Looks like the Mayans were wrong

Well, we made it! Still here!!!

I didn't put any real stock in the whole Mayan calendar thing,

but ya just never know. Stranger things have happened.

Today is the new Sparkle and Glitter challenge,

and the theme is

Last Minute Shopping.

I am not a last minute shopper, or a Black Friday shopper, or a day after

Christmas shopper. I do like to shop, but cannot stand the crowds and the

ridiculously rude and inconsiderate turds that fill the stores this time of year,

more than ever. I am not what you'd call a "people person".

All that being said, I do enjoy giving gifts and I do like them to be pretty when

they are received. Being sick for a few days put me behind in my gift wrapping duties,

so I opted to use a lot of gift bags this year to make things go a little faster.

As I said, I do like to shop, and I really love the candles at Bath and Body Works.

I stock up on their candles when they have good sales, and then I find that I have

a bunch of these cute shopping bags left over from my purchases. Usually, I just reuse them as they are for lunches, or to just carry schtuff in. They are very durable and nice little bags.  

I decided to make better use of them this year, and to decorate them for

holiday gift giving.

I used Winter Friends, from Rick St. Dennis

to turn this shopping bag into a gift bag.

Very cute and resourceful, if I do say so myself.

I got to use a embossing folder I received moons ago

from fellow EDT member, Suzi, (thanks, Suzi!) and I coupled that with some

matching snowflake ribbon to finish it off. 

One down, six more to go!

Thanks for dropping in today. I hope you stop by the

RSD Sparkle and Glitter challenge blog to see what the rest of team has been up to. 

Happy Holidaze!!!