rubber eraser wrapping paper printing

For the dinosaur-themed birthday presents I mentioned back in the chasmosaurus t-shirt post, we wanted a little dino-themed paper for wrapping.

Among the many craft supplies I had laying about were some Pink Pearl erasers and some accounting-style graph paper from the Goodwill. Combined, they made some Jurass-tastic gift wrap!

I used an X-acto knife to cut one side of the eraser to look like a brachiosaurus . . .

. . . and cut a prehistoric palm tree onto the other.

Then the kiddo and I got out the washable stamp pads and stamped blue dinosaurs and green trees all over the graph paper. I guided his hand a bit to keep a pattern going, but a couple of randomly printed sheets turned out pretty nice too.

I accented with some pens and wrapped up the gifts (a t-shirt, as previously mentioned, and a hat I'll be blogging about soon). I also drew some little tags to go with each gift. One of these days I'll remember to photograph every part of a process; that day is not today.

And there you have it! Some fancy wrapping paper you can whip up for any occasion with stuff you probably already have. 

Thanks for reading!

spoonflower + wallpaper and giftwrap!

Such exciting news from Spoonflower recently! First, they introduced wallpaper. I'm in the process of getting my entire library of designs open for wallpaper orders, so if you like any of the images you see below, pop over and make them yours!

Second, they're rolling out (har-har) wrapping paper in time for the holidays. I'm super excited about this, not least of all because it's automatic. You can head over to my Spoonflower shop RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE and buy yourself a roll of giftwrap in any of my designs.

Third, November 15 is free shipping day . . . worldwide. That's an amazing deal, and it only happens once or twice a year. Caveat: if you live outside the US, November 15 is calculated using Eastern Standard time (US) so you might want to see how that works out where you live; it could be the 14th or the 16th or something where you are . . . not sure how that pans out, exactly. But check for your area.

Now, on with the eye candy. When you click the "wallpaper" tab for each individual design, Spoonflower offers you a view of the paper on a wall behind some furniture, which is pretty handy for getting a sense of scale in your room (if not your own style of furniture).