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GIFT WRAPPING x CHRISTMAS GIFT WRAPPING xx DECORATIONS & ORNAMENTS Three suggestions on how to create uniquely wrapped Christmas gifts: (1) How to use Corobuff (single-faced corrugated paper). (2) Tips on creating a box with windows for a gift of a kitten or puppy. (3) A wrapping that is a Christmas stocking covered with woven ribbon. How to make elegant fabric gift boxes from cardboard covered with fabric and lace trims. Pattern included. How to make gift wrappings from gingham and calico and in patchwork patterns. Patterns are included for a little red schoolhouse and a waterwheel. How to make fold-and-dye wrapping paper. Instructions on how to print your own Christmas wrapping paper. How to make marbleized gift wrapping paper. Block printing using stamps of foam rubber, wood, rope, etc. Used to decorate wrapping paper, Christmas tree ornaments, fabric, etc. Gift wrap rack. Wooden dowels set into a simple base are used to store rolls of gift wrap and spools of ribbons. Est. cost: $2. Tips on making your own gift wrapping paper using linoleum block printing. Tip: Decorate your own wrapping paper using rubber stamps. Make an applique Victorian "Christmas shopper" gift sack. Make Victorian boy or girl gift bags. Six gift wrapping ideas from Japan. How to turn ordinary brown paper into extraordinary gift wrap or add bright touches to greeting cards by adding touches of gold leaf. Make wrapping paper from brown mailing paper that is sponge-printed with tempera paint. Unusual gift wraps. (1) Wreath of bay leaves with star anise "bow". (2) Cinnamon sticks and bell. (3) Ribbons, tassels and pressed pansies. (4) Gold and silver stamped stars. (5) Handwoven paper. (6) Wallpaper and printed bag wrappings with touches of pinecones, bay leaves and dried fruit. (7) Gilded leaves. Two ideas for packing Yule cookies as gifts.(1) Basket cut from hardware cloth. (2) Cellophane bag trimmed with gold foil ribbon and star shape. Christmas gift wrappings children can make. Home for the holidays. Decorations to make that mix tradition and romantic style. (1) Finger-painted wrapping paper. (2) Paper spiral garlands and snowflakes. (3) Snowflake-embossed velvet album cover. (4) Paper lanterns as candle surrounds. (5) Christmas stocking with an organdy overlay, lace cuff and snowflake embellishment. (6) Crocheted lace and appliqued snowflakes to adorn purchased pillows. Deck the halls, walls and doors. (1) Package wraps are fabric, with raffia ties. (2) Burlap swag is accented with with dried floral bundles at the corners. Bundles are also used as tree ornaments. (3) Star-shaped tree ornaments are cut from hardware cloth. (4) Everlasting bouquet in a chicken wire cone. (5) Sunburst ornaments made from auto blind-spot mirrors and metallic papers. (6) Paper icicles are wired to decorative cording to make an elegant garland. (7) Gift envelopes are made from textured packing papers. (8) Glittered star wreath made from copper tubing and snippets of green. (9) Rock candy cascades turn treats into ornaments. (10) Memory wreath. (11) Crazy-quilt gift box. (12) Lacy links garland. Easy-to-make gift tags and cards. (1) Textured trees. (2) Postage stamps. (3) Foil-wrapped cards. (4) Pretty-paper cards. (5) Hand-stitched with metallic floss. Feliz navidad. Christmas trimmings inspired by traditions of Mexico. (1) Tin ornaments, gift tags and wax catcher. (2) Tin angel tree topper. (3) Rickrack tree skirt. (4) Cascadores. (5) Tin star wreath. (6) Tin can luminaries. Decorate your own Christmas wrapping paper with printing stamps. Also includes how to make a hanging Santa Claus and novel Christmas card ideas. Make your own gift wrapping paper by imprinting newsprint with Tempara or acrylic paint using a cut fruit or vegetable as the pattern stamp. Gift tag made from perforated paper is cross-stitched with MOM and a floral heart motif. Christmas cookie boodle bag. Quilted container with drawstring top has a removable plastic liner. How to make gift bows from metallic garlands. Creative ways to wrap Christmas gifts. (1) Marbleized tissue paper boxes. (2) Fabric-wrapped Christmas boxes. (3) Jeweled gift boxes. Apron, wreath, cookie bags and basket for a cookie exchange party. Rudolph reindeer is appliqued on the bags, apron bib, and on a quilted center for a straw wreath. A liner for a round vine basket is made from lace and checked fabric, accented with ribbons and bells. Purchased pajamas and a matching gift bag and tag are hand-stamped with a man's shirt & tie motif. Pop-up package, a unique box with five flaps that fold under one another. Simple to sew gift bags made from fabric. Christmas cards, gift bags and tags to make using double-sided adhesive to affix fabric shapes in seasonal motifs. Fabric leaves, mounted on brown paper, are used to decorate these projects. (1) Natural vine wreath is trimmed with leaf shapes cut from print fabric and fused to corrugated paper, a fabric bow, raffia strands, ivy garland and miniature birdhouse. (2) Leaf garland of fabric leaf shapes fused to corrugated paper and strung on jute twine.