Category Archives: Gift & Gift Wrapping
Elegant Thrifty Gift Wrapping
The May Arts Design Team is hitching a ride with Little Yellow Bicycle to bring you a fun and inspirational week of projects. We have several near Christmas birthdays in our friends and family circle so we often give combination presents since they’re all adults. I wanted a wrap that hinted of the Christmas season but also had a bit Read More
Matchbox Advent Calendar
Advent’s coming. Time for waiting. Whether your countdown is awaiting the Christian holiday, or just to keep the kids from asking if tomorrow they can open gifts, an advent calendar can add a lot of fun to the waiting period! My favorite one was made of felt; it had a big tree on the top section with gold cord strung Read More
Wearable Ribbon Flowers
Good morning! This is Chrissy and I have a great and super simple project for you. We all know how much we love our May Arts ribbon and how we wish we could take it everywhere. I have a couple ideas for you that you can take where ever you go. The leopard print ribbon is a brooch and the Read More
Make 3D Layered Embellishments with Ribbon & Paper
Hey all! DeeDee here today, with some super cute layered embellishments using paper, diecuts and ribbon! Aren't they just cute? Basically I've just die cut, punched and trimmed shapes of paper. Some I've distressed and some I haven't. Then I just played with layering some of the bits n pieces on top of each other. I ended up cutting Read More
Fall Themed Gift Wrap
I’ll be honest: sometimes, I buy presents just so I can wrap them. Today I bought a book for my friend really because I wanted to try out this project, a pumpkin bouquet bow. It’s a cute autumn-inspired twist on a traditional bow, and super easy to make. To start, cut a piece of May Art’s crochet ribbon the length Read More
