Gift Wrapping Philosophy and Birthday Bear

As you might guess from the name of my blog, I love gift wrapping. My friend Trish had a birthday a couple days ago, so I got to wrap her gift. It's tough times for us gift wrappers, what with gift cards and gift bags. It's actually kind of rare for people to receive a gift in a gift box anymore, but I do my best to carry on the tradition. Many have asked me why I would go to so much trouble and expense. Well, besides the fact that I love to do it, I consider it part of the gift!  I must say that I DO appreciate those who are gentle about removing the bow and want to keep it and re-use it. To see pretty gift wrapping and bows go in the trash is a bit painful for me.

Now on to the gift. Trish loves Teddy Bears, so I found a cute Teddy Bear image and turned it into an applique.

I added the wavy border to finish off the dishtowels. Pretty cute, I think. She liked them too.  My big mistake was to wrap them in my old ipad box. I forgot to tell her it wasn't an ipad before she unwrapped it, so, cute as they are, they aren't much of a substitute for trendy electronics!