Wrapping it all up…
December 14th, 2010
I love wrapping presents, but I don’t like buying fancy wrapping paper. I love wrapping my presents with pages from magazines and stuff like that. But one thing that I do have a particular fetish for is plain brown wrapping paper – but no-one [apart from me] wants to get a Christmas pressie wrapped in brown wrapping paper, so why not add a little bit of recycled bling by making some of these paper bows.
I made some last year from old gift catalogues and they looked great. As I’ve not got time to photograph all the stages of the process myself, I found this tutorial on the Green Eyed Monster website that I want to share with you.
All you’ll need are:
- Some magazines or gift catalogues
- A ruler and pencil
- Scissors
- Staples or Glue
I personally would glue all the bits together rather than staple them, but I guess it depends on how much time you have as using glue makes the process a little longer.
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Comment posted on December 15th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
I like brown paper wrapping too – I often wrap with brown paper and string.
Monda
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Comment posted on November 25th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
I love brown paper packages, too!
Comment posted on November 30th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
This is such a good idea. What kind of glue did you use?
Comment posted on November 30th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Just a normal glue stick or pva work well.
Comment posted on December 9th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
we love this idea! we re-blogged it at:
http://tumblewee.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/diy-christmas-from-the-blog-world/
with a link to your site.
such a great idea! ash & meg @ tumblewee.com
Comment posted on August 2nd, 2012 at 4:08 pm
What lengths are the pieces?
Comment posted on August 15th, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Visit the actual tutorial via the link supplied and you’ll find out.