holiday gift wrap

Call me geeky, but every year I look forward to coming up with wrapping paper ideas for all my holiday gifts. Back in high school I started saving grocery bags and made my own stamps that I decorated the paper with. I've moved on from stamping the paper, but I still love the look of kraft paper so I buy a roll from the office supply store that lasts forever. This year I'm jazzing my kraft paper up with strips of red and white tissue paper and red and white thread. It's super simple but I think it gives the kraft paper a fun, modern feel. With only a few supplies, you can create a multitude of unique holiday packages. Super Fun Gift Wrap 1 roll kraft paper 2 or 3 types of tissue paper* 2 or 3 embroidery threads from a roll tape scissors 1 Wrap your gift with kraft paper. 2 Cut a strip of tissue paper that's long enough to wrap around the package. Think about the ratio of tissue paper to kraft paper. I like to vary mine, so some packages have thin strips of tissue, some have wide bands. 3 Wrap the tissue around the package and tape on the bottom. 4 Wrap the thread around the package a few times and tie it off. Attach a tag and tie another know in the thread. *I bought the polka dot tissue at the Container Store. The white tissue with red squiggles is reused tissue paper from Anthropologie.
Filed under make by Kelly. . 2 Comments
  1. megan Says:

    December 18th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    these packages are lovely! i love the polka dots :) The recipients of your gifts are going to be tickled pink!

  2. lisa Says:

    December 19th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    so cute! i’m totally going to bite your wrapping style.

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