perfect Life of Bliss.  I'm hoping I can remember to do this for my neighbors next year!

How cute are these apple sacks?!?!  Brandy at Gluesticks created them after being inspired by another blog...isn't blogland just the best?!

Thanks to everyone for their lovely inspirations...hope to see you (and your friends) back here next month!!

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Smiles!

Pretty Packages Party # 9

It's Pretty Packages Party time again!

After watching that BEAUTIFUL Royal Wedding, I'm so in the mood for "pretty" things.

Can you just imagine what their gift table looked like?

Some of those hats we saw looked like ornate package toppers!

(Really?!?!)

White on white is a perfect choice for a wedding gift.

Carolyn Rhoeme used textured paper, gorgeous ribbon and milners flowers to make this wedding gift the most elegantly wrapped one on the gift table. 

Hallmark has some subtly irradescent paper perfect for wedding gifts.

This present was found at REAL SIMPLE. 

Plain white box, satin ribbon, a starfish and a couple of white ornaments...I'd say that was real simple...and simply beautiful.

I also love adding blue to a wedding gift...its just such a sweet sentiment.

Above is another Carolyn Rhoeme beauty.

Carolyn Rhoeme again, but can you blame me?!?

This is GORGEOUS!

Country Living wrapped these sweet gifts with glossy white paper, simple blue ribbon and treasures from the sea...one has a sand dollar and the other has coral.

Perfect for a beach wedding!

Now, lets see what Pretty Packages you've put together!

This is a PRETTY PACKAGES PARTY so what I'm looking for is beautifully, interestingly, creatively wrapped gifts. The gifts could range from individual gifts, to party favors, to food gifts to birthday presents, to any type of gift or packaging! At the end of the week (if I can wait that long,) I'll chose my favorites to share with everyone.

Please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address. To get your permalink, click on your post name, then just copy and paste the address that shows up in the address bar at the top, into the "url" box for the picture linky. You'll also need to put your e-mail address in, but don't worry, it will not be visible to anyone.

It would be fantastic if you would include the Pretty Packages Party button in your post, to make it easy for others to find your Pretty Package post. To do that, just copy and paste the Pretty Packages Party button to your computer or grab the html code from underneath the Pretty Packages Party button on my sidebar. A text link under your post is great, too!

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Please include a link in your Pretty Packages Party post back to the host blog, The Blackberry Vine. Why is this important? When you include a link back to The Blackberry Vine, it ensures your regular readers/visitors will find the other gorgeously wrapped gifts linked to the Pretty Packages Party. If everyone links back, this maximizes the opportunity for visits for all who participate.

Please do not add your link below, until your Pretty Packages Party post is actually published to your blog. Another helpful hint...DO NOT type in all caps...it makes it very difficult to read! Thanks!

Last, but certainly not least, please comment on the post in front of you and behind you (and any other post!!)...spread the comment love!

Pretty Packages Party #7 Highlights

Thanks to everyone for posting their lovely packages and gift ideas last week!

You are ALL awesome!

As I'm in the process of planning a baby shower Sip 'n See, the following really caught my eye:

Liz at Fast Daze put together this adorable gift using a personalized bucket for a baby shower...so cute!!!

Love this idea for a baby shower!!!  Milk and cookies!!!

Check out the "how-to" over at Glitter & Gumdrops!

J Bee Delightful shows you how to put together this delightful diaper cake!

Now this one from the Tattered Tag has nothing to do with a baby shower...I just like all of the burlap and jute!

If you were featured, feel free to take a Pretty Packages Feature Button!

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Thanks again to everyone who linked up!

Can't wait to see everyone again next month!

Smiles!!



Pretty Packages Party #7

Welcome to the Pretty Packages Party #7!

I love seeing all of your lovely packages and gift ideas each month!

You are all so inspiring!

Since St. Paddy's day is just around the corner, I've got green on my mind!

I just love how it makes a gift pop!

