photo from Martha StewartUPDATE: I just found this awesome photo list on Martha Stewart for wrapping with flair using non-traditional items. Beautiful!
I really, really LOVE to wrap presents. When I was a girl, my Dad would save all his holiday wrapping for me. And I think a part time job at a gift wrapper would be so much fun. But wrapping paper and accessories can get spendy real quick and quite a bit of the materials are not recyclable. This year here are a few options to cut the costs to your wallet and to the planet:
- Use packing paper for gift wrap. As long as you use a good strong tape, this paper is sturdy, looks nice and crisp and is recyclable.
- Reuse gift wrap. A mixture of water and starch sprayed on the paper, then ironed on low will zap the wrinkles.
- Dig in your fabric stash or in the remnants bin at your local fabric source and use pretty patterns to wrap
- Embelish your gifts with clippings of pine trees, real ribbon, or with a little help from your kids.
- Look for recyclable gift wrap to use.
4 comments:
What a great idea!
My fave gift wrap is wallpaper. You can get it really chaep at outlet/fabric stores. It is really strong and holds up to wrapping and being jostled around. And a lot of people have leftovers sitting around from old jobs!
wallpaper! i love it! Thanks Kelly.
That's a cool idea to fix old wrapping paper...I'd try to be more creative with it, but really no one notices the effort...
BUT from a savings stand point it is cool....
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