christmas gift-wrapping time the greener way

How I love these pretty creative eco-friendly gift wrapping ideas. Admittedly, some of them take quite a lot of time to craft, but the end results are so cute. I am hoping that I will have enough time and energy next year to do all presents this way, but this year it’s just going to be wrappings for grown-up that will get a special treatment.

Of course i am hoping to stay inspired the whole year and practice my skills on every opportunity a gift needs to be given! Happy wrapping time everyone – make it enjoyable with a nice glass or wine or mulled wine and some Christmas treats!

The classic use-an-old newspaper one with self made tags. I think a good newspaper to use would be Wall Street Journal or similar as there are very few pictures there…

This is a fun one – use old denim as a bottle wrap! {via}

Classic brown paper with colour ties {via}

Recycling old maps with burlap wrap {via}

Cardboard, book pages and ties with buttons {via}

Brown paper and multiple ribbons create a colourful and sophisticated end result here (latter depending on the ribbon colours of course) {via}

This idea is cute, but should not be finished too early or the pretty green bits will start wilting {via}

A new dimension for brown bags with pretty accessories

Brown paper and cut-outs – something that smaller kids can also craft easily! {via}

More on the accessorising the brown paper ideas. They are all so beautiful! {via}

This is a great idea instead of gift tags that might fall off – I am definitely going to try this one {via}