Gift
wrapping can be a great outlet for your creativity, if you have the materials
and supplies you need to work your magic. But if it's something you leave until
the last minute, only to discover you can't find the scissors, you're out of
tape, or you only have a small amount of curling ribbon left, it can make for
an exercise in frustration and futility. Consider setting up a gift wrapping
station in your home and avoid this last-minute stress, not only during the
holidays, but for any gift-giving time of year.
Holiday
gift bags with handles are a quick and simple fix and come in assorted sizes
that will fit everything from the smallest jewelry box to the bottle of wine
you're taking with you to your sister's Christmas Eve dinner party. Clear,
colored or printed cellophane or cellophane bags also work nicely. Wrap around
a coffee cup filled with holiday candies or a tin filled with fudge for a
festive touch.
Colored
tissue paper can also make any gift seem more festive. Collect several colors
to use when lining gift boxes or bags, to cushion delicate items, or even
inside cellophane bags. It can easily be jazzed up with holiday themed
stickers, or a bit of spray-on adhesive and some sprinkled glitter.
And though
there's many great decorative Christmas wraps available, try to keep an
adequate amount of solid color wrapping paper available as well. This can also
be easily embellished with glitter, ribbons, raffia, markers or yarn. In
addition, red will come in handy for Valentine's Day gifts, and green can be
decorated with soft pastel-colored egg stickers for a wonderful Easter gift.
Keep a hole
punch available at your station to punch holes in your gift cards and tags. A
round hole punch can be found in the office and school supply section of any
store, and crafts stores have shaped hole punches available in their scrapbook
departments. Specialty scissors can add a nice touch to any gift, and can also
be found in the scrapbook department. Stickers can be found there as well.
They're a fun way to decorate plain gift bags, tags and paper, or can also
double as tape when wrapping gifts depending on their size. While there, you
might also want to look at their rubber stamps. Some holiday-themed stamps and
some red, green, silver and gold ink stamps are a great way to embellish plain
wrapping paper, gift cards, or tissue paper wrap.
Curling
ribbon is affordable and simple to use, since it can be curled with the blade
of a knife or scissors. Be sure to leave a nice length on your gift in order to
get nice, loopy curls on the ribbon.
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