I Get By With a Little Help from Martha Stewart
Before we get started, I just want you to know there is a Martha Stewart giveaway happening at the end of this post.
But, as usual, I need to tell a story/make fun of myself first.
I’ve written about it before, but I’ll say it again: I am not crafty. I look at some of you awesome crafty mamas and it seriously humbles me.
On the surface I like the idea of being crafty but when it comes down to it, I just don’t have the patience for it.
Also? It’s safe to say I get almost zero satisfaction out of making DIY pom pom beanies, macraméd teething rings, felt sensory boards and all that other stuff I see flying around Pinterest.
Martha Stewart (not the actual person – don’t I wish – but the company) reached out to me to see if I’d be interested in trying out some of their holiday gift wrap and packaging.
And I was all, “Umm…. Totally! I’ll do something about creative ways to wrap your Christmas presents. It will be awesome!”
And that my friends, was a bold-faced lie (oh, and just wait until the end of the story where I tell you about how I missed their posting deadline, too).
Because I do not have gift wrapping skills and I’m not really creative in that department.
And when I say “I’m not really creative in that department”, I mean — a Kindergartner probably has better cutting and taping skills than I do. And believe me: I know this because I live with one.
But I had really good intentions because I had so much confidence in Martha’s products and I knew, I just knew, that if I tried hard enough, my presents would turn out like this:
“Candy cane ribbon” seems like a simple concept and all, but in hindsight, I can see that I was overreaching just a tad.
Because this is what ended up happening:
To be fair, is there a “right” way to wrap a Dream Light Pillow Pet? Don’t answer that, Martha.
Also, I seem to have miscalculated how much paper it would take to cover a Barbie.
She isn’t as petite as she seems, folks.
Although, I totally owned the gift bag portion of the challenge (and don’t you dare try to tell me that’s the easy part – this is my fantasy/blog over here, kay?).
Gift bags for the WIN:
I will say that these presents turned out, oh, about a billion times better than last year’s efforts and I have to credit Martha with my…. errrr…success? Ok, let’s just call it “less of a craft fail.”
I usually buy my wrapping paper from the dollar bins at Target and if you haven’t had the privilege of using such a fine product, just imagine wrapping your holiday gifts with a roll of single ply toilet paper. Yeah.
So, maybe this year’s gift wrap extravaganza didn’t go off exactly how I’d planned. Oh well, there’s always next year. Because look what I spotted on the Martha Stewart website…..
And yes, I am a glutton for punishment.
And here comes the Martha Stewart/Avery Product giveaway! Aren’t you glad you hung in there until the end?
I have some good news and bad news, but the good news far outweighs the bad. I didn’t get this post up in time to do a giveaway for the Martha Stewart/Avery holiday goods like I was supposed to. (Bad blogger, bad, bad blogger.)
PS: If you want to pick up a couple rolls of that super cute gift wrap and tags, you can get a 40% coupon here — good for one Martha Stewart/Avery Product from the line.
BUT…. The Martha Stewart peeps are so awesome that they agreed to send one lucky reader a surprise box of goodies. I don’t know what exactly will be inside of the package, but I’m guessing it will have all kinds of crafty/organizy/papery stuff.
And in a way, that’s even more awesome than the original plan.
If you want to enter the Martha Stewart giveaway, just leave a comment below. I’ll keep the giveaway running until midnight, Dec. 24th, 2012, when Santa is scheduled to make his way to my neck of the woods.
Again, just leave a comment below to enter. One winner will be selected using random.org. US entries only please.
Good luck and happy holidays!
I think it goes without saying, but Martha Stewart provided me with free product to conduct this review and giveaway. Oh, and these are also my own words. I mean, OBV.
