{"id":252,"date":"2010-11-15T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2019-06-24T13:11:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:11:28","slug":"christmas-crafts-from-nashville-wraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/15\/christmas-crafts-from-nashville-wraps","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Crafts from Nashville Wraps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pennie.jpg\" alt=\"Packaging designer Pennie\" class=\"wp-image-1958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pennie.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pennie-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pennie-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pennie-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 align=\"left\"><strong>A Christmas Treat from Nashville Wraps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\">You already know how beautiful your gift packaging becomes when you use Nashville Wraps\u2019 products, but did you ever think about using our gift wrap, ribbons and other items in your craft projects? Some of our talented Wraps employees have been sharing their ideas with us and I want to pass them on for you to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Below you will find instructions for Pennie Street\u2019s adorable Advent calendar and pinwheel ornaments. Pennie is one of the creators of our exclusive packaging designs. You will find step-by-step instructions and PDF files that you can download and print. Pennie has even included templates for the pinwheel and little tags for the tree. Way to go Pennie!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/joanna.jpg\" alt=\"Advent Calendar and Pinwheel Crafts\" width=\"149\" height=\"205\" align=\"left\">Joanna Sloan from our Customer Care Department made the most unique wreath using gift wrap, of all things! We have pictures and instructions for this fun project too.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Let\u2019s start with Pennie\u2019s tree.<\/strong> For detailed instructions and supplies, download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/AdventInstructions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">instructions PDF<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/NumberTags.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">labels pdf<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/AdventCalendarBoxLayout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assembly diagram PDF<\/a> here. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/PennieTree.wmv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> for pictorial instructions.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/GiftWrapWreath.jpg\" alt=\"Advent Calendar and Pinwheel Crafts\" width=\"149\" height=\"185\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\"><strong>For Joanna\u2019s wreath<\/strong> you will need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/gift-wrap\/gift-wrap-paper\/mc-6\">Christmas gift wrap<\/a> swatches of contrasting colors, a foam wreath base (you choice of size) and a hot glue gun. Joanna cut her swatches 6&#8243; x 9&#8243;. Put two swatches back to back and then make a \u201cpoof\u201d by pinching the middle together (it will resemble a cone), now glue this point to the foam wreath base. Continue folding and gluing until the base is covered. You could add a bow if you want \u2013 we thought it was great without one!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Making the Pinwheel Ornaments<\/strong> is easy! You will find all the instructions and even pattern templates in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Pinwheels-HowTo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pinwheels.jpg\" alt=\"Advent Calendar and Pinwheel Crafts\" width=\"432\" height=\"149\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We hope you enjoy these projects and have a wonderful Christmas!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you have created something crafty from our products, please send me your ideas and you might find yourself featured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\">Nashville Wraps<\/a> blog! Email your ideas to <a href=\"mailto:kathyg@nashvillewraps.com\">kathyg@nashvillewraps.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christmas Treat from Nashville Wraps You already know how beautiful your gift packaging becomes when you use Nashville Wraps\u2019 products, but did you ever think about using our gift wrap, ribbons and other items in your craft projects? Some of our talented Wraps employees have been sharing their ideas with us and I want&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/15\/christmas-crafts-from-nashville-wraps\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[179,178],"class_list":{"0":"post-252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-how-tos","8":"tag-christmas-crafts","9":"tag-how-to-make-a-pinwheel","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26941,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/26941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashvillewraps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}