Its all about Hermes....

I love a cheeky blog on a Friday, so I'm going to share with you a fabulous job that took place in April of this year! My favourite job to date....

The quality of the paper and ribbon made this job a dream....

The quality of the paper and ribbon made this job a dream....

I was asked to wrap 200 perfumes (100 of the women's fragrance and 100 of the men's). In preparation I asked for the size of the boxes and worked out the paper size needed to wrap each perfume.

Always a good tip to save time on a job. Cutting the paper can be very time consuming!

Stage one and two of wrapping!

Stage one and two of wrapping!

The first batch wrapped and ready for their ribbon!

The first batch wrapped and ready for their ribbon!

The freak in me loves the look of perfect folds on  perfectly wrapped gifts!

Burnt orange paper & the dark brown ribbon compliment each other so well!

Burnt orange paper & the dark brown ribbon compliment each other so well!

Hermes have a particular way of tying their ribbons - after a quick tutorial I was ready to roll!

Packed and ready to transport...

Packed and ready to transport...

Once the perfumes were wrapped and tied with ribbon I slipped in Hermes branded note cards!

That's a wrap!

That's a wrap!

I don't think many words are needed for this blog....the pictures say it all...ENJOY! x

Parisian Style

Every time I go on holiday I tend to bring something back, something for the home. My new 'thing' is to search for anything I can use to wrap a gift with. My recent trip to Paris was no different......

I want to share some wrapping ideas with you using some fab purchases from the city of elegance!

Wrapping Paper

The best word to describe this paper is padded. Its good quality, thick and brilliant to work with. It doesn't crease in the places you don't want it to and just wrapping with this alone makes the gift look extra special. This was tucked away in shop called Drugstore along the Champs El ysees.

Feathers

Feathers always make a gift more impressive - the one I have used here was from our wedding which I sprayed along the tip with gold sparkly paint. I bought these from CelloExpress

Lace

This dainty lace was my favourite purchase! You can get this and a wide range of haberdashery items here at Mercerie Moline. I also purchased the buttons below from the same shop.

Buttons

Buttons are not only used in textiles but are lovely accessories to add to a wrapped gift. I fell in love with these and they complimented the lace- I am still not sure what I will use these for yet!

Tags

Never seen a tag like this  -  purchased from a high end stationary shop called Melodies Graphiques. Was my favourite shop of the trip. On-line this place has amazing reviews. I could have been in there for hours studying the hand calligraphed postcards, the 25 EUROS a sheet handmade wrapping paper (even I couldn't justify that) and the stamps and cute stationary on display. I don't think I will be using this gift tag - it's to beautiful to write on!