Giving: confetti gift wrap DIY

I love giving presents!  I find real excitement in picking that special something for someone I care about, and I love thinking up new ways of presenting them too.  This particular one is really simple...

All you need are these things:
1. Brown parcel paper
2. Sellotape
3. Hole-punch
4. Double sided tape
5. Paper cutter (or scissors)
6. Black craft paper (or any other colour/s you wish)

 Okay, so first you need to wrap your present...

Then make loads of coloured confetti with your hole-punch.

Use the double-sided tape to make any pattern you want on the paper.  I use the roller stuff because I think it's so much easier.

Now empty your hole-punch confetti and start sticking it to the pattern you've made on the present... And there you go!

There are so many possibilities with this DIY - you can do your friends' initials, chevron pattern, different colours or multi-coloured confetti.

Have fun making confetti gift-wrapped presents :)

Giving: wrist warmers

I love making things for my friends.  When I'm making something for someone I know and care about, I'm thinking about them and I believe that makes the gift all the more special.  I made these wrist warmers a little while ago (only just got round to sharing - sorry) and sent them to two of my bestest friends who I don't get to see as often as I would like.  I think they got some use out of them before the weather turned a little too warm for this kind of thing.