How to Make Mother's Day even more Special
S/S '23
Call us shallow (you wouldn’t be the first) but we’re as interested in the ribbons and furbelows as the gift inside. Get ready to perfect your wrapping game, just in time for Mother’s Day.
S/S '23
The Basics
We love us some crisp tissue. Choose strong colours and use a couple of layers, otherwise it’s a little translucent and you might give away the surprise. Wrapping boxes and books and nice even rectangle shapes is easiest but don’t put everything into a nice, tidy container. It’s good to have something squashy, uneven and intriguing. If you can bear the fiddling, double sided tape will give you a crisper finish. You could also use contrasting washi tape for a more modern look.
The Ribbons
Double layer your ribbon for maximum effect. We used a wider grosgrain ribbon (which I’ve always called Petersham but apparently Petersham has a scalloped edge and can be shaped with an iron and is very useful to milliners, and possibly less useful to those wrapping presents) as the base ribbon. We topped this with recycled satin in a contrasting colour. All tied up with a bow.
The Trims
Welcome to our very happy world of Victorian decoupage. We have the perfect foil paper trims (foiled, embossed and diecut using original moulds from the 19th century) and coloured vintage illustrations to accessorise your gifts. Sheets of alphabets in gold or silver or floral designs will spell out your giftee’s name. Sheets of various roses, butterflies, flowers baskets (or dogs, for the canine loving mums) can be added as random, or orderly, decoration. We had a kaleidoscope (the collective noun, apparently) of butterflies, alighting on the present. These sheets aren’t sticky backed (it’s not Blue Peter) so you will have to glue them to the parcel. A gold foiled ‘Mother’ makes a charming gift tag but there are also packs of pretty tags if you want something more purposeful.
THE GIVEAWAY
Do you think your mum is the best? We’re giving away a little bundle of Mother’s Day treats to the very best mother. Just message us on Instagram (@thehambledon) with a little explanation of the wonder of your mum. It can be funny, heartfelt, silly or touching. We’ll post our favourites on Insta and we’ll pick the worthiest winner in time for the big day. Brownie points for tagging your favourite woman in the world. Word of warning, we will mark down anyone using the word ‘mamma’.
Do you think your mum is the best? We’re giving away a little bundle of Mother’s Day treats to the very best mother. Just message us on Instagram (@thehambledon) with a little explanation of the wonder of your mum. It can be funny, heartfelt, silly or touching. We’ll post our favourites on Insta and we’ll pick the worthiest winner in time for the big day. Brownie points for tagging your favourite woman in the world. Word of warning, we will mark down anyone using the word ‘mamma’.
Needing more guidance? If you’ve got the sellotape and the tissue at the ready, we’ve put together a gift guide for Mother’s Day so you have the perfect present to wrap.
