Learn how to have beautiful gifts AND a beautiful planet.
By wrapping with an eco-friendly flair you can save money and the environment. And the icing on the cake? Your gifts are stylish and one of a kind! The possibilities are endless; check out some of my ideas ...
This wine bottle is wrapped with a sweater sleeve. One of those winter garments you were about to toss away can wrap two bottle shaped gifts with some scissors and a piece of ribbon ...

A Touch of Vintage Sheet Music ...
I think this is a great example of a small bit of paper adding more elegance than a lot of paper. Simple and Eco-Friendly! An Eco Friendly Awareness Activity for School Children ...
- It's a Wrap!
- Students realize the amount of resources and money that go into wrapping paper and devise a way to wrap a gift using reusable or recyclable materials.
Fun with Felt ...
When I discovered eco-friendly felt squares I could hardly wait to use ( and re-use ) them for gift wrapping. Here are some ideas ... Tuck something special in a Special Envelope ...

this was cut with pinking shears & decorated with a vintage clip earring
A Quick Tutorial ...
check it out ...

I edged the felt with pinking shears and made a felt flower

Just gather it at the top and tie with a ribbon ...

Ta - Da ! It's cute, original, and both the felt square and flower can be reused.
EcoSpun
EcoSpun felt is made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles and it's also allergy and animal cruelty free. Wrap With a Map ...
as a romantic gift add a tag saying "you've found the way to my heart"
Clean out the glove compartment and take an outdated or unused map on a new journey. Most maps are large enough to use for wrapping books, clothing, and a number of items. The paper is a nice heavy-duty, non see-through material and is a good choice for recipients that are not into frilly packages. You can do as much, or as little, with the map as you like. This close-up shows an embellishment made from the map. Eco Gift Wrapping on YouTube
Sew Easy
Gift Wrapping with An Eco-Friendly Flair
How to make a posh pom-pom from an old sewing pattern. It's an easy & original embellishment for a package, and since it's made from a previously used item it's eco-friendly.
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Here Is Our Pom-Pom On A Package ...
We simply rolled a ball from the pattern scraps and glued it in the center to give our pom-pom more of a flower style. Wrapping Rap
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theGINlady wrote...
Remind me to contact you for an Xmas article. Would love to incorporate some of your ideas into a gin lady blog post. Keep in contact. TGL x
artworkbydarlene wrote...
these are great ideas! when you go to a baby or wedding shower you can wrap the gift in a large towel too. then they have two gifts.
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Evelyn_Saenz wrote...
We just made some old fashioned looking Valentines out of used grocery bags. I'm sending you some virtual Valentine's Day Adjectives and Heart Shaped Waffles for such a great Valentine's Day Lens.
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