I don’t subscribe to the notion that New Years isn’t about resolutions. Sure, every day or hour can inspire change, but very often it takes a catalyst for change to occur – even if that catalyst is a day, like January 1st. Here are a few of the things I want to work on in 2012:

• Drink juice daily (the one-ingredient types found in the grocery store, since I don’t drink enough yet to have a juicer)
• Walk Ruffino as much as possible (before our weather in Phoenix heats up to unbearable triple digits)
• Meditate more (I listen to hypnosis-type Podcasts available on iTunes – they really work!)
• Learn German (I’m doing this with the help of Pimsleur)

{Vintage looking paper from Luxe Paperie}

Unless you’re doing your holiday shopping entirely online and paying the elves at Amazon wrap your gifts, then you’re probably like the rest of us running to Walgreens for tape or digging through bins at Target to find the last roll of snowflake wrapping paper. Which is silly, right? Especially when we’re all well aware that Christmas is coming (sometimes even reminded, by overzealous commercials) months in advance. One day I want to have a stock pile of original wrapping papers for every occasion. Here are some I’d want in my Christmas collection.

{Sorry ahead of time to all the people whose presents will be wrapped in this Dachshund Christmas wrapper paper from Container Store. Love.}

{The modernist in me has already bought 10 rolls of this by Kelly Wearstler}

{Snow-covered birdhouses from Paper Source

{Snow & Graham turns Christmas icons (like ornaments, cocoa and cupcakes) into paper}

{I’ve always wanted to own a vespa, but this wrapping paper will suffice for the time being}

{Au natural: Hand stamped snowflake gift wrap}

{An alligator carrying gifts and an elephant with a scarf.}

{Chevron prints have been big this last year, and why not use them for Christmas?}