It's a Wrap!

We are loving these wrapping ideas from Home Life, the website featuring ideas from Australian home mag Inside Out. (Inside Out is a shelter mag we love very much. A subscription would make a fantastic gift idea for anyone on your list who loves home/design/DIY) All those "ordinary" items like buttons, scrabble pieces, newsprint, and twine make for some beautifully wrapped gifts when they are assembled artfully.

Wrapping is so much fun and turns into a special part of the gift when there are fun, unexpected elements thrown in. Here are some ideas we like:

Add a "paper bag flower" to your gift. See the how-to here.

These hand-felted "pearls" from Anthropologie are super-fun.

A variety of fun trim and novelties from Tinsel Trading Co.

How about making one of these fun glitter initials? You can put one on a gift (as the gift tag) or it can be the gift itself! Tutorial here.

Happy wrapping!