Last night I finished my Christmas Shopping and Oh Boy it was crazy out there…
Now all I have left is wrapping the presents!
I remember this being one on my favorite things to do during Christmas time as a teenager.
I have a sister that could be the wife of one of The Three Wise-men, I’m not kidding this woman knows everything about the perfect gift and wrapping is almost a religious expirience in her house.
Some of my favorite Christmas memories are around wrapping paper, tape and the chaos trying to figure to whom it belonged the Christmas gift that she had bought back in February… I love her, her enthuthiasm for giving has had a great influence on my life.
“You’ll see Desi – she used to tell me – every woman becomes a thief when they get married..
One day you’ll find 1000 pesetas { around $10 } in your own house… You will know it belongs to your husband and with a bit of guiltiness { just a little bit } and a lot of care you will hide them in the place you’ll know he WILL NEVER find them again. Don’t worry about it my sister, the guiltiness will go away as soon as you go shopping and your heart reminds you that the children REALLY need another Christmas gift!”
Then she would laugh and we would keep wrapping until we could not stay awake any longer.
I will treasure those days and her advice forever 
Anyways here are 20 of my favorite wrapping ideas that I have found around!
Enjoy!
1
Use fabric that you already have to wrap your presents.
I have done this with burlap before and it looks beautiful!
2
Make your own paper…
I love this idea for teacher’s gifts. The children can really have fun decorating
their presents for their own teachers.
3
Use Paint Swatches to decorate your gifts… cheap and with endless possibilities!
4
I love packing paper… I always have at least one roll in my house.
You can get it at the Dollar Store. Just add some ribbon and stamp the names on the paper…
Personal and Cute!
5
This one is one of my favorites…
For the seamstress of your house wrap her present in an old pattern..
A D O R A B L E!
6
Make a simple wrapping paper really pop using colorful gift tags…
I think these bird ones are perfect!
7
Recycle!
Use your newspaper to wrap!
8
I think this idea is super fun… make the gift the wrapper!
9
I found this wrapping idea so unique and I am loving the colors…
This would be great for a college or high school graduation gift…
Oh! The Places You’ll Go!
10
Another way to customize your paper…
Stamp it !
11
Bottles can be a little bit difficult to wrap… using tissue paper and craft paper makes them look great!
12
Another fantastic Recycling Idea…
Use empty potato bags to wrap your presents…
Any friend that loves the environment will love you for doing this!
13
I think giving plants and flowers is an universal gift.
Here is a cool way to wrap them…
14
I LOVE this idea! Perfect for gift cards, pictures or any small gift.
Give your present inside of a fabric envelope!
15
Button UP!
Make your own button stamp…
It will make your wrapping paper as cute as a buttom!
16
This is darling!
Collect the pockets of those old jeans and give them away!
17
…Wait don’t throw anything yet we are not done!
18
This is just pure PERFECTION… Wrapping just for him!
So cool!
19
Make your gift picture perfect!
Personal and warm… grandma would love this!
20
The simplest, easiest way to dress a gift is a bow…
Here are a few tutorial to make the perfect one!
The Classic Bow
Square Bow
The Pretty Bow
The Gift Bow
No matter what the occasion is, a birthday, an anniversary, a way to thank the host of a party…
in my opinion it is always worth it to do that little EXTRA that will make your gift simply EXTRAORDINARY!
Happy Holidays my Friends!
Besos!
me
awesome – I love to repurpose and the jean pocket is great! thanks for pulling some of these into one post