(3) Brown paper shopping bag is made into a gift bag. Fabric leaf shapes are fused on the bag front and a rub-on verse "Old Friends Make the Best Antiques" is added in the corner. Brown paper gift bags and tags are appliqued with star and snowman shapes and other bits of trims. Tie It Up gift bag and card for a Father's Day gift. Shirt pattern is drawn on a white gift bag (or on white cardstock) and adorned with part of an old necktie. Gift tags from the garden have dried sprigs and blossoms mounted on bristol board tags. Beaded gift tags to cross-stitch. Memory books, box and bag. Purchased notebooks, pencil box and kraft paper bag are decorated with corrugated paper, angels, stars and raffia bows. A complementary gift tag with bow and star is made to accompany the keepsake gifts. Two ideas for creative touches that turn plain gift totes into festive bags. Mother's Day May bags for kids ages 7 and up to make. Purchased natural paper gift bags with handles are decorated with novelty buttons, charms and markers. Springtime mini totes used for gift bags. Trio of wooden nesting bags with handles are painted with stripes and embellished with painted wooden flowers. Assorted Christmas gift wrappings. (1) Felt bags. (2) Special bows (Japanese knot, octagon knot, flower knot, four-in-hand knot). Tip: Handcrafted gift tags and bookmarks are made by cutting motifs from wrapping paper, gluing them to heavy paper and adding a braid or ribbon through a hole punched at one end. How to decorate L'Eggs containers as attractive containers for small Christams gifts. Imaginative Christmas gift wrapping ideas using brown bags, kraft paper, sewing scraps, lace, ribbons and tissue paper. An assortment of Christmas ornaments to make for trimming a tree or decorating packages. Instructions included for snowy bells made from egg cartons, fabric crayon ornaments (hearts, stars and birds), miniature yarn Ojo de Dios, wheat weavings, fabric fruit, crocheted ornaments, burnished brass spangles, and macrame snowflakes. Patterns and instructions included. How to make miniature holiday ornaments that can be used as gift wrap decoration. Instructions and patterns included for long-legged Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, a calico wreath and a knitted Santa. Paper punch dot projects include stationary, bookmarks, gift tags, place cards and stamp folders. How to weave paper coverings for gift boxes. How to make Christmas package trims from chenille and cord. Eight styles described. Wooden bead Christmas tree ornaments and gift wrap decorations to make. How to print Yule designs on gift wrapping paper with potato block printing. Five unusual Christmas gift wraps. Diagrams show how to make a professional looking bow. How to make special gift boxes from cardboard. Patterns for a bell, a tree, and a chest. Paper batik gift bags (gift wrapping). Brown paper bags convert easily into decorative wrapping paper. Hand-print wrapping paper is a good children's project for Christmas. Washable paint is used to make prints of their hands on brown or white paper. How to stencil tissue paper, cards, brown paper bags, etc. to create unique gift wrappings. Includes stencil-making instructions and patterns for three chrysanthemum motifs, along with tips for mass producing cards. Watermelon motif to paint on a gift bag. Includes instructions for a gift tag that looks like a wedge of watermelon. Techniques for creating your own Christmas gift wrap. (1) Celery printing that resembles rose motifs. (2) Stenciling brown paper bags. (3) Stamped gift wrap and matching name tags. (4) Covering a package with potpourri. Wrap it up in style. How to paint gift wrap for any occasion using folk-art painting, stenciling, potato-stamping, marbleizing and sponging. Christmas gift wrappings. How to enhance holiday gifts with a painted bushel basket and homemade wrapping paper. Basket is embellished with holly motifs. Gift wrap designs include gold