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Sunday, November 13

Welcome To The 46th Masterpiece Monday!

Frugal Gift Wrapping With A Coastal Flair

Hi Everyone!

I hope you've had a nice weekend.  I've been doing a little Christmas crafting with maps.  As some of you may remember, I hit the mother load of free maps on Freecycle awhile back. I also scored some five sided pieces from an old geography game, from a yard sale. If you don't have any maps, I've seen them sold used, with the used books for sale at my library. Not that I think you live anywhere near my library, but maybe one near you has 'um. They were only 10 cents each! Can you even get ANY thing for 10 cents anymore?
 I made them coastal by using nautical maps for the stars glued to ocean game pieces for the tags.  Tying them up with twine and seashells. Finished off with a sprig of cypress picked from our yard.
   I used different maps of California to wrap the gifts in.
 These would be fun to do using maps from other States or Countries and decorating them in that theme.  The possibility's for customizing them are endless!


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21 comments:

  1. Ramblings of a Southern Girl ~ Rhonda GNovember 13, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    What beautiful and unique wrapping! :)

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  2. Confessions of a Plate AddictNovember 13, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    What a beautiful and original idea for gift wrap, Mary! So pretty...and so thrifty! Happy Sunday!...hugs...Debbie

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  3. Custom ComfortsNovember 13, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    I love your wrapping paper. What a great idea and so original and keeping with where you live. I never seem to have the energy or time to wrap lovely gifts any more, but always enjoy seeing them and I do love yours!
    Cindy

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  4. Erin of Salvaged WhimsyNovember 13, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    Thanks for hosting...I love your wrapping paper ideas.

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  5. Nancy's Daily DishNovember 13, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    These are adorable ideas!

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  6. Jenny @ Simcoe StreetNovember 13, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    The gifts look soo beautiful!! Love the wrapping.
    Thank you for another awesome party :)

    Jenny
    www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com

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  7. Town and Country GalsNovember 13, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Mary,
    I'm loving the map gift wrapping, it's all really lovely! Great idea! Thanks so much for featuring me this week, it was very exciting to see my "turkey"! Love partying with you!
    Rebecca

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  8. n*stitchesNovember 14, 2011 at 3:15 AM

    I love the map gift wrap! Thanks for much for hosting the linky party! i am your newest follower! Please stop by and say hi sometime!

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  9. AnonymousNovember 14, 2011 at 6:05 AM

    Such beautiful, thoughtful gift tags!
    Love that they are coastal!

    Happy Monday-

    Linda
    Sand and Sea

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  10. Penny from Enjoying The Simple ThingsNovember 14, 2011 at 6:27 AM

    Love those packages!! Thanks for hosting this linky party!

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  11. Claudia FabianaNovember 14, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    I love this look for wrapping...so cute.

    Hey, I featured you today on my facebook page:

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ciao-Newport-Beach-Blog/273145579396628?ref=tn_tinyman

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  12. Claudia FabianaNovember 14, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ciao-Newport-Beach-Blog/273145579396628

    Here's the link

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  13. Completely CoastalNovember 14, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Love your gift wrap with the maps and stars!!

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  14. Noble VintageNovember 14, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    thanks so much for hosting! I love the pink maps :) they are such a great medium to work with, aren't they? Our local library has a thrift shop right when you walk in the door, and I am always scouring their map file for fun stuff like this! Fabulous!

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  15. Nancy's Daily DishNovember 14, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    I don't remember seeing all the pics of Hilda on your sidebar before...just one or two. They are so cute and funny! I'm wondering how I missed them if they've always been there!

    Have a great week!

    Nancy

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  16. Daliana PacuraruNovember 14, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    Thank you for hosting! My best regards from Romania!

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  17. Dana @ Cooking At Cafe DNovember 14, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    Those map gift tags are seriously cute!

    Thank you for hosting your party each week. I love posting here.

    You’ve helped to inspire me to start my own Friday FREE-FOR-ALL Linky Party. It’s still open if you want to drop by and help a brand new Linky Party get off the ground.

    It’s at http://www.cookingatcafed.com/2011/11/friday-free-for-all-linky-party.html

    All the best,
    Dana @ Cooking At Cafe D

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  18. Heaven's WalkNovember 14, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    You are such a creative girl, Mary! I just adore this idea! So fresh and unique! :)

    xoxo laurie

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  19. JacquelineNovember 15, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    I LOVE the maps for wrapping paper!!! So cute :)

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  20. Lara HarrisNovember 15, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    Beautiful wrapping!

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  21. Ela @ Scrapidoodlelicious.blogspot.comNovember 16, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    I love it. Great idea. Very creative!

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