It is always nice to give a beautifully wrapped gift to someone. I love to capture the colors and themes of the season in my designs. I feel that the gift wrap is part of the gift rather than just a way to hide the item that is inside. These… Read more
I have always enjoyed gift wrapping ideas with unexpected elements — using yarn instead of ribbon to decorate gifts is a nice way to wrap a present for all occasions. Gifts accented with yarn not only create beautiful and unique designs but also add a unique flair that is sure… Read more
It is so close to Christmas and I have not wrapped all of my gifts yet. Most of the people I know wait until Christmas Eve to wrap and realize they ran out of paper or don’t want to wrap gifts in the same paper from last year. One thing… Read more
Anyone familiar with my designs noticed that I usually don’t decorate gifts with bows. I used to think that for a gift wrap to look like a gift, it had to have a big bow centered in the middle of the box. Although I have some designs on my with… Read more
For wrapping large items, don’t use an entire roll of paper to cover the gift. Save your paper — print out the picture of the gift on nice cardstock along with the gift’s secret location.
I try and match the paper to the theme of the gift. For the guitar,… Read more
This trendy design is inexpensive to create and the cinnamon gives the gift a nice holiday scent.
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s a good time to start gathering items to wrap your holiday gifts. I remember the days when I would spend $80 to $100 on decorative wrapping paper… Read more
Use those extra buttons you have laying around the house to create a fun, whimsical yarn gift wrap design. I wrapped the gift in double-layered crinkled tissue, threaded the buttons onto textured yarn and wrapped the yarn around the box in a random pattern. I tied the yarn in a… Read more