A Few Gift-Wrapping Ideas That May Travel Well

Piling gifts into a car results in certain unbecoming consequences. Like smashed 

ribbons and bows . . . .  The following ideas not only look great under the tree -- or elsewhere, I bet they travel well:

And if you run out of tape -- which happens frequently 

to me -- it's no problem when you go this route. Just wrap and wrap the twine again until it secures 

your present in a most abstract yet pretty way. 

(from: In Habitat )

Using letter stencils, create messages -- like Merry Christmas, a name, Happy Hanukkah. Cut letters from old maps, sheets of music, fabric, colorful paper and etc. 

Perfect for travel and a fun way to personalize a present. (From Bugsandfishes )

A Sweet Idea:

It doesn't get any easier than candy and a hot glue gun! 

If traveling and fearing cracked the candies, then

 apply the lifesavers upon arrival.

From: Celebrations

Collect Paper Scraps This Year and Create Next Year

Rather than throw away your paper scraps this year, save them and

do a mix-and-match look next year. Be "green," get creative.

(From: Christie Chase)

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