Lia Griffith does Father's Day Gift Wrapping

Lia Griffith does new designs for gift wrapping and tags for each holiday.  These are printable! The theme this year is outdoorsy.

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 There are a lot of other great designs on the site:

Wrapper of the Week Molly Mell Everything you can do with a heart!

I was poking around trying to find some good DIY Valentine's wrapping, and everything I liked came from a blog called Molly Mell.

Regina Mello has a sharp eye for the utterly adorable. This is true of her photography, food recipes and so on, but I was particularly impressed with her wrapping ideas.

For Valentine's Day, she has some great riffs on what you can do with a simple heart punch .

Like this:

Go here for a great gift tag DIY

And this was such a great idea! She used heart cut outs to cover up reindeers on some gift wrap she had bought.  Way to switch the season!

A lovely Valentine DIY

And finally, more DIY Heart Gift tags.

Cute tags, right?

So these are apropos for the season, but she has some great Christmas gift wrap ideas and a lot of very pretty photos of every day things.  Don't miss checking out her blog!

Etsy Monday Furoshiki at TheLinkCollective

Furoshiki (風呂敷) can refer to traditional Japanese wrapping cloth traditionally used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods. The Link Collective on Etsy sells some beautifully  designed Furoshiki. Shop Owner Kyoko says:

"Each of our products has been hand printed in Japan, using traditional printing techniques. We are working with a great printing company called Chiffonez in Tokyo, who specialize in the printing of furoshiki. To make sure we get the best results possible, we keep a close dialogue with the printers, retaining a good balance between our ideas and their invaluable knowledge."

The lucky recipient will be getting many gifts in one. These are just some of the items that caught my eye: 

Arcs Furoshiki

Wrap used as a scarf

And as gift wrap

There were so many here that I fell in love with. I am a scarf collector anyway, so this is definitely a place I will visit again and again.

Hida Express

Hida Express as a beautiful scarf

Another option they offer is adding a leather carry strap, turning it into a textile handbag.

Stockholm Grey Furoshiki and Leather strap

Stockholm Grey Furoshiki being used as a pillow cover.

Furoshiki My Way

I have been interested in Furoshiki for some time now. It is a Japanese form of gift wrapping, using fabric. The best explanation I have found for this was from this post at Style Blueprint:

Exhaustive article on furoshiki gift wrapping.

The video at the link above is really good, and makes it easy to recreate a number of nifty folds. I chose to copy the picture above, mainly because I could not get the folds as even as I wanted with the fabric I had.  There are beautiful fabrics you can buy designed for this, but you can also just use fabric you happen to have around.  With a birthday coming up too fast, that is what I did:

Furoshiki My Way

It's easy to tote around too!

So here are all the things I liked about Furoshiki:

1) Eco friendly.  Self explanatory.
2) Forgiving.  Fabric has more give than paper. I wrapped up 5 or 6 gifts in this parcel and was able to tuck things I had forgotten to include into the bundle easily.
3) A way to use up all the random scarves, fabric scraps etc. I cannot bear to get rid of.

And what I don't like:

1) There is just something more finished about wrapping with paper. It looks neater somehow.

This probably won't be the last time I use this method, and it sure did the trick for this birthday!

Krafty Valentine - Three Ideas for Valentine's Day Gift Wrapping

I like these kraft paper wrapping ideas for Valentine's Day.

Follow the link for directions and a charming story

Some really nice variations on the doily theme!

follow the link for directions

Romantic, Pretty, Girly Valentine's Day Wrapping

Romantic pictures and themes tend to have lots of pastels, soft, fluffy textures, and be shot slightly out of focus, as if you are seeing it through a cloud.  Boxwood Clippings did a lovely Valentine's Day feature some time back, illustrating my point:

Boxwood Clippings

and this do it yourself gift wrap by French by Design

FrenchByDesign

I heart gift wrapping - 5 ideas for Valentine's Day

I heart hearts for Valentine's Day, like this:

DIY Valentine wrapping from the house that lars built.

Here are more DIY heart gift wrapping ideas, links below each picture for instructions:

How cute would a present from the kids wrapped up like this be!

Heart Garlands!

accordion heart topper.

Pretty wrapping from RedOnline

more valentine's day wrapping

Pretty Valentines Day gift wrapping.

DIY from thehousethatlarsbuilt.

DIY from ginatepper.com.

Gift cards

As we get nearer to the holiday, gift cards become a more and more attractive option.  Wrapping them to make them a little more personal is something that can be done like so:

From my gift wrap crush, Giochi di Carta

Or try these very detailed instructions for an origami gift card/business card holder from another favorite blogger.

howaboutorange

I think this doily idea is sweet and girly for a sweet and girly type gift card.

Detailed directions at this link.

Finally, here's a cute option for when you have a younger recipient.

from thatswhatchesaid.net