Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE GIFT GIVING….just love it.  Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year and gift giving is one of the best things about it.  David and I have over 25 friends and family members on our list and we try to come up with something special for each person.  We create a spreadsheet and budget in September and slowly over the next 3 months keep our eyes open for good ideas.  By the time Black Friday hits the whole spreadsheet is filled out and we’re ready to attack. 

Every gift gets a ribbon and a bow…no exceptions!  I know wrapping is not for everyone but it’s for me, I also love dressing my packages.  There is just something about Christmas music, wrapping paper, fancy ribbons, gift tags and Scotch tab that holds a place in my heart.  I miss Christmas already 😉

I thought it would be fun to show what gifts I purchased and how I dressed them, enjoy! 

P.S. Maybe next year I’ll get fancy and use a backdrop but until then you’ll just have to enjoy my non-vacuumed carpet 😉

“She’s making a list, and checking it twice”

Each year my girlfriends and I do Pollyanna but we have a twist, you get a gift for your Pollyanna and a $5 gift for each girl.  We have so much fun, it’s kind of like Oprah’s favorite things but on a $5 budget.  I got each girl these air diffusers from Bath & Body Works, one of my Black Friday deals 😉 I got my Pollyanna a few things but she really wanted a shake weight…yup she asked for it so I had to deliver. Good times!

Next are gifts for my Mom and Dad.  I also got them a sweet Kodak camera but forgot to photograph it before I wrapped it.  The best feature of the camera is that you can tag the images for Kodak Gallery or Facebook and when you plug the camera into the computer it automatically uploads to either site.  I paired the camera with gift cards, a coffee gift pack for Mom and a tea gift pack for Pop.

 

Vickie Bags!!!  I got an incredible deal on Black Friday and these bags made great gifts for my Pollyanna, sister and cousin.  I thought the bag was fabulous enough so I just added a gift tag. 

 

We made gift card towers for Dave’s Mom and Dad and this is definitely in the running for top gift.  We got a bunch of gift boxes and filled them with gift cards from their favorite restaurants, stores and some lottery tickets.  I had a lot of fun wrapping these towers!

 

Coolest Aunt Ever Alert!  My nieces are 17 and 13 and so easy and enjoyable to buy for.    They really love the gifts and I don’t know what it is but I love spoiling them as much as I can 😉  My sister and I got my niece Lindsey (13) an iPod for Christmas.  She loved it!  Ashley (17) wanted hair care and a pea coat. 

 

Aunt Tiff isn’t always a cool gift giver, you get a lot of years of cloths before you get an iPod. 😉 They get so many toys from other family and I love buying kids cloths so until they’re 10ish, they get cute cloths. Mikey and Matt are 4 and 2 and are all things boys.   They put the Woody and Buzz t-shirts on as soon as they opened them, it was cute.

My first year shopping for Sophia 😉  and there is no shortage of adorable little girl clothing at Target.

You know Appletini had to give some gifts this year!  I printed my favorite pictures of my nieces and nephews and gave them to my parents, sisters and brother as gifts.  My two best customers got those adorable photo clutch.

This is my best value gift.  Trader Joe’s wine bottle six pack bags for $0.99, + wine = totally awesome gift.  Dave and I have a few couples on our list and this made the perfect gift.  Bag of cheer was a hit!