Not only is Mary's gift-wrapping idea nice and simple, it's "green," too.
Skip the expensive wrapping paper and wrap your gift in a brown paper bag. Tape a doily on top and then apply a heart sticker. Finish off with kitchen twine. beautiful!
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Paper-bag wrapping paper also makes a nice vehicle for potato stamps and tempera paint. It's thick enough the paint usually won't seep through.
Posted by: Dana | 12 February 2008 at 02:25 PM
My parents always wrapped our gifts in the comic section of the Sunday paper.
Posted by: Shoshana | 13 February 2008 at 02:47 AM