Gift Wrap Galore!

Here is just a sampling of some of the packages I have wrapped for Christmas. I have an unhealthy fetish with paper and ribbon. I love making bows. Bows are a cinch to make with the E-Z Bow Maker. The bow maker comes with easy to understand instructions so anyone can make beautiful bows. The reason the bow maker works so well is because it holds down the center of the ribbon while you twist the ribbon. You really need three hands to make a pretty bow and the E-Z bow maker provides the third hand.

One of my most favorite shortcuts to Christmas is the Christmas chocolate chip cookies I give to friends from Nam-Bits. The cookies are fabulous and are packaged in jars with the ribbon and personalized label attached. They are a holiday tradition and my friends say that they look forward to receiving their cookies all year long.

Now that my presents are wrapped, I am on to cooking. I hope you all have a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

About Leslie Hendrix Wood

Leslie Hendrix Wood is the founding editor of the luxury lifestyle and design blog, Hadley Court and an interior decorator with Chancellor Interiors in Midland, Texas.

Leslie received her undergraduate degree in business. She worked briefly in banking and returned to school to earn her MBA.

Upon graduation, she moved to Washington D.C. to work on a Presidential campaign and received a Presidential appointment to a position in International Trade.

At the end of the administration, Leslie returned to her hometown and joined the family oil and gas business, although her first passion has always been, after raising her children with her husband, business and interior design.

When she saw her children were closer to leaving home, she decided to start the blog, Hadley Court. in 2012, which won the Design Bloggers Conference Hall of Fame award for Best New Design Blog in 2013 - a prestigious honor granted by her peers.

In 2014, she is, in addition to blogging, beginning to build the family friendly luxury lifestyle brand: HADLEY COURT, based on her values of Gracious Living, Timeless Design and Family Traditions.