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How to: Make Gift Bows from Scrap Paper

Some people hate wrapping presents. To us, it's one of the best traditions of the holiday season—we put on some tunes, sip some cocoa, and wrap, wrap, wrap. We'll admit, there is one problem wit...

Look! Recycled Architectual Plans as Wrapping Paper

Are they still called blueprints? I was looking for the old fashioned blueprint paper when I asked a friendly architecture firm for old plans I could use — but these worked perfectly....

9 Ways To Green Your Gift Wrapping
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We're sure we're not alone in recalling the cleanup from last year's holiday gift exchange: an embarrassingly large amount of bags full of crumpled gift wrap. This year, we're trying something diffe...

Green Gift Wrapping: Divine Twine

There are plenty of green ways to wrap gifts, but whether you use a brown paper bag, a tea towel, or a reusable gift bag, you'll still need something to tie it all up with — and regular ol' tw...

How to: Make a Gift Bow from a Magazine Page

Just in time for the holidays, the blogger of How About Orange (See Recycled Magazine Coasters) brings us this wonderful how-to on making gift bows from magazines, sure to impress you and your gift ...

Fun Font Gift Wrapping

Taking a page – literally – from Stephanie and Trent’s 9 Days of Gift Wrapping, Bugs and Fishes has a great idea for recycling various papers to use as large font name tags. We love the look of ...

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Green Package Padding
Day 7

Put all that paper you shred at home and at the office to good use....

9 Days of Green Gift Wrapping: Brown Paper Bags
Day 5

Next time you're at the grocery store, you don't have to feel so guilty about forgetting your reusable totes. Ask for paper, and turn it into gift wrap....