Pictured above is last year's wrap. If you want to replicate this look here's what you do:
1. Wrap your gifts in brown kraft paper, or use dismantled brown paper grocery bags.
2. Use this 5-point snowflake tutorial from How About Orange to cut several snowflakes from regular computer paper (bonus "green" points for using the blank backside of scrap paper). The five-point method makes traditional paper snowflakes look a little more fancy.
3. Using spray adhesive (you could also try a glue stick or Mod Podge, if you're careful about your application), spray the backside of the snowflake and adhere to the package.
4. For the packages with the flowers, I used this tissue paper flower tutorial and attached them to the packages with baker's twine. The white paper lace under the flowers came from a now-defunct Etsy shop, but you could use any sort of pretty ribbon in it's place.
Other ideas for kraft paper packages:
- Use silver or white paint pens and draw lines, a plaid pattern, snowflakes, geometric shapes or any other doodles you can think of
- Attach strips of washi tape, either randomly or in a stripe or plaid pattern
- Print the gift recipient's name in a large sans-serif font on white computer paper and cut out the letters. Tape/glue to package.
- Alternatively, you could use the white paper printed with the recipient's name as a template and cut their name out of fun graphic paper (other wrapping paper or scrapbook paper)
- Make colorful bows out of old magazine pages
- Tie your packages with baker's twine or yarn and attach an evergreen sprig, a tree branch or a pinecone to the top
- Use Trader Joe's or Whole Foods holiday paper grocery bags as your gift wrap, which have perfect winter-y motifs, no extra decor necessary
So many possibilities! And so cute, too-- It almost makes me not want to open the gifts when they're dressed up so pretty.... Almost :)
So pretty! You must be an excellent folder. Some of my edges were clipped off. Still look really cool though :)
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