These first three gift ideas are from one of my favorites (thanks to my super savvy MIL,)

Carolyn Rhoeme.  (It doesn't appear as if she is maintaining her website anymore, but it still has some lovely ideas!)  Be sure to check out her book, PRESENTATIONS, for some of the most beautifully wrapped gifts you'll ever seen!  She has a purple and green package that is to die for!   

Isn't the black & white paper with the green ribbon so fresh looking?!?

This is from French Garden House. 

Country Living shared these sweet packages.

This was just a stock photo I found.  The modern pattern with the rustic raffia look great together!

Aqua and lime green are a gorgeous combination!

Polka Dot Cottage presents these beauties!

Pink and green are a never fail happy look.  This was a quick package I put together for a sweet friend of Jack's.

Now, lets see what Pretty Packages you've put together!

This is a PRETTY PACKAGES PARTY so what I'm looking for is beautifully, interestingly, creatively wrapped gifts. The gifts could range from individual gifts, to party favors, to food gifts to birthday presents, to any type of gift or packaging! At the end of the week (if I can wait that long,) I'll chose my favorites to share with everyone.

Please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address. To get your permalink, click on your post name, then just copy and paste the address that shows up in the address bar at the top, into the "url" box for the picture linky. You'll also need to put your e-mail address in, but don't worry, it will not be visible to anyone.

It would be fantastic if you would include the Pretty Packages Party button in your post, to make it easy for others to find your Pretty Package post. To do that, just copy and paste the Pretty Packages Party button to your computer or grab the html code from underneath the Pretty Packages Party button on my sidebar. A text link under your post is great, too!

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Please include a link in your Pretty Packages Party post back to the host blog, The Blackberry Vine. Why is this important? When you include a link back to The Blackberry Vine, it ensures your regular readers/visitors will find the other gorgeously wrapped gifts linked to the Pretty Packages Party. If everyone links back, this maximizes the opportunity for visits for all who participate.

Please do not add your link below, until your Pretty Packages Party post is actually published to your blog. Another helpful hint...DO NOT type in all caps...it makes it very difficult to read! Thanks!

Last, but certainly not least, please comment on the post in front of you and behind you (and any other post!!)...spread the comment love!

The Pretty Packages Party Highlights

What a great party we had last week!

You are all making the world prettier, one package at a time!
A big THANK YOU to everyone who linked up!

Here are a few of my favorites:

What child wouldn't LOVE getting their birthday present in this clown box?

Southern Girl Creations will show you how.

Veronica at Life in the Thrifty Lane created these adorable matchbox valentines!   So sweet!

Sandy at Sandy's Space created this magnificent can for Chinese New Year.  It will hold the mandarin oranges that she delivers to friends and family as a good luck tokens.  Isn't it pretty??

 I LUV these sweet tic tac valentines by Smile Monsters!  These would be in a big bowl on my desk if I was still in the corporate world!  A gift for ME and for my clients...can we say stinky coffee breath?

Happy Little Art delivered a Valentine home run with this gorgeous see-thru red envelope package.  Isn't is the sweetest?!?!

You must go to Three Pixie Lane and open this lunch box! I stole some ideas for my son's Valentine's lunch...you will, too!

Oh!  You must read her post to the end...it has a surprise ending!!

Too cute!

Last but not least, these little strawberries from Craftberry Bush are just the sweetest little packages EVER!

Wouldn't they be cute party favors for a baby shower or a Strawberry Shortcake party?

Thanks again to everyone for sharing their wonderful ideas!

Don't forget to come back next month!!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a button!

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Smiles!!!

Pretty Packages Party #6

Valentine's Day is fast approaching...I'm loving all the sweet valentine ideas out there. The pink packages I've found are just gorgeous. The elegantly wrapped gift above is from Sande Chase's most beautiful blog  A Gift Wrapped Life.  The flowers are actually from a package of invitations she never used. Isn't that silk ribbon just YUM?!?!



You had to know, Martha has some beautiful pink gifts, too!  The packages on top are from an all pink shower...sweet!  They're all a little different, but they look so beautiful together.  Did you notice the Neopolitan striped one? 

