Green Gift Wrapping

In an effort to be green I decided I would not purchase gift wrap this holiday season.  I limited myself to use only the things in my home to wrap presents.  My first go to was newspaper, but it doesn't really have enough comics anymore so I figrued I'd snazz it up myself.  I cut a triangle shape from an extra kitchen sponge made a paper plate full of blue paint and just started sponge painting different patterns.  My intention was to make a real geometric pattern, but it actually ended up looking more organic then expected so I embraced it.  I pushed it even further by using a crumpled paper towel to make an abstract flower pattern. I carreied out the home made theme by wrapping each gift with lace, fabric, hemp, and using a finish sample for the to from tag.

Craft Your Own Geometric Christmas Tree

If your like me and live in a small 1/1 apartment, a full size christmas tree can be a little overwhelming.  However, I still wanted to get in the holiday spirit so crafting my very own Xmas tree just seemed like the perfect solution.  I started by hand drawing 2 tree profiles on black foam core.  My next step was to glue neutral tone magazine clipings (black, white, grey) to the tree profile.  I overlapped over the outline a little to ensure no black was exposed.  For the leaves I glued down a patch of monotone red clippings and a patch of monotone green clipppings which I then cut leaves from.  I then cut one of the tree profiles in half and glued them to the other tree profile.  I then cut out H shaped connector pieces to attach the leaves to the branches.