How to Wrap a Gift via nashville wraps community
Every Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush, hands and heart on fire to create.
Those who inspire art to flow where it may…
Gift Wrapping via underworld magazines
My mother is the Queen of gift wrapping. She has a knack for it. So much so that friends would bring their unwrapped gifts to her to wrap. My mother used whatever she had on hand: Ivy, straw, newspaper, burlap, bubble wrap, a bird's nest, an oatmeal box, dried flowers, tinfoil… no two gifts ever looked alike, and every gift wrapped looked like a piece of art.
Whipperberry, (http://whipperberry.com/) gives step by step instructions on how to make pom-poms out of yarn and wax paper.
Darling.
For some creative simple paper embellishments check out Inspiration Ave … Mind you in doing so you will be happily lost for hours. Such creativity, your fingers will itch not knowing what project to start!
Life as a Mom (blog) reminds me of my mother when it comes to using what you have. Take an empty box of chocolate and turn it into a treasure chest. Of course keeping a chocolate or two would be a bonus, but the idea of putting little bits in the empty wrappers is just too sweet isn't it?
Miss Mew over at Pinterest has so many creative ideas collected it is overwhelming. If you want a million ideas all at once, or if you need a kick start, or if you are into ephemera check Miss Mew's collection of creative ideas, freebies and links. Again I warn you… creative overload is waiting.
Photo via Flickr: The Rusty Victorian
For the love of paper, too pretty to unwrap.
Photos via photographer Oliver Schwarzwald
Pretty in pink. I had to include these oversized packages wrapped in pink.
Though we have all been told the best gifts come in small packages.
My mother who is full of wisdom and common sense likes to add, "…a child will unwrap their gifts in record speed and play with the wrapping paper and boxes for hours. Forgetting the toy inside."
Photo via Celebrate Hawaiian Culture, photo by Penny Kaela Bauer.
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