Gift wrap comes in so many pretty designs that it sometimes seems a shame to tear into it, thereby ruining it. Some people open their gifts so slowly to save this pretty paper that feel like just giving them a roll of gift wrap as the gift. But you must admit that they have a point. Gift wrap designs come close to
artwork much of the time.
Grace Bonny over at the
Design*Sponge Craft Blog found a way to showcase this lovely paper in her home. She
gift wrapped her closet doors. Okay, not quite but she did use it add a colorful flair to her closet door.
By simply attaching the
paper with clear contact paper, tape or
mod podge you can apply gift wrap much like you would wall paper. In the
Design*Sponge project it is applied to the inlaid portions of her closet door. I can see this being used to decorate many things around the house, from light
switch plates to
end tables.
This is wonderful news if you are one of those
crazy really nice people who is a gift wrap saver. Now you have a craft you can do with all those paper scraps cluttering up your
craft room. Although it would most likely look best with fresh paper.
By the way I wouldn't recommend doing this with that cookie monster in the Santa hat paper that you bought on clearance last February. Pretty flower designs or
watercolor looking
prints would add a nicer touch.
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