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Pretty Presents ~ Decorated with care

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Skill: Easy.
Materials & tools:
• Assorted paper remnants, rice paper, plain coloured papers
• Scissors
• Glue gun and sticks
• Double-face tape and regular adhesive tape
• Ribbons in assorted colours, widths and styles
• Assorted findings: custom jewellery, belt buckles, quilling paper strips, feathers, sequins, tinsel garland, wire,
beads etc.
• Fabric remnants, fun fur, taffeta, fuzzy wool, scrapbooking tools, snowflake punch, decorative edge scissors,
hang tags, rub-on lettering
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(Materials for this project are available at arts and craft stores.

My favourite part of the holidays is wrapping the gifts. It is the perfect occasion to use up many remnants from
various projects and to let my creativity run loose, just for fun. Since my wrapping room is shared with the
laundry room, it is a sure place to find some peace of mind during all the craziness of the holidays.

Minimalist with a touch of Ritz, great gift wrapping ideas start with cool findings. The secret to achieve the look of
these French bonbon gift wrappings is all in the trimmings. Personalized to make an impact, even simple gifts
can look elegant with a little accent. Don’t be afraid to extend the colour palette beyond the traditional; it’s all
good because, really, anything goes. Even though I used assorted colour combinations of bright turquoise,
greens and blues with soft pastels amidst accents of silver, angelic whites and chocolate brown, the theme is
what brings everything together.

Fuzzy wool for a cozy warm feeling: Super easy yet stylish. Once a gift is wrapped, affix one or two ribbons
around the box and then wrap a few lengths of fuzzy wool as decorative trim around the package. Assorted fancy
yarns provide an inexpensive and chic way to dress up bonbon or cracker-shaped gifts.
Rows of ribbons: Create basic plaid patterns using satin, grosgrain and velvet types of ribbons in assorted
colours and widths over a tissue-paper wrapped gift. Garnish with dash of white tinsel garland. A length of wide
satin ribbon looks stunning when applied over the centre of larger gifts and plain paper bags. Secure the ribbons
at the back of a package using hot glue. Wide ribbons can also be adorned with lengths of fuzzy wool.

Bejewel using recycled jewellery and belt buckles: Recycle odds and ends jewellery pieces, earrings, and
charms. Glue these onto a ribbon to create an elegant centre ornament. Paint plain or wooden buckles silver or
gold (or any colour) and fasten a length of ribbon around a fabric-wrapped gift. Top it all off with a single feather.
Dazzling with sequins: Make your gifts sparkle and dazzle with sequins. Use by-the-yard sequins as you would
ribbons. Double rows of brightly coloured sequins look spectacular onto plain silver-wrapped gifts. Further
embellish by randomly gluing individual sequins on wrapped presents.

Quilling for snowman: Quilling, also known as paper filigree, is the art of rolling thin strips of paper into different
shapes and using the shapes to form designs. Quilling papers comes in packages of assorted colours. Creative
accents, such as plain snowman shapes or monograms, can be crafted to garnish plainly wrapped boxes. Affix
designs to gifts using double-face tape. You can even apply the papers in flat strips or fashion a checked
pattern. Simple swirls make wonderful gift garnishes.

Cut-it-out with paper snowflakes: So easy to make and yet so enchanting. They make magical trimmings onto
gifts, in assorted sizes. Just cut snowflake shapes using scissors with folded plain or assorted types of recycled
papers. You can even have the kids help you out with this one. Paper garlands can be quite stunning too.
Punched snowflakes: Paper punches with holiday designs are wonderful to use and incorporate into gift
trimming. Using a snowflake design punch and assorted papers, from velum to silver, punch out snowflake
shapes and glue them onto gifts, ribbons and cards, in a row or randomly. I even used the punched out negative
to make decorative bands around gift boxes, and trimmed the edges with decorative scissors.
Monograms letters: Letters, initials make delightful gift topping accents and can be shaped with wire of various
colours or beaded wires.

Fabric remnants: Excellent for wrapping larger gifts, and to use up fabrics that you know you won’t use within the
next year or so. I utilized fun-fur remnants to make a snowman decoration onto a larger gift box.
Hang-tags embellished with rub-on decal lettering, clip art, micro beads and photos of the gift recipient also
make fantastic gift trimmings.
Get wrapping and happy trimmings!

Tips: For all gifts wrapped using fabrics, make sure to iron out any creases out first and wrap the gifts as you
would with paper wrapping. Use hot glue to secure the folds instead of tape.

Variations: Other creative gift wrappings include holiday dishtowels, table cloths, fabrics, and wallpaper. Or, you
can opt to make the wrapping part of the gifts using a variety of household and clothing items.
Older Christmas tree ornaments that you are no longer using also make fun gift toppings.
Don’t be bashful to use colours such as lime green, hot pink, bright orange, mauves, vibrant turquoise and blue;
They are very “in” and trendy colours this season.
Pretty packages can be integrated into your table decorations, to grace a mantel, or even used outdoors.
Double them up and use as name card holders.

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