Hey guys!
It’s the season for giving and receiving gifts and, of course, that also means gift
wrapping so I wanted to make a video giving you some ideas of unique and personalized
things that you can use to wrap your gifts this year.
I’m going to show you how to use old maps to wrap a gift like this.
I am focusing in on this gorgeous part of the map which is what I’m aiming to have
on the top of the present.
I’m drowning!
So this paper’s very overwhelming so I’m just going to start cutting.
And this map, because it is such a large gift, is going to have some fold marks on the top
but that’s fine.
It just makes me think of all the times it’s been unfolded by people looking for
something and makes me love it that much more.
So because this map is very well used, which adds to its charm of course, it does have
some rips along the fold marks.
So I’m going to just reinforce them from behind by just putting some tape on the backside here.
So all I need to do is measure the top and I’m going to cut right along here and hope that works.
Now we’re going to tape it up and hope that this works!
Tada!
Paris!
Now I’m going to use a sewing pattern both as gift wrap and tissue paper.
Sewing patterns are amazing because you actually get two things in one very inexpensive little package.
So inside I get thicker paper like this, which I’m going to use as wrapping paper, and
then you get this very, very light tissue paper with the actual patterns on it and I
just think it’s so unique.
So I’m going to use this piece of the paper and thankfully my box is going to fit very well.
So that’s what it looks like right now.
So it doesn’t look all that great at the front but I’ve actually done this on purpose
because I have plans to put something right down the middle here and so I wanted to have
things that would show on either side.
So I absolutely love the coloured pattern designs on the front of these and this guy
caught my attention.
He’s going to fit perfectly on the front of this.
So, like a little cut out doll, here is our very attractive size 38 or 40 men’s pattern
and then my idea is basically just to stick him on the front like this which I just think
adds a little bit of colour on this neutral background and it makes it that much more
obvious that this is actually a sewing pattern when people first look at it.
So there he is.
Now I’m going to use the sewing pattern in a different way with this brown paper bag
and the idea is to use these sewing patterns instead of tissue paper to stuff in the bag.
I want these beautiful black edges to be as visible as possible.
So I’m literally just going to stuff it inside like this and I just love the way that looks.
Now I want to show you how to make a little message in a bottle card.
I got six of these cute little bottles from my local dollar store and with a fine tipped
pen I’m just going to write HAPPY HOLIDAYS and then to make sure it’s going to fit
inside the bottle I’m going to just cut it as close to the writing as possible, pop
it in, put on the cork, and there’s your little message in a bottle that says HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
And then I like to use some colourful string - you can use ribbon, twine, whatever.
Wrap the string all around the top of the bottle and then you’re going to just attach
it to the bag or the gift or wherever you’re going to have it hang and there’s your little
message in a bottle.
Next I’ll use an old book of sheet music.
You have to just make sure, because there’s staples in this book, that you don’t completely
tear the paper.
Sometimes the paper, because it’s really old, tears very, very easily so it’s best
to just go a little slower than you would normally.
And here is your musical gift!
So sometimes just because of the age of the paper I find that the tape doesn’t stick
and this might pop off so just to make sure that there’s no peeking I like to use ribbon,
or twine in this case, so I’m going to do that.
So I like to use buttons.
Again, you can find these at sewing stores or thrift stores - that’s where I got these.
And just find a button that will fit whatever the diameter is of the ribbon that you’re using.
In this case it’s twine so I need a fairly big opening and I’m going to just thread
the twine through the button like so and then just tie it on.
And there’s the finished gift!
Now I’ll show you how to use an old book of nursery rhymes to wrap a gift like this.
Ok this is when you pray that when you flip it over the face is in the right spot…YES!
Humpty freaking Dumpty.
Last I’m going to use really unique paper from an art supply store.
So this is paper that I got from an art supply store.
You can get this kind of paper anywhere.
It’s really, really thin so you can see on this side that the colours are actually
bleeding through the back of the paper.
I personally think that both sides of this paper would be absolutely gorgeous so you
could wrap something with this as showing on the outside but I want a little more colour
and I like that this has kind of the traditional red and green colours for Christmas and, to
me, this has kind of a Scandinavian vibe which I really love.
So I’m going to use this for the outside of my paper.
And this paper is somewhere between a wrapping paper and a tissue paper so you want to be
just a little bit careful about how you handle it.
So here is what the front looks like.
Now I’m going to use these stick on cork tags which I got six for a dollar at the dollar
store and, to give it that kind of bled-through effect, I’m going to use a stamp with a
stamp pad with this cute little XOXO stamp and press it right down.
And I think that that tag matches the paper that it’s on.
I hope this gave you some great ideas and inspiration for holiday gift wrapping.
Have an amazing holiday season!
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