stars, stenciled doves and bows, candy cane hearts, embossed holly, dip dot wreaths and holly leaves, and sponged yuletide texture. Stenciled holiday gift wrap. Includes instructions for making stencils and for stenciling the sheets using a paint roller and latex paint. Stenciled birthday gift wraps in an abstract design. Holiday gift bags are painted with a holly and bell design and a "Winter is ... snowflakes and snowmen" motif. Traditional Santa motifs and holly are stenciled with oil paint sticks onto a Christmas tree skirt, stockings and a gift bag. Smiling snowmen mailer and package-topping gift tag to paint. A country Christmas. Calico lions and lambs for tree ornaments, a quilted wall hanging of the lion and lamb together, calico pillows and gift wraps. Tip: Make your own gift wrapping paper by imprinting white shelf paper with rubber stamps and color ink pads. Gift wrap center. Rolls of paper and ribbon are held on long dowels. Compartments hold scissors, tape, labels, and bows. Est. cost: under $25. The Japanese way to tie a beautiful package. Gift tags from the garden are made from bristol board or shipping tags and personalized with pressed sprigs and blossoms from plants. Canvas catchall bags are hand printed to serve as wrapping for bottles of liquor, coins, etc. The big Christmas wrap-up. Make every gift special with holiday gift-wrap ideas that turn inexpensive materials (paper bags, fabric scraps, coffee cans, mailing tubes) into pretty packaging. Tips on making or decorating bowls, trays, baskets and paper plates for use when giving food gifts. Drawstring bags trimmed in ribbon for hard-to-wrap Christmas gifts. Twenty-two ideas for unique Yule gift wrappings made from items found around the house. Gift sacks made from colorful chintz. Felt gift bags to hold candies or small gifts. No sewing required. Twelve ways to wrap up your holiday gifts with store-bought paper, ribbon, or things from your kitchen shelf. Dazzling gift wrap ideas that start with a plain white box. Small Christmas gift bag with a drawstring top is handwoven with a plain weave background and 8-shaft Summer and Winter pattern for a band of Christmas tree motifs. Floral gift wrap is handwoven in plain-weave. An abstract floral design is inlaid using the Theo Moorman technique. A miracle holiday warp. Ten yards of red warp, woven in a miniature overshot Star of Bethlehem draft, is turned into 25 baby angel ornaments, 9 pin cushions, 3 small table runners, 5 wine gift bags, and 4 small gift or jewelry bags. How to make a gift bag from wrapping paper. Gift wrapping features a bow of crushed paper ribbon centered with a cluster of cones, pods, flower buds, spices and herbs. Tips for hassle-free holidays. (1) Packaging gifts for mailing. (2) Quick cleaning tips from "Merry Maids" cleaning service. (3) Pet protection. Flower dolls to use as place cards and favors, or on gift wrappings. Paper "patchwork" and felt-tip "cross-stitch" for Christmas giftwrapping and miniature sampler Christmas cards. Trim boxes with wallpaper and lace for food containers. How to make marbleized paper to trim gift food containers. Five suggestions for wedding or shower gift wrappings. Dye-stained wooden tags and wooden-wagon gift containers. "Treasure box" Yule tree ornament. Fabric-covered pieces of plastic or cardboard are joined so that an unstitched side opens when the other two sides are pinched together. Small gifts can be hidden inside. Small Victorian house, made from cloth and cardboard, serves as both a bank and a container for small gifts. A collection of cloth bags to use as gift wraps. They are decorated with Santa Claus and snowman motifs. Make quilted "especially for you" gift bag, kitchen jar cover and "Kris Kringle's cookie castle". Make three canvas "beaded" gift bags in cross-stitch. "Jacques-in-the Box" fabric doll has a drawstring-bag body that can be filled with candy or a small gift. Doll rises from a lace-trimmed satin box. Needlepoint boxes for little Christmas gifts. Appliqued gift sacks to sew. How to make a "package rose", an imitation rose bouquet often used to decorate packages. Make a "bride doll" bow saver to store bows and wrapping paper. Tip: How to make a bow for a gift out of corn husks. Photo fun for the holidays. (1) Photo gifts and decorations you can make. (2) Hints for taking successful holiday photos. Unusual Christmas gift wrapping suggestions: Santa's pack, Santa's sleigh, a book hut and a typewriter package. Tip on how to use old pictorial calendars to make greeting