Comments on: Make Your Own Wrapping Paper

By: KEv

KEv — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:25:13 +0000

My mom used to get big rolls of plain brown craft paper, and then she had a bunch of holiday-esque artsy stamps like you’d get from a scrapbooking store (but this was before scrapbooking stores). She’d wrap the present, and we’d stamp it all over.

She bought some of the “good” wrapping paper for certain people, but we did this for quite a few years.

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In the Loop - Great Christmas Links « Lifestyles of the Organized — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:04:45 +0000

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By: Jami

Jami — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:13:25 +0000

If anyone lives close to a bag manufacturer, such as International Paper or Exopack, they can get the remainder of the paper rolls for free! I use to live close to one, and would always ask for the ends of the thinner brown bag type paper. It was great for wrapping paper, crafts, kids coloring easel, etc. They have to change the rolls before they get to the very end and get rid of tons of paper every day.

By: jodi @ bpr

jodi @ bpr — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:40:44 +0000

love this idea – I’ll have to keep it in mind!

jodi @ bpr´s last blog post..Sewing up a Homemade Holiday

By: Saver Queen

Saver Queen — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:00:26 +0000

Great ideas! I save the brown paper and brown paper bags that come with purchases. We recently bought a hard drive that came in a large box with brown paper, which is in good enough shape to reuse. I also reuse ribbons, stickers, gift bags, Christmas tags, Christmas cards (cut them up and use them as gift tags) and tissue paper. I also repurpose and reuse all kinds of containers for packaging, too! Another fun idea is making envelopes out of magazine pages - you can wrap small gifts in magazine pages too! And when I do buy new supplies, I always head to the dollar store! Saver Queen´s last blog post..My first giveaway starts today! Free coupons galore!

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Weekend Roundup - Too Much Candy Edition | Not Made Of Money — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:25:13 +0000

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By: Laina

Laina — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:16:01 +0000

I have been making my own paper since I was in Jr. High (and I’m not going to tell you how long ago that was). My best idea for Christmas was writing Christmas memory stories and adding little drawings or pictures in with the text. I also used my baby’s feet as stamps with red and green paint for her first christmas and I have used pictures of the recepient dolled up into a “story” for instance we drew a plane and put a pic of the grandparents inside and cut out paper santa hats to glue on top of them then had them dropping gifts out. It is a challenge to do something new each year and makes paper bags or kraft wrap take on new heights.