Saturday Art Saves: How to Wrap a Gift

 

 

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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… 

 

 

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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.

 

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photo source via whipperberry

Whipperberry, (http://whipperberry.com/) gives step by step instructions on how to make pom-poms out of yarn and wax paper.

Darling.

 

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Photo via Inspiration Avenue

 

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!

 

Creative packaging
Photo via Life as a Mom

 

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?

 

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Photo via Miss Mew

 

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."

 

Unwrap life
Photo via Celebrate Hawaiian Culture, photo by Penny Kaela Bauer.

Wrap your life in the things you love.
Give what you have without strings.
Today is the gift, enjoy.



Comments

9 responses to “Saturday Art Saves: How to Wrap a Gift”

  1. Gorgeous wrappings, and I love the pink parcel shoots!
    The pom-poms remind my of my brother J. He gave me a pom-pom baby chick he had made himself. I treasure it.

  2. Beautiful ideas!

  3. these are so awesome. so original and whimsical. what a treat to open your site and find these wonderful examples.
    have a wonderful day and merci, corey

  4. Oh what wonderful ideas! I am always the one to dump a gift in a paper bag and call it done…but I always want to do something better, now I can! Thanks for a great post!

  5. I love this post. I am one of those people who loves to wrap gifts. I loved the candy box idea. Thanks Corey!

  6. OH WOW, so funny in timing, i just wrapped some solar lights for a friend that has been working on her yard incessantly and has no lights, I grabbed whatever I had around the house as I do that too, it is so much fun and love the pic of the leaves used to wrap a gift, I shall cut one of my small palms to add to my black and white polka dot left over wrapping paper and brown…….wonderful ! I too love to wrap it is so much fun gathering whatever’s to gift someone! XO

  7. How I love creativity + adored these ideas. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com

  8. Love the Victorian wrapping – they are all unique and beautiful though.

  9. Marie-Noëlle

    Brilliant artists !!!

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