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Maxwell Smart

Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 607
Location: London Town

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 6:03 pm Post subject: eco gift wrapping
Does anybody have a good source for "nice" recycled wrapping paper and non-polyester ribbons?

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 6:04 pm Post subject:
What about the handmade paper with the flower petals in it?

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 6:07 pm Post subject:
There is for example, this sort of stuff out there, but its imported, you should be able to find versons with less miles attached https://www.ancientwisdom.biz/forms/ecop/

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 6:20 pm Post subject:
what about brown paper decorated by yourself or a fabric bag to put the gift in that can be reused for something

hamster

Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Posts: 448
Location: Wokingham (Berks.), UK

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 6:52 pm Post subject:
I got a big roll of recycled brown paper from WHSmith for about �1.50 at Christmas, which can be decorated with whatever takes your fancy. I can't help with ribbons, but if it's to avoid using sticky tape I've been told that actual Sellotape brand tape is fine to compost.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 6:52 pm Post subject:
my granny had the art of tying a parcel with ribbon so that no tape was needed.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Earth

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 6:52 pm Post subject:
I third brown paper, I think even undecorated, it looks rather beautiful

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
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Location: West Sussex

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 6:54 pm Post subject:

Fee wrote:

I third brown paper, I think even undecorated, it looks rather beautiful

Especially when tied with string, like a proper old-fashioned parcel

Maxwell Smart

Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 607
Location: London Town

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 7:25 pm Post subject:
Thanks for the replies - I guess I should of said I need something pretty luxurious for commercial use.

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 2560
Location: erm....i dont know, its dark.

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 7:29 pm Post subject:
try this: https://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/11/how_to_use_furo.html Furoshiki is fab!!

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Earth

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 7:29 pm Post subject:
I think brown paper is luxurious

Maxwell Smart

Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 607
Location: London Town

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 8:04 pm Post subject:

jamsam wrote:

try this:

https://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/11/how_to_use_furo.html

Furoshiki is fab!!

Now that is interesting and warrants more thought. Thanks

drunk_nik

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 85

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 8:06 pm Post subject:

I just use plain brown paper - mostly cos Hamster brought a roll and decorated it once she'd wrapped the presents. Me, I just used the remnants of her roll and didn't decorate it, but that's cos I'm lazy. Although I do second Fee's (and other people's) comments that I think it looks funky as it is anyway.

I think Hamster tried using potato printing to decorate hers, just using ink pads rather than poster paints. Looked pretty good to my memory.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 9:08 pm Post subject:
I always use brown paper - every year, people comment on how elegant and chic it looks, with real ribbon. Never found natural ribbon, but I reuse it all. An aunt uses tissue paper, which looks very smart.

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 08 9:09 pm Post subject:
What about using cellophane?

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