Have you ever wrapped all your presents in kraft paper?
And used your crafty goodness as embellishments? I did!
As I stated in my burlap gift bow tutorial, I challenged myself to wrap 90-95% of my gifts this year in kraft paper. Rolls of 3M kraft paper that I bought at the Dollar Store! I thought bringing in the color through bows, ribbon and tags would be festive, creative and fun.
As you can see, my burlap bows were used, along with some felt flowers and my yarn wrapped star (pictured above). I got one of the felt flower tutorials from It’s the Little Things. I had purchased some super cute stickers last year during a sale through Tiny Prints, and boy did them come in handy and complete some of my wrapping perfectly!!!
I took a wrapping break to capture a few of the pics before some were boxed up for our road trip home. With some washi tape, ribbon, felt embellishments, raffia, twine and yarn — kraft paper can look super fab! I was so proud of myself for following through with this and I’m tickled silly as to how cute everything turned out! Here’s a sampling:
What do you think? Thanks for stopping by… I think kraft paper might be a new wrapping staple in my house. An occasional gift wrapped in this with some creative fun makes for the unique-one-of-a-kind gift that might just be unforgettable!
Ho-Ho-Ho! Happy ‘Krafting’!
Shannon says
12/19/2011 at 10:08 amlove the added touches to your gifts, so fun and festive!
Happy Holidays 🙂
Heather @ we.are.the.holdens says
12/19/2011 at 10:11 amI love your added touches to all of your gifts. Girl, i love your floor too…so nice. And in reading about you when you said "that life is hard, but God is good!" you had me. 🙂 Found you from life made lovely.
Kayla Retich says
12/19/2011 at 12:11 pmI love the brown paper. So cute.
Ann @ makethebestofthings says
12/19/2011 at 12:21 pmThis is so beautiful and clever. LOVE the colors against the brown kraft paper. This would work all year long for gift wrapping, too. So creative! And how about white lace and baker's twine? Thanks for the ideas.
I am LOVD says
12/19/2011 at 8:34 pmFunny, I just asked my husband what he thought was cheaper, kraft paper or gift wrap. He said kraft paper. If that really is the case, I'll have to do this next year!!
kris says
12/20/2011 at 4:20 pmI LOVE them all. GREAT job!!!
Space 46 says
12/20/2011 at 11:01 pmI use kraft paper for everything! You did a superb job! Would love love love for you to share this at our party going on now http://space46.blogspot.com/2011/12/co-hosting-pinteresting-link-party-week.html. Happy holiday! My
someonesgottapay says
12/22/2011 at 9:04 amYour wrapping is beautiful! Great bows & ribbons.I love using brown paper like this – I try to use lots of paper grocery bags turned inside-out for an even cheaper option! There are a few more creases in the paper, but I still like how they look!
Christina says
12/22/2011 at 11:12 amI adore how your gifts turned out! This year I ended up using kraft paper for wrapping as well, but I also encorporated a lot of the scrap gift wrap I still had left over (I'd love for you to pop by and check it out!). However, you've REALLY committed to the brown packaging and it is just stunning.
Excellent work (I'm pinning this so I can remember it for next year!)
Take care,
Christina
http://www.designingbynumbers.com
Allison {A Glimpse Inside} says
12/22/2011 at 9:27 pmSuper cute! I used kraft paper to wrap my presents this year as well! Loved how they turned out.
Thanks for linking up to this week's Catch a Glimpse party!
Christa @ BrownSugarToast says
11/29/2012 at 1:34 pmLOVE! Sharing on my blog tomorrow in a round-up of gift wrapping ideas!
Kelly says
11/29/2012 at 7:35 pmYAY!! Thanks so much!! Hugs.