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I think my favorite part of gift-giving is wrapping the goods. I really don't mind if the wrapping paper is being ripped off afterwards, I simply enjoy spending a lot of time and thought on making a present look as pretty as possible. Here's some cute and creative gift wrapping inspiration I found around the web: http://blog.heylook.fi/2011/09/pretty-packaging-ideas.html

Hey Look - Event styling, design inspiration, DIY ideas and more: PRETTY PACKAGING IDEAS

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http://gracialouise.typepad.com/elsewhere/ Sometime late last year , the first issue of Materiality was published . You can now purchase it as a hard copy or as a PDF download through Pinknantucket Press . Puruse the table of contents and be tempted. There is even a zine tucked inside the back cover which certainly adds to its allure. MATERIALITY Number 1: Book Published by Pinknantucket Press Edited by Alice Cannon 2012

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http://celesterockwood-jones.typepad.com/designwashrinserepeat/ In typical fashion i spread myself so thin this summer that it's a miracle i didn't implode. Picture six weeks straight of daily swim lessons. SIX weeks!! rain or shine. not to mention tennis, dance, and gymnastics, all gloriously piled on top of a full work schedule. did i mention the potty training? Who needs sleep?! (and before wagging your finger at me for overbooking my children and effectively ruining their childhood you should know they were 100% on board... with the occasional 1% day mixed in of course).

design. wash. rinse. repeat.

http://ohmyhandmade.com/2010/contributors/homemade-sidewalk-chalk/

Tutorial: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk | oh my! handmade goodness

by Michelle Vackar, Modern Handmade Child One of our favorite outside activities at our home is drawing with chalk on the driveway. You can play hopscotch, four-square, and of course draw and create silly stories. My daughters and I were talking one day as we played hopscotch about how to make chalk and I thought to myself, let’s try it!