1. box with junk mail shreds and wrapped the bottom inch with silver bag I cut off from top of gift bag I took from white elephant at work
2. Regifted box (has logo on front from vendor, covered it up and whited out the to section). After shredding some colorful magazine pages, I literally just picked up a handful from the bag, bunched it, then wrapped this wirey bow around it and around the box.
3. This is an OJ container one of my roomies put into the recycling, Simply Orange I think. I took the label off, which left a sticky residue, so I just sprinkled some gold glitter I had and voila. Inserted paper shreds and gift inside, then used some wire I had on hand along with a paper tag from Trader Joe's bag.
4. For this small gift (stationery) I took a yellow shopping bag, slipped the box inside and strategically wrapped the bag around it, tied/taped and fluffed the handle, added a little colorful wire and used a tea bag as a gift tag and to add more color (my grandma likes tea so worked well).
5. I reused a silver gift bag from a white elephant at work, then wove a snowflake out of paper shreds (got the inspiration from pinterest)
6. I love taking clear food containers and upcycling them into gift containers. In this case, it was a salad - I used colorful magazine shreds, inserted the gift, wrapped a bow around (bunched up paper shreds attached to red wire ribbon) and voila! Oh, the red xmas tree gift tag is from a tag that came on my champion sports bras - I just cut part of the bottom off and the sides to shape the tree.
7. I used an empty candy cane joe joe box, added bow and done!
8. I kept the box from my iphone last summer because it's sturdy and thought I should keep it in case I ever had any issues with the phone and needed to send it back under warranty. So I really just tied some ribbon around with a candy cane and done!
9. This is one of my fave combos - I love the juxtaposition of the black/white newspaper against the colorful magazine shreds. The newspaper folded nicely and sheets were a good size.
10. This was a large pretzel container - we got through 1 of these per day at work. It's better to reuse first before recycling. Just add magazine shreds with the gift, cut out a shape for the tag on top, tape it and done! It's like a "gift capsule"
11. "Souper Gift" - This is by far my favorite. I got my inspiration from pinterest. Just take a pop tab soup can (get Campbell's, I tried progresso and bottom didn't work, also tried Amy's with no luck). Open it from the bottom (leave about 1 inch still attached) and eat the soup or save for later, rinse it out/dry, insert gift, then either glue or tape the lid back on (I taped it). Add a bow (I made this one out of construction paper) and done! It will be fun to see my brother's reaction. Also, inside is a clue on where to find his much larger gift, which is a jacket hanging in the closet nearby. This saves on wrapping paper and is more fun because it's a mini scavenger hunt!
12. This was a clear blue tooth container I had saved and just inserted an envelope and shreds.
13. This was a clear basil container I had saved. Just add shreds and some clear red celophane if you want (play around with twisting it for a rose-like effect) and done.
14. Reuse tins and other gift boxes you receive throughout the season (this happy holidays box had brownies in it, received as a gift)
15. Cut up Trader Joe's bags and also add a pretty bow that you make out of magazines for a pop of color
Thanks for stopping by! I'd love your feedback and feel free to share any of your ideas with me too. Happy Holidays! :)
