1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?

Whatever will cover the true identity of the gift long enough for it to be ripped off.  I take great pleasure in choosing wrapping paper, but really, how completely useless of a product is that?  I think next year I'll think about possibly going with a more environmentally friendly method of gift presentation for ( Read more... )

Here is a picture of one of the bags I've been working on.  It's intended to be a reusable shopping tote - the big kind you can take into Target or WalMart.

I've determined that for my time and money, I really should have just bought LL Bean Boat & Totes and had them monogrammed.  That would've taken me about 10 minutes online as opposed to 6 hours ( Read more... )