#pretty package

[skatergirlstudies]

Golden Glory

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[beautythroughthebeast-blog]

FIGHTING PRETTY

Fighting Pretty helps women battling cancer feel strong, beautiful, pretty and confident — inside and out — every day. At no other time do we feel less so than when we are battling a major illness like cancer! Order a “Pretty Package” for yourself or a loved one who is undergoing or who has completed treatment and needs a beauty “pick me up.” Pretty Packages include beauty products, scarves, inspirational items, a journal and their fierce signature mini pink boxing gloves!

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Just because something comes in a pretty package, doesn't mean there's something beautiful or good on the inside...

[nikkitranchita-blog]

Happy Mother's Day to all those beautiful moms out there! My mom got this pretty little present on Sunday morning. I was so excited to give it to her, I couldn't stand it. I don't know if I was more excited to give it to her because of the present, or the wrapping!

My friends and family will tell you that I have a serious home-made wrapping paper addiction. For Christmas, I carved a Christmas tree stamp to make off white trees on kraft paper. I love making stamps, and one of the easiest and quickest ways to do that is using a wine cork! You can carve all sorts of little shapes (hearts, stars, snowflakes) really quickly with an exacto knife. If you're in a hurry or not too handy with a knife, just take the cork and dip in some paint like I did for my mom!

I stamped light pink acrylic paint on a little piece of kraft paper, tied it up with a double layer of thin twine, slipped in a piece of wheat (or some weed found in my back yard), and tied on a little tag with pink and gold glitter stripes. Piece of cake!

It's just a little extra touch to give a gift some love and make the recipient feel that much more special!

More photos on my Flickr.

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