cards and gift wrap. Tips on how to wrap gifts using the Japanese art of tsutsumu. Involves using plain paper, grocery bags, jute, twine. leaves, flowers, etc. How to decorate shelf paper, paper bags, etc. with stamped vegetable designs to create unique gift wrap. How to print gift wrap. Print rollers are made from a large tin can with a dowel for handles and a band of weatherstripping, cut in design patterns, for the printing elements. Two gift wrapping ideas from Japan. (1) Origami envelopes. (2) Furoghiki fabric wrap for packages. How to wrap Christmas presents pinata-style with tissue-paper fringe. Design unique gift wrappings using self-adhesive plastic, cut into shapes, and used to decorate plain shelf paper. Box-bags. Make your own gift boxes for irregular shaped items. Made from shiny colored papers folded into geometric shapes. Wrap up your Christmas gifts with these cardboard and fabric boxes in the shape of houses. Tip: Use cloth handkerchiefs, bandannas and scarves as gift wrapping material. Make gift tags from photocopy portraits of family, friends or relatives. Make your own wrapping paper, decorative boxes, colorful mailing tubes, etc. by using oil-on-water painting techniques. Make your own rubber stamps from insole cutouts. Use them to decorate wrapping paper. Make festive gift "cones" (packages) from thin cardboard. Make see-through gift containers from needlepoint canvas. Holiday wrap from brown paper bags. Included are pattern directions for a mouse, cat, lion and pinstripe shirt with tie.. Tip: Gift wrap and ribbons are stored on dowels, ready to use, in a 36"-wide cabinet. Folded and cut paper ornaments for greeting cards, tree ornaments and wrappings. (1) Kitten-twins chain. (2) Origami bird. (3) Swedish wreath with cutout reindeer, trees and a Santa. (4) Czechoslovakian-inspired cut-paper doilies. Custom-made sacks to hold gift bottles of wine are sewn from fabric and stenciled. How to photocopy designs on clear acetate sheets to make gift tags, invitations, greeting cards and ornaments. Balsa wood-burning makes one-of-a-kind cards and wrapping paper. Small origami gift bags hang on Christmas tree. Each bag holds a tiny gift. Christmas wrappings make packages look like a candy cane, a lollipop, a chocolate kiss, a box of sweets and a toffee candy. Use the blueprinting process to create one-of-a-kind wrapping paper. A plywood and dowel rack holds paper, ribbon, and other gift-wrapping supplies. Shaped like a giant Santa Clause boot. Big, two-sided paper cutouts (cards) slip over the handles of brightly colored shopping bags to close and decorate packages. To open bags, simply lift off the cards. Heart-shaped cardboard gift containers. Tips on decorating utilitarian white boxes for use as gift wraps. Stencil your own wrapping paper. Origata, the Japanese art of gift wrapping. Descriptions of wrapping with cloth, wrapping with several layters of tissue paper and wrapping a plant. Imprints from nature. Wrapping paper and ribbon are stamped with vegetable and fruit shapes. How to print your own Christmas gift wrap using ordinary shelf paper, brown wrapping paper, grocery bags, etc. Holiday gift wraps to make from household scraps and bags. Eleven inexpensive and creative ideas for Christmas gift wrapping. Tip on how to make small "Santa Bags" for candy or gifts. Lace-covered pocket is designed to be an elegant holder for a check given as a wedding gift. Tips on using origami in creative gift wrapping. Whimsical, crocheted containers to fill with candies or gifts. (1) Bunny, (2) Lion, (3) Santa. Tips on recycling greeting cards into gift tags and Christmas tree ornaments by adding a crocheted edging. "Jingle Bells" tree ornaments made from plastic canvas and yarn. Can also be used for package ornaments or for weddings, showers and anniversaries. Quilled gift tags. Instructions for making the tags and for quilling fringed flowers, daffodils, butterflies and a blue bird that adorn them. Mini gift boxes are made from lightweight cardboard and trimmed with colorful cutouts and ribbon. Beaded gift tags to stitch on perforated paper. Paper-cut snowflakes for decorating cards, wrapping paper and "sugared" with fine beaded glass for use as ornaments. Herb mix gift bags feature cross-stitched designs on coarse fabric. Holiday gift bags for Chanukah and Christmas gifts are sewn from fabric and embroidered with stars and balls or six-pointed star motifs. Tiny gift boxes to make from greeting cards. | |||||||||
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