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For quick and easy gift-wrapping, you can transform plain gift bags and lunch sacks into stunning "designer"-look bags just by adding paper flowers.Courtesy photo by Cathie Fillian

by CATHIE FILIAN

Recycling, recrafting and making your own gift wrap has been around for ages. When I was little, my mom and I would wrap gifts in the funny pages of the newspaper. We would carve potatoes and use them as stamps to create whimsical patterns on paper, and cardboard jewelry boxes were decoupaged with magazine cutouts to create fancy new boxes. We were being "green" and we didn't even know it.

Creating recycled gift wrap is taking trash and creating a treasure. It is not only great for the planet, it is also good for your wallet. With the prices of designer gift wrap, you could easily spend $10 just to wrap a small gift. For just a few pennies, you can get creative and craft your own gift bags, boxes and paper-flower bows.......

Read more at  -  http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/feb/09/hobbies-green-gift-wrap/