Christmas Wrappings. . .

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Every year I try to come up with a different and unique idea for wrapping my Christmas gifts.  Last year I was inspired by a Christmas shopping bag from Pottery Barn the year before. 

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I cut the bag apart at the seams so that I had one large piece and took it to Kinkos and had it copied several times on 11" x 17" size paper.  First, I wrapped the gifts in plain brown kraft paper.  It's very inexpensive and can be found in the office supply section at most stores.  Then I took the copied sheets of patterned paper and wrapped around the center of each gift.

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I made little bird gift tags by cutting a bird out of the patterned paper and gluing it on a piece of cardstock.  Then I outlined the bird with a fine line of glue and applied glitter.  It's hard to tell from the photo, but the red of the bird is all glitter.

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I was really happy with how the gifts turned out.  I haven't come up with any ideas yet for this year!  I'm hoping to come up with something soon!

{ Update:  See 2009 Christmas wrapping right here }