Reusable Christmas Gift Wrap Kick-off (complete with free fabric!)

Ahem.  AHEM.  I have an announcement to make.  :)  This week here on Notes From A Very Red Kitchen we'll be having...

Reusable Christmas Gift Wrap Week

A whole week's worth of reusable Christmas gift wrap tutorials brought to you by my lovely sponsor, Holly of Cherry Lane Textiles.

Here's how it's gonna go:

A while back Holly sent me this awesome fat quarter pack of some of the wonderful Christmas prints from her shop:

Then I worked my little patootie off over Thanksgiving break to get all of our gifts wrapped.  And now I'm ready to show you how!  I've got 8 (oooh 8!) different reusable gift wrap tutorials to share with you, so starting a little later today, I'll be sharing at least one tutorial each day this week until we get through all eight!  (And, I must confess, I've still got one more gift to wrap and one more fat quarter to use, so hopefully I'll have that one figured out by the end of the week and I'll be able to share that one with you too.)

But hang on.  What's with the reusable gift wrap?  Why not just go buy some wrapping paper at the dollar store?  (Uhh... cuz that's what we usually do.)  Well, besides the fact that these Christmas prints are super charming, I've compiled a quick list of all the reasons I love this reusable gift wrap:

• It's eco friendly (hello, it's reusable!)
• You can buy the fabric and make the wrapping once... and then not have to worry about it next year!
• It's easier for little ones to open on their own, but can be tied up easily so little ones won't rip into the presents until you're ready
• It gives your gifts an extra special feel
• And finally (my favorite reason), you can open up wrapped gifts and re-wrap them as many times as you want... and nobody will ever know!

I can't even tell you how many times I've finished a gift, gotten it all wrapped up, and then realized I forgot to add something.  Using reusable gift wrap has saved me so many times already this year!  And especially since we're traveling for Christmas this year and since we're cheap we've decided to only take carry-on luggage, I'm so excited to be able to unwrap and re-wrap Christmas gifts as many times as I need to in order to make everything fit.  :)  Goodbye gifts getting stuffed into suitcases and coming out looking crumpled and lame with corners poking through the wrapping.  Hello looking so put together even though I've forgotten to add things to everybody's presents at least once already.

So.  How would you like to win a fat quarter pack of Christmas prints from Cherry Lane Textiles for your very own?  Say, a fat quarter each of these seven prints?

Ahh, I thought you might say that.  :)  So I'm going to make it easy for you.


Here's how to enter:

• go visit Cherry Lane Textiles
• come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite print(s)
• be sure to leave your e-mail address in the comments if it's not already linked to your Blogger account

Only one comment per person.  If you need to change or add something to your comment, please delete the first one so that you only have one entry.  

This giveaway is now closed.

And that's it!  This giveaway will close at midnight (mountain time) on Sunday, December 12th.  The winner will be chosen and announced on Monday, December 13th. 

Too impatient?  Want to sew along with me as I post the tutorials?  You can buy a fat quarter pack of Christmas prints from Cherry Lane Textiles HERE in her shop.

Well, I guess all that's left is to get this party officially started.  So...

Reusable Christmas Gift Wrap Week begins... NOW!  :)