Creative packaging

Lots of ways to make your pressies stand out from the crowd.  Inexpensive fabric remnants make for lovely wrappings. You can turn over and iron quick hems with wonderweb or you can stitch using zigzag or other pretty stitches in a contrasting colour.  Glue a remnant of the fabric to card and cut out designer gift tags to complete the look. 

Brown paper, wall lining paper or even newsprint (go for the glossy not the daily, it rubs off) makes for unusual and fun wrappings.  There are lots of £1 shops on the high street and chains offering budget craft supplies.  Look out for sticker books, ink stamps, discount ribbons and coloured pens.  Armed with this lot you can take simple brown paper and personalise it, to make a present special, thoughtful and unique.

Why not write a little poem to appear on your wrapping, personalise for each gift.  Old photo's also make great gift tags.  Use tubes from kitchen roll, cover and pinch the ends to make great necklace gift boxes.

You can buy simple card boxes which you can paint, decoupage or cover with sparkling beads, not only does it hold the gift, it goes on to be a second bonus gift.

Luggage tables, lino cutouts and even key rings can make brilliant gift tags.  The world is there for the taking, go on enjoy yourself.


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