Gift Wrapped - Christmas Inspiration 2012

I am not one for solely following tradition and those 1 metre rolls of shiny paper scattered with trees and snowmen and candy bars are definitely past their "sell by date". Myself, I keep a stock of embellishments on hand which are really great for last minute wrapping. Collect vintage beads or jewelry, broken vintage pieces and old buckles can be put to use. Buckles can be threaded onto wide or narrow ribbon and secured around your parcel. Pieces of jewelry can be hot glued onto the ribbon or parcel itself. There are endless ways to wrap.  

I have been browsing the Internet and found some "non traditional" but fabulous ways to wrap your gifts. lots more inspiration can be seen on my Pinterest board, I have added a link at the end of this post.

 

You can find many more gift wrap ideas on my Pinterest board "Gift Wrapped"

Happy wrapping!

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1| Image via Style Me Pretty 
2|Collage created by Lee Caroline - Via Style Me Pretty 
3|Collage created by Lee Caroline - Via Style Me Pretty.


Sending out prayers to all the familes affected by the tradgedy of Newtown CT

A Chance to win $4,000 with Better Homes & Gardens Pinning Your Dream Home

Wouldn't it be great to have a chance of winning a US$4,000 cheque doing something you love, pinning your dream home using Pinterest!  Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) are running a fabulous competition where you can put together a mood board via Pinterest of images of your dream home. You need to have at least 10 images pinned and all images must come from the BHG website. Unfortunately you do have to be a USA citizen or the district of Columbia resident to have a chance of winning, so sadly that rules me out. Nevertheless, I wanted to share this great opportunity to do something fun and have a chance to win in case this news hadn't reached you.

If your not aware of Pinterest, check it out as It's a great place where you can search images, create mood boards re-pin and upload images from anywhere on the web. Although it is actually a social network site, its's a little bit different than the norm. I actually get a lot of traffic passing through my blog though pinning direct from my blog posts so it's worth checking out for marketing purposes.

As I've already said, sadly I cannot enter this competition, however I have put together my French style Dream home anyway and you can see a few of the images below, along with a link to my complete board at the end of this post.

Full instructions can be found on the official contents rules page "here" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to see more of my dream home images on Pinterest

all images from BHG

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Lee oxo

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Poppy

Seeing Flowers - Is this a sign to get back into my artwork?

I absolutely love this image I discovered on Pinterest, I have tried to find the photographer with no success so if you recognise the work please let me know so I can credit it accordingly.  I see this as a sign that I must plan my next painting.

Hope your weekend was full of fun and sunshine 

Lee oxo

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Poppy

Happy New Year from Auckland, New Zealand

Put on a sparkly dress, diamond bracelet and a pair of Jimmy Choo’s. Mix and mingle with great company and toast the New Year...
Well it doesn't hurt to dream! ☺

  HAPPY NEW YEAR

Shoes, Lauren by Jimmy Choo, bracelet, De Beers luxury collection. Images via Pinterest, collage by LCArt

 May all your dreams & goals come to fruition and may you have health, wealth and happiness for 2012

Lee oxo

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 Poppy