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1 Nice and New: Amy Butler Eco Giftwrap and Tableware
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2 Try Nate Berkus's Holiday Wrapping Tip
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3 Simple Style: Gift Wrap Your Door
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4 Wrap Star! Blooming Wrapping Paper
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5 Casa Quickie: Use Film Strip For Ribbons
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6 Wrap Star! Winter Tweets Gift Wrap
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7 Cool Idea: Gifts For Green Thumbed Gardeners
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8 Casa Quickie: Two-Step Artwork
If you're up to your eyeballs in holiday wrapping right now, fear not. Home decorating expert and talk show host Nate Berkus is here to help. Here's his favorite tip for getting those gifts under wraps. "Most people put off wrapping their presents until the last minute," says Nate. "Even I'm guilty of that. But a few years back, I realized how elegant the holiday looks when you pick a paper and Read more
My seriously creative cousin just moved into a new apartment in Manhattan and has been sending me photos of her decorating progress. She's always had the interior design bug, and is constantly busy with one DIY or another. So when I spotted this elephant map artwork on her desk, I was sure it was a collage that she'd made. Turns out, it's far from it! She simply picked up a piece of Cavallini Read more
Green style guru Danny Seo has been featuring tips from his book Simply Green Giving on his website, and this one in particular really caught my eye. A perfect gift for any green thumb: take two identical terra cotta pots and fill them with seasonal bulbs they can plant in the Spring. Invert the second terra cotta pot on top and secure with string or ribbon. It’s a gift that gives itself Read more
Knock the socks off the special geeks in your life by wrapping up their gadget goods in this Space Invaders Gift Wrap! At $4.50 for one doubled-sided sheet, this is the kind of gift wrap that can only be used for those that truly appreciate this classic arcade video game. And why stop there? May I suggest a SI Sweater and fingerless SI gloves to go with? Read more
As much as I love making my own wrapping paper, I can't resist manufactured wrapping paper with a beautiful design. Such is the case with the Snow & Graham Winter Tweets Paper ($7 for two sheets). Featuring small, vibrant red birds perched on brown and green branches, the paper is festive and seasonal. But its clean lines and unfussy shapes give it a hip, mid-century modern vibe — an Read more
If you want to add a cool touch for holiday wrapping, try using old film strips for ribbons. This would be an especially cool gift wrapping strategy for a film buff or a gift that involved DVDs! Source Read more
Sometimes, when you're hosting a large party, there's little choice but to go with paper. Luckily, Amy Butler has been working with the Gift Wrap Company to come up with an ecological alternative to gift-giving and paper partyware. She has just released a new line called "Giftwrap Green," including gift wrap, bags, and gift-card boxes made from 100 percent postconsumer recycled materials, printed Read more
Hopefully by now you have either purchased your holiday gifts or know exactly what you're going to get for your posse. Now on to gift wrap. For the Fabionista on your list, be sure to pretty up her present with this Retta Le Ritz Blue Lattice Wrapping Paper ($8). It's stylish and very Van Cleef and Arpel-ish, no? Gift wrapping just got a little more fun! Read more
We hope we've calmed some of your nerves this holiday season with our Fab Gift Guide, which includes luxurious items kind of like this Juicy Couture Striped Sequin Scarf ($14'8). There's going to be a whole lot of gift wrapping in the upcoming week, so in order to pacify Mother Nature's anxiety, let's go go green and save a Christmas tree or two. To learn how to be eco-friendly this holiday Read more
Recyclable paper is not a new phenomenon. But plant-able paper? That's another thing. This biodegradable Uncommon Goods Blooming Wrapping Paper ($20 for 3) is embedded with annual and perennial wildflower seeds, such as catchfly, English snapdragon, cornpoppy, and black-eyed susan, so that it will grow into a beautiful garden when planted. The paper is a crisp clean white with the choice of Read more
