The following is a guest post from regular contributor, Yuni at Love Your Abode.
This year with the holidays right around the corner, I decided to stay organized with all of my gift wrapping and Christmas card supplies. One tip I tried this year was to wrap presents as they came in instead of waiting till the night before Christmas. This way, the gifts look beautiful under the tree and I can spend quality time with my family on Christmas eve. I know the holidays can be stressful but I’ve noticed that a lot of that stress is pressure we put on ourselves. I’m all about minimizing stress and focusing on the important things this season. If decorating stresses you out, keep it minimal! If sending out cards is stressful but you still want to do it, send it via social media or email! If buying gifts is overwhelming, focus more on spending quality time doing a shared activity together with your loved ones.
Organized Gift Wrap Station
I love sending out cards every year and I noticed one way to make it easier is to create a little station so that everything is in one area. As much as I love decorating for Christmas, gift wrapping is not really my jam. Most of my wrapping paper is stored in a long, flat plastic container that slides under the bed. This year, I decided to keep some out for easy access. I took a basket from another room and placed all the wrapping paper in there. It’s actually pretty to look at too!
I took my cutlery basket and repurposed it to hold all of my wrapping and card supplies. The slots create nice dividers to hold my yarn, scissors, cards, envelopes, address stamp, tape, and markers. It’s easy to carry and everything is one place. After the holidays, it will go back to it’s original purpose.
You could even put everything in a box and use containers to hold items like scissors, markers, etc. Those containers were old oatmeal containers. I hot glued some pretty scrapbook paper and now they’re pretty and functional.
These now rest on my console table in my dining room turned into office. I usually just sit on the floor and wrap gifts as they come in one by one. I’m actually enjoying it this year since I’m not running around looking for supplies. I also love that the cards are in one place. I can carry it anywhere to write them and have them ready to mail out.
I also kept it very simple and decided to go with neutral and simple wrapping. You can’t beat brown packaging paper from the dollar store, yarn, and boxwood clippings from the yard. I wrote the names of the recipients too so I didn’t have to add any labels or tags. Again, simple and still visually appealing.
Here’s a little image from my Christmas home tour last week. What are some simple organizing tips you like to use during the holidays to make your life easier?
Yuni is married to her high school sweetheart and is a stay at home mom to three precious miracles. She is passionate about Jesus and loves creating a home with purpose. You can find her at Love Your Abode where she shares her love for DIY, organizing, cooking, and interior design. She loves gathering, feeding, and celebrating people.
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Seana Turner says
Love the simple brown paper wrapping with the names written on. So homey and classy all at the same time. Having a wrapping station set up at the holidays is definitely worth the effort!
yuni min says
Thank you so much, Seana! You’re right, it’s definitely helped me so much this year. I don’t know why I never did it before!
Whitney @ Come Home For Comfort says
Love it! I can’t successfully gift wrap without first setting up my station. My house doesn’t have a spot where I can leave everything out all month, but I have a bin that organizes all my supplies. I pull it out on the kitchen table, set up my station and get to wrapping!
Whitney @ Come Home For Comfort
yuni min says
Thank you, Whitney! That’s awesome you already have an organized bin for all your supplies!
Carolyn says
When we built our home, I pre-planned a wrapping center into my large kitchen island, one of the best things I did….since then, we added a kitchen to our basement…planned with the wrapping center in mind….now, the original wrapping center has a new home in my downstairs….everything at the ready….love it!
Laura Wittmann says
That sounds amazing! I would love to see a picture of it!!!
yuni min says
Yes, I would love to see this too!!!