I love making my own gift wrap from scratch. It allows me to be as creative as I want to be, and it’s often more economical than buying premade (though I don’t think that I could ever stop buying pretty, ready to purchase wrapping paper — I’m a collector!).
This past holiday season, Eddie Ross shared a fantastic idea for creating beautiful, budget-friendly gift wrap using plain, white kraft paper, lacy fabric, and a little spray paint. I love how surprisingly crisp the spray painted patterns are. You can change the color palette to fit any holiday or special occasion, and I think a metallic paint would create a really cool result, too. Check out Eddie’s video tutorial for this project for more suggestions.
The paper also looks great as a decorative wrap for items like candles:
images from Eddie Ross
Oh my goodness you just made me so happy! I’m in charge of decorations for my grandmother’s 80th birthday party and I wanted to find some fun wrapping paper to use as table runners. Now I’m just going to make my own. Awesome!
That’s great, Lindy! Happy birthday to your grandmother!
love this project, but everytime I click on this link it gives me a warning that this site contains malware, is that normal?
Jeanelle – hmm, I haven’t had any problems or malware warnings. Do you have anti-virus software installed? There might be a script that loads when the site loads that isn’t playing nice with either your browser or anti-virus software.
Stunning and simple – thanks so much for linking to this! I write a blog about gift wrapping (http://www.thegiftedblog.com) and just found your series…excited to keep perusing!