The Headquarters is moving! Gift Wrap HQ is busy packing things up, categorizing and labelling boxes, luckily these are some our favourite things to do. See you soon.
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TA DAH!
Happy World Party Day from Gift Wrap HQ, Team Victoria and Kitty Farrow Press. We have had so much fun!
More celebrations here and here!
Ta Dah boxes by Kitty Farrow Press available by request, photography by Victoria Siddle of Team Victoria.
Party In A Box.
Kitty Farrow Press for Gift Wrap HQ
As we’ve have mentioned before, Gift Wrap HQ has a rather large collection of supplies, prizes and presents hiding in every nook and cranny of the headquarters. Storing and categorising them can sometimes prove challenging, but luckily we love gifting so we rarely run out of space. Despite this, we still sometimes find ourselves knee deep in party ephemera. It can get to be a bit of a problem sometimes. In honour of World Party Day we’ve decided to address our questionable storage methods (seriously, streamers in the doorways, confetti in the carpet, swizzle sticks in pencil pots!) and have created a very special box to keep some of our most favourite finds in. A Party In A Box, if you will!
Kitty Farrow Press is an expert bookbinder and box maker extraordinaire. Gift Wrap HQ has been lucky enough to work with Kitty Farrow before to create some wonderful and imaginative custom made boxes. Previously, Gift Wrap HQ has commissioned gift boxes of all shapes and sizes. One of our favourites is the Nutty Butter Box, ideal for storing your jars of peanut butter. For this project we asked ourself the two eternal questions, why can’t every day be a party, and why can’t everything have its own special box?
You even get to open the box like a present. Clever stuff.
To get us in the party mood Kitty Farrow has created an exclusive storage box for Gift Wrap HQ. We collected all of our party items and stuffed (more accurately, arranged nicely) them into the box, and boy does it feel like a party!
This would make a great gift. Kitty Farrow can make just about anything fit in a box and the best part is, it’s one of a kind and you won’t find another like it! Please contact Gift Wrap HQ if you are interested in having a special custom made box.
A huge thank you to Kitty Farrow Press and Victoria Siddle of Team Victoria for all the great photography. Watch this space for more box making escapades!
Remember, World Party Day is on April 3rd. Go on, any excuse to have a party!
Bags of Fun for World Party Day 2012.
To celebrate World Party Day, Gift Wrap HQ has gathered together a few easy ideas for you to make an exciting party bag for all your guests to take home! You can’t have a party without party bags, it is essential!
Firstly, you will need to do a good scout around your house to find containers that you can adapt. A personal favourite here at Gift Wrap HQ are variety pack cereal boxes and loo rolls. Both of these are perfect sizes to stuff with just the right amount of party favours. You will also want to gather up any papers, stickers or ribbons to customize, aka disguise, your chosen container. Anything goes! Also, think about how you will label each bag. Everyone loves seeing their name on an exciting package so make sure you have some nice pens or letter stickers to hand. Remember, the motto at Gift Wrap HQ is to make it too pretty to open!
Secondly, and perhaps the most fun, make sure you stock up on lots of lovely favours and tokens to fill your bag with. Gift Wrap HQ likes to make each bag personal so we really try and think about who each bag will be for and fill it accordingly. We have a vast collection of potential gifts, everything from trinkets found on our travels to Pound Shop beauties. It doesn’t have to cost the Earth, it just has to be thoughtful!
Lay out all your favours so you can keep in mind who you are making each bag for, leftovers can always double up as prizes! Make sure you give yourself as much space as possible so you can spread out (Gift Wrap HQ rather likes working on the floor). Don’t worry about making a mess – that’s part of the fun.
OK, thirdly you need to really fill the bag with as much as you can. Really stuff them full. You want your guest to feel appreciated for coming to your party by giving them something to remember it by.
Hey presto! You have just created your very own party bags, with your own unique wrapping. Make sure you display them somewhere nicely for all your guests to see. The anticipation of receiving them adds to the party fever!
All photography by Victoria Siddle of Team Victoria.
Ribbons.
This weekend I have been sorting out the Gift Wrapping Head Quarters.
I was very lucky to receive some new ribbons from India thanks to Rose de Borman! Check out her blog here for lots of inspiration!
Team Victoria.
Victoria Siddle and I have started a photographic inventory. Here a few examples of what we have been working on.
