...uuhhhmmm.....now how the heck are we gonna wrap it????

YIKES !!! Happy Wednesday before Christmas Blogland Neighbor-hood !!! Well here's the latest (trivial) dilemma ..... as noted in our previous post, the MBIAJ Sewing Dept has actually completed the wool felt candle mat so they have now handed it off the MBIAJ Wrapping Dept to wrap .......hmmmmmmmmm......they didn't want to fold it and there were no boxes the right size.....what to do , what to do .....



....after rummaging around in the VERY disorganized, VERY UN-Martha-like BIG MESS of a closet where wrapping stuff is all mixed in with school supplies, a lone piece of poster board was found !!!! So, that MBIAJ Wrapping Dept proceeded to fold it in half.....


....then measured the candle mat in question and cut the folded poster board so it was an inch or two wider than the candle mat ....



....next they marked dots evenly along the left and right sides and used a paper punch to punch holes on the marked dots through both thicknesses....



...further rummaging in that messy closet produced some pretty red and gold plaid ribbon , so they knotted the end and "sewed" through the holes on either side, ending in a bow at the top, making it a sort of ......


....big poster board pouch or pocket ...




.....also found while rummaging was some red wrapping paper with gold stars .... so 3 stars of various sizes were cut out and stuck on the front with double sided tape (since who knows where the heck the glue might be ....)



.......so, into the big poster board Christmas pocket went the candle mat, leaving one gift wrapped, and a whole lot more to go ......

....and there's Santa Kitty AGAIN tapping her foot and pointing to her watch (tick tock ....). If she doesn't knock it off, I'm thinking she could easily be stuffed up the chimney by the Grinch !!!

Be back soon !!!!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)