Friday, December 20, 2013

Christmas Bows and Gift Wrappings

 
A Christmas decoration is any of several types of decorations used at Christmas time. The traditional colours of Christmas are pine green (evergreen), snow white, and heart red. Blue and white are often used to represent winter, or sometimes Hanukkah, which occurs around the same time. Gold and silver are also very common, as are just about any other metallic colour. Typical images on Christmas decorations include Baby Jesus, Father Christmas or Santa Claus, and the star of Bethlehem. Typical winter icons include snowflakes, snowmen, icicles, and even penguins and polar bears.(source:wikipedia-christmas decoration)
 
Bow is An ornamental knot made of ribbon. You can use bow as a decoration on top of your Christmas gift or any gifts. Here are some beautiful Christmas bows that I made it is perfect for this upcoming Christmas, you can use it in different ways.

Christmas Bows 

 
    Gift wrapping refers to the act of enclosing a gift in some sort of material. Wrapping paper is a
\kind of paper designed for gift wrapping. Gifts may also be wrapped in a box. They may be held closed with ribbon and topped with a decorative bow (an ornamental knot made of ribbon).

History

The use of wrapping paper is first documented in ancient China, where paper was invented in 2nd century BC.[1] In the Southern Song dynasty, monetary gifts were wrapped with paper, forming an envelope known as a chih pao. The wrapped gifts were distributed by the Chinese court to government officials.[2] In the Chinese text Thien Kung Khai Wu, Sung Ying-Hsing states that the coarsest wrapping paper is manufactured with rice straws and bamboo fiber.[2]
Although the Hall brothers Rollie and Joyce Hall, founders of Hallmark Cards, did not invent gift wrapping, their innovations led to the development of modern gift wrapping. They helped to popularize the idea of decorative gift wrapping in the 20th century, and according to Joyce Hall, "the decorative gift-wrapping business was born the day Rollie placed those French envelope linings on top of that showcase."(Wikipedia-gift wrapping).

Here's some pictures how to use a bow and how to decorate your gifts for different kinds of occasions

Gift Wrappings


 
You can even stick a bow on a paper bags to make it look nicer like it shown below.
 
  
Use it for birthdays, weddings, baby showers etc. or any occasions that you can think of that you need a present to wrap up.
 
 
 
The gift wrapping below and the bow is one of my unique creations coz its made of recycled papers. I cut some papers from the magazine and stick them together enough to wrap the whole present as you can see there's some writing on it, and I cut some colored ones that you can find inside the magazine to make a beautiful bow. This is how it turned out.
 
 
To those who can't afford to buy a nice wrapping papers this is a good idea to use recycled papers, besides saving a lot of money its also environmental friendly.
 
 
We decided not to get each others present this year just to save some money but look what happen, We always break the rules and end up getting more that it even spread out to the side coz there's no more space under the tree. I said to my husband you don't need to get me anything this Christmas and I whisper to myself (but I'm expecting something lol).Somebody might be good this year coz I checked all the tags and it says from SANTA. Hmm Santa your so good thank you.
 
Christmas Wreath Chocolate Cupcakes
 
 Chocolate cake is a cake flavored with melted chocolate or cocoa powder.
Chocolate i/ˈɒk(ə)lət/ is a processed, typically sweetened food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC. The majority of the Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Mayans and the Aztecs,[1] who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl [ʃoˈkolaːt͡ɬ], a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water". The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to develop the flavor.
After fermentation, the beans are dried, then cleaned, and then roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. The nibs are then ground to cocoa mass, pure chocolate in rough form. Because this cocoa mass usually is liquefied then molded with or without other ingredients, it is called chocolate liquor. The liquor also may be processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Unsweetened baking chocolate (bitter chocolate) contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter or other fat, and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids.
Cocoa solids contain alkaloids such as theobromine, phenethylamine and caffeine.[2] These have physiological effects on the body and are linked to serotonin levels in the brain. Some research has found that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure.[3] The presence of theobromine renders chocolate toxic to some animals,[4] especially dogs and cats. (wikipedia-chocolate)

 
I just wanna share this beautiful Christmas wreath cupcakes that I made the other day for my husband's Christmas party. It's made of chocolate cake with melted chocolate in the center that when you take a bite you can perceive the chocolate bits in it yummy. Everybody said its too pretty to eat and they couldn't resist to take some home, I'm glad that they love them and my hard work is paid off to hear such a nice compliment and be appreciated.
 
Speaking of wreath here's my handmade wreath wall decoration

 
You can use either round styro foam that you can buy in the store or improvise your own like cardboard ,paper, twigs etc. and form it into a circle then stick different colors of bows around it and put your favorite ornaments in the center. I put Santa on mine I think its cute and hang it on the wall. Simple yet pretty.
 
 
WISH YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
 
 
 
 
 
 

29 comments:

  1. Super love your bows creation and gift wrapping technique:) Great tips! Merry Christmas:)

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  2. That's a lot of beautiful Christmas bows. And I so love the cupcakes..:-)

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  3. Pretty Christmas bows sis and the wreath cupcakes look so yummy. You are so talented sis :)

    Mommy Maye
    www.momaye.com

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  4. You have such a unique talent. I am into crafting too but not like the pretty details of your ribbons. You should make it a business sis. :-)

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  5. I did, I sell them in a craft show and to my friends here.some I just give them as a gift.thanks for the visit.merry x-mas.

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  6. They are soo soo pretty! Merry christmas, dear!

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    1. Merry Christmas to you too marie and your family.

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  7. Fascinating subject and beautiful wrapping does make a huge difference in gift giving. Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!
    Elizabeth

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  8. Thank You and Happy New Year to you too Eliz.

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  9. I love the bows that you made! Oh and the Christmas cupcakes look so festive. Happy New Year!

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  10. Me too, I love bows. It makes everything look so elegant, even with a simple wraping.

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  11. I love your bow creations! They're so unique and festive.

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  12. Andaming gifts! I find gift wrapping therapeutical but we just put in recyclable paper bags the gifts we gave our last year. Happy 2014!

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    1. I can't resist but to comment on this post again :)
      I like the look of the recycled paper and the multi-colored bow. Ang ganda! And it certainly has a character. Mukang expensive!

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  13. This year I want to learn how to make bows. I have to order online the ribbons first..:-)

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  14. The bows creation is very unique and beautiful. Love all your creations Dai:)

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  15. Such pretty bows. They really are a nice way to pretty up packages specially when recycling paper as wrappers :) Thanks for sharing!

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  16. Cute! I actually just gift wrapped my presents the traditional way. I really didn't have much time. Haha.

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  17. I would love to receive gifts wrapped beautifully! Hope you enjoyed your holidays!

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  18. Really lovely bows... you really know how to wrap really lovely presents.

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  19. I am a bows person. I love putting ribbons on anything.

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  20. Those Christmas wreath cupcakes look so superb! Yes, they're too cute to eat! :-)

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  21. They are beautiful bows, sis! That's something I really want to learn... a friend even gifted me with a book for that. But you know... :D

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  22. The bows are very nice. I do love gift wrapping especially during the holiday season.

    Allan (www.chemistdad.com)

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  23. how i wish i seen your post last December so i could apply it when i was wrapping gifts

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  24. Soon it will be Christmas! We are half way the year already and so is June. Whew! I'll bookmark this na :)

    Mommy Maye
    www.ourfamilyblogsabout.info

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