Collection? Obsession? You Decide.

Yes, I admit that I AM rather obsessed with this colorful vintage "Yarn Gift Tye" from Hallmark.
I love the bright colors , and I cannot resist them when I find them at thrift stores:

This is a large basket, and there is more yarn in the bottom that you can't even see:

I have lots of colors, but probably not all:

I do, of course, find other brands, as well.
You can see some of them in the basket, but these 'Popcolor" ones come in at second place for me:

It isn't only for gift wrapping you know.
Look here at this beautiful wall hanging I found on Etsy.
I seriously think I should consider attempting to create something like this, because I think it's fabulous:

This pretty lot was for sale on Ebay a while back:

And check out this vintage Hallmark wrapping paper, below!
I love it - wish that it was mine:

All the rest of my photos in this post are from the "The Hallmark Guide To Beautiful Packages" that I showed you in yesterday's post.
I simply must try my hand at making those pom poms, too!

This stupendous display at a Hallmark store (from back in 1969) astounds and delights me!
I wish they still had all of these items available, because I would want to buy them ALL:

These vintage papers are SO gorgeous!

There are a lot of ways to dress up your packages with the "Yarn Gift Tye", as well as everything else Hallmark has/had to offer:

How lovely is this hat box!?

Check out all of these cute packaging ideas:

This pretty lady looks very pleased to be surrounded by all of those beautiful packages.........

.....and I can relate, because, as I have mentioned before, I very much enjoy creating pretty packages, myself!