pet portrait gift and eco wrapping

i painted my friends beloved cat santucci for a bridal shower gift. she is a photographer (melissahassey.com) and so i got the photo of their cat off of her website.

i will soon be listing pet portraits in my etsy shop. i am trying to figure out all the the details at the moment (shipping, wait time, cost, etc...) if you're interested and too impatient for a listing, you can drop me an e-mail at brandiadoff(at)gmail(dot)com.

i couldn't figure out how to wrap it so that it would be obviously fragile (it was a still little wet, oops, i didn't start it soon enough). the tissue paper wasn't big enough so i wrapped it in a table runner from my store and some ribbon and voila... a perfect gift wrap, which in itself is also a gift.

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recycled wrapping paper and card

do you have any paper bags laying around that are headed for the trash? well put them to use when wrapping gifts for the holidays.
start with a paper bag:

cut off the bottom and down a side to make a sheet of paper. wrap up the present.

add some ribbon. this was leftover from a present i received previously.

you can use some scrap fabric to make a cute card to go with it. either hand embroider or stitch on words for the occasion.

pin to paper then use sewing machine or hand stitch onto paper or card stock. this is a set of paper that made from left over maps.


the end product looked a little wonky, so i added a button from my stash that belonged to my grandma.


and the finished product