Twine

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member simplysofie from the Su Casa group:

Kids dressed . . . check, you’re dressed . . . check, gifts?? It’s almost time to get in the car and uh oh, the present isn’t wrapped, and you forgot to buy wrapping supplies. Sound familiar? Well fear not! I have some tips to help out. Paper bags or shipping paper, yarn, string, and buttons are all the supplies you need.

Cut out snowflakes using catalog or magazine pages. I used an Art Center catalog, shipping paper, and yarn on this present. I found this tutorial for snowflakes on Martha Stewart.

Continue reading for more of these fabulous tips!

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member stephaniepoli from the Lovely Little Vignettes group:

I wanted the packages to have a glamorous feel, yet still hand-crafted. I incorporated brown & white kraft paper, pennants, doilies, buttons & twine. More photos of my packages on my blog, Love & Lace.

Continue reading to see another photo of stephaniepoli's holiday wrapping!

Photographer Todd Selby recently toured the NYC apartment of music label director Keith Abrahamsson and stylist Kate Young, which is simply too cool for school. Under a backdrop of warm grays, the digs have plenty of high-quality furniture with interesting shapes and artsy elements, but the thing I love the most is that each room has something subtle and creative to notice.

In the bathroom, I thought the couple was so clever to wrap an ugly pipe with rope (or twine) to lend it a more organic, less industrial look. Especially in cities, many of us are plagued with old piping and other things we'd like to hide. So it could be a useful trick for many of you. The material is really versatile and can work with different aesthetics; you needn't just have a nautical theme. What do you think?