I love wrapping presents. And I also love re-using things that are already in my house and reducing the amount of waste that goes into wrapping presents. A bit of an oxymoron perhaps but I try to do what I can. And so, with the holiday gift giving season rapidly approaching I thought I’d share a few of my recent gift wrapping makeovers.
This one started with one of those plain orange mailing envelopes (the small size). I used a 12×12 piece of scrapbook to wrap around the envelope and taped at the back. There was actually a thin strip of orange where the paper didn’t meet up which was OK since I choose a paper that coordinated. I cut the paper at the top and created a hole for the original fastener so I could use that as intended. A few circle stickers for the addresses on the front and it was ready to go in the mail!
This next one was for a wedding shower gift. Crate and Barrel does such a nice job of packaging things up that I figured I should let them just go ahead and do the hard part. All I had to do was add the prettiness on top.
Finally, this last one is for a baby shower gift. The shower and baby’s room are both jungle themed so I had to get the cute little jungle sign when I saw it. The bag started its life at Banana Republic. I untied the handles to attach the sign on the inside (so it would hang nicely) and then made a bunch of green circles to cover the Banana Republic logos on the front and back. Super easy, except for the fact that I am not very good at cutting out circles. I tried to get a circle cutter on a recent Hobby Lobby trip but couldn’t find what I was looking for and ended up with only a stencil instead. I think I’m going to have to try somewhere else if I’m making any more circles in the future…
Tags: DIY, Gift Wrapping
I found your post by browsing WordPress’ tagged items feature. These are so cute! Is there a story behind the red flowers on the Crate and Barrel box?
I always feel like I’ve found a kindred soul when I find someone who posts pictures of their wrapped gifts, too. I’m glad you shared!
Charissa
Thanks! I found the little felt flowers in the clearance section at Paper Source and decided they’d be an easy way to dress up the plain box. I hot glued the buttons on so they stayed in place but then just used double sided tape to stick them on.
Most people think it’s funny I liked to spend time wrapping gifts so it’s nice to know I’m not alone! =)
for some reason i clicked DIY on your little cloudy thingy and stopped on this post because sometimes i do feel inspired to prettily wrap things (even to the point where i own a cute stamp, avidly use my heart hole-punch + yarn as ribbon, and upcycle ‘scrap’book paper as tags), but that’s as far as i go. that crate and barrel box with the spatula and flowers looks mighty familiar…i don’t think i noticed it before…
Definitely your gift. =)