Aren't the flowers on the packages below gorgeous?!?  They are a gift all by themselves!!

Its a beautiful centerpiece and table.  (The pink walls don't hurt the overall effect either.)

Party Starters is chock full of sweet pink packaging ideas.

  The party favor cake boxes, the wine labels, the LOVE folding boxes and the little match box favors are all drool worthy!!

Now its time to share your pretty packages!

This is a PRETTY PACKAGES PARTY so what I'm looking for is beautifully, interestingly, creatively wrapped gifts. The gifts could range from individual gifts, to party favors, to food gifts to birthday presents, to any type of gift or packaging! At the end of the week (if I can wait that long,) I'll chose my favorites to share with everyone.

Please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address. To get your permalink, click on your post name, then just copy and paste the address that shows up in the address bar at the top, into the "url" box for the picture linky. You'll also need to put your e-mail address in, but don't worry, it will not be visible to anyone.

It would be fantastic if you would include the Pretty Packages Party button in your post, to make it easy for others to find your Pretty Package post. To do that, just copy and paste the Pretty Packages Party button to your computer or grab the html code from underneath the Pretty Packages Party button on my sidebar. A text link under your post is great, too!



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Please include a link in your Pretty Packages Party post back to the host blog, The Blackberry Vine. Why is this important? When you include a link back to The Blackberry Vine, it ensures your regular readers/visitors will find the other gorgeously wrapped gifts linked to the Pretty Packages Party. If everyone links back, this maximizes the opportunity for visits for all who participate.

Please do not add your link below, until your Pretty Packages Party post is actually published to your blog. Another helpful hint...DO NOT type in all caps...it makes it very difficult to read! Thanks!

Last, but certainly not least, please comment on the post in front of you and behind you (and any other post!!)...spread the comment love!

Have fun and thanks for stopping by!!!

Smiles!

Pretty Packages Party #5 - Highlights

Thanks to everyone for sharing and stopping by this month's Pretty Packages Party!

  You guys are so creative and talented!!! 

My apologies for the delay in posting the highlights (or even getting the party up this month...stay tuned to see what I was working on!)

Here are some of my favorites from this party...its so hard to pick just a few!

Handstamped tags at Belly Feathers - Betsy included a ton of beautifully wrapped packages and handstamped tags in her Pretty Packages entry...go spend some time checking out all of her other lovelies over at Belly Feathers!

Valentine Boxes at Buckets of Valentine Ideas - Don't miss Mrs. Bucket's Valentine's only blog (she also has other holiday specific blogs!)

Mini Greenhouse at Sandy's Space - Isn't this a terrific gift idea for your gardener friends?  I like to share my wisteria seedlings with friends and this would definitely dress up those repurposed plastic plant pots!!

Glitter to Gumdrops Gardener's Basket - Christy not only gives you and adorable idea for a gift basket, but she share links for the creative items included...chalkboard spoon plant markers and zucchini bread.  You can also spend sometime looking through her amazing blog and find some of the cute aprons she's been making!

Issa's Thanksgiving Gift Boxes - Issa not only shared these sweet little boxes, but she also shared them with free printables.  You can also use her pattern to create your own boxes out of your favorite craft paper! 

The Autocrat - Just go to Haley's blog...it's cute and adorable.  She submitted both of these and they are just so cute (like everything else over at The Autocrat!)  For the CANS or for the FAVORS....also, don't miss her clever idea for wrapping a mixer!

Valentine Love Birds at Elements Interiors - Kara created this beautiful valentine for her sweet husband.  You can steal some of these elements to dress up a valentine for your loved one!

Recycled Bag for Sweetheart Gift at House of Revivals - Amanda made this sweet gift out of things (not just craft things, but those things you and I don't think about to wrap a gift,) she had around the house...my favorite was that she used an old dress pattern for the tissue!

Thanks again to all of the entries.

   Let's do it again February 6th thru February 12th!

Smiles!