Add a personal touch to your gift giving with these easy, festive wrapping ideas:
Pliable items like scarves, linens and blankets make their own gift wrap. Roll them up and tie with a colorful ribbon.- Reuse brown paper bags. Tie with twine or yarn instead of ribbon. Decorate with pine sprigs and vintage buttons.
- Wicker baskets can be used over and over again.
- Repurpose those old prints, magazines, maps or sheet music. Wrap concert tickets in sheet music or a gas card in a map.
Fabrics are especially useful for odd shaped or difficult to wrap gifts. A pretty dish towel could be the perfect wrap for a vase or bottle of wine. A vintage hanky could hold that lovely broche.- Start out with a scarf (or square piece of fabric) and create a furoshiki inspired gift wrap. See examples with visual instructions at www.furoshiki.com/techniques
- Put your stash of shopping bags to good use. Decorate with markers, lace and fabric scraps.
