For the diehard OG readers of this ancient artifact of mine, I present to you — the 2024 Christmas Wrapping Scheme! I'm only two years away from my 20th anniversary of challenging myself to creatively wrap gifts along a color scheme or theme, and I can wholeheartedly say it always brings me great joy to see it all come together. This year felt like a race to the finish line, between a condensed and busy holiday season and life with a 2.5-year-old who wants to fight about everything. But I got it done and it's a beaut.
Inspired by finally taking my dream trip to Paris, I decided to pay homage to the city's beautiful green gardens, mint accents, dusty pinks and bold reds, with touches of gold. Picture Laduree boxes and elegant women with red lipstick. The red bow, red-and-pink stripe, and funky boomerang-shape papers are all from Target. The muted pink and green stripe is from Have You Seen the Paper on Etsy.
Although I still shop around a bit in standbys like Target and TJ Maxx, I am loving the wide breadth of wrap available from makers on Etsy, and it makes me glad to support their businesses. I bought two beautiful watercolor print papers from A Thing Created, including this one of the gardens of France.
And this one of Jardin du Luxembourg, complete with the iconic green chairs.
I picked up this rose velvet ribbon trimmed in gold and the marble design tags at Boxwood in Alexandria.
The tags are by Rebecca Woolbright and gave the gifts that extra special pop!
Eagle-eyed readers will recall I actually did a pink and green scheme in 2018, and was able to reuse some materials from that theme. Now I have to start dreaming about 2025!
See the whole retrospective of wrapping schemes here:
- Old World Glamour in 2023
- Regency in 2022
- Interstellar in 2021
- Blue and White in 2020
- Rainbow in 2019
- Pink and Green in 2018
- Woodland in 2017
- Blue and Orange in 2016
- Plaid in 2015
- Icy purples and blues in 2014
- Celestial in 2013
- Green and Gold in 2012
- Silver and Gold in 2011
- Blue and Gold in 2010
- The first four years: pink and black; pink and gold; red, white and turquoise; red and purple