I don’t know about you, but I am a gift wrapping enthusiast ~ I love to
wrap my gifts so that they’re as beautiful on the outside as they are on the
inside...
Of course, gift wrap can become quite costly, especially if you’re like
me and love to wrap each little gift individually... Thus I decided to find a creative and
beautiful way to save the pennies...
As we have a number of old books in our home and because I love using
book paper in my craft projects, I thought that pasting them together would be
an ideal and inexpensive way to make pretty wrapping paper...
The process is simple and the end result very effective... And when the wrapped gift is decorated with
ribbon, lace and other lovely bits and pieces, it looks rather vintage and
beautiful and certainly very girly.
Recently we ladies attended a bridal shower for a friend and I was so
excited to gather and wrap some goodies for the bride’s new home... And as she too loves vintage, I decided to
wrap her gifts in book paper and decorate the gift wrap with handcut fabric
motifs, lace and ribbons...
After wrapping and decorating each little gift, I stacked them all on
top of each other from largest to smallest and tied a big pink bow around all
the packages... Then I placed a small
house ornament on top for the bride-to-be to hang in her new home... What fun I had! I was so blessed to be able to make something
beautiful for someone else to enjoy...
And as I love to share ideas with my dear readers, I have put together
an easy tutorial for you to follow...
All you will need for this project is...
To make...
An old book, pages torn out
A glue stick or double sided tape
To wrap and decorate...
Sticky tape
Paper and fabric scissors
Ribbons or lace in desired colours
Pretty fabric in a floral or other print
Start off with
one piece of book paper...
Place a piece of
double sided tape or smear a bit of glue along the straight side of the
paper.
Adhere two more
pages to this area so that the rough edges are facing outwards ~ this gift wrap
is supposed to have a rough, vintage look to it so don’t try to be too perfect
as it will in fact spoil the end result...
Now add more
pages in the same way until you have a piece of gift wrap that is large enough
to wrap your gift... Paste down any
loose pieces of the book pages as you go along.
As with
commercial gift wrap, you will need to measure and cut a piece from the
handmade wrapping paper so that you have straight edges in order to fold and
tape it neatly together...
Now you can wrap
your gift. Make sure you choose the best
side of the gift wrap and don’t try to be too much of a perfectionist...
Once it is
neatly wrapped, you can add a length or two of ribbon and/or lace ~ I used a
bit of both on mine as I love a layered look...
Use sharp fabric
scissors to carefully cut flower or other motifs from patterned fabric...
Use a glue stick
to paste the fabric flower motifs in a random pattern on your gift.
{If you have more than one item to wrap, use different
ribbons and pieces of lace for each one, making sure you use a similar colour
so that they look as if they belong together.
Stack the gifts on top of the other, starting with the
largest and working your way up...}
Now secure a
large piece of ribbon or lace or both around all the packages and tie a
beautiful bow on top.
Either slip a
handmade card in between the gifts or tie a little tag to the bow... Or you could use a handmade ornament as the
gift tag as I did in my first gift ~ be as creative as you like!
Do share your lovely
ideas for wrapping gifts in a creative way...
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