We went to a party last weekend with some dear friends, and it included a secret Santa portion to the party. I had to bring two ten dollar items for a woman, and Ralph had to bring two for a guy.
We bought items we both would love to bring back home; Goodwill gift cards from me, and state lottery scratch-offs from him. The dilemma then became how to wrap them, and with the party less than an hour away, I tossed each item in a gift bag, and the last gift card went into a brown box.
I printed tags to designate whether it was a girl or a guy gift, and with a few snips of ribbon, tissue and netting, I was pretty much done.
I have a vintage laundry basket on wheels in my craft room that holds all of my snippets of ribbon from past projects. I also keep a basket of Walmart ornaments, (They work great for lots of party themes, and most of them are only a dollar or two!) along with dollar store mittens in every color, ("coz they're a dollar!) just for decorating packages and baskets. I added an ornament and a sprig of fake greenery to the boxed gift, and a pair of dollar store mittens to the girl's gift bag.
Done, and done, all within fifteen minutes.
