HOW TO: add WOW-Factor to your holiday gift wrapping

If you are like me, December is a period of continuous run from place to place, enjoying the Season but feeling just a little insane.

Love fairy lights and pretty decorations.

Love giving and sharing.

Love vacation time.

Love cinnamon and gingerbread.

Love remove the candied orange peel from the panettone.

(Panettone is a traditional Italian Christmas bread)

But one of the things I love most about this magical month is doing pretty gift wrap, I think a creative Christmas wrapped gifts is one of the most magical sights of the Season, a gift can produce a much greater joy if is packed super nice.

There are many way to wrap a very special gift. A few rules to impress those who receive it.

- Gift wrap is one of those places where the opportunities are endless; you can try color blocking, play with ribbons and accessories, add pieces from nature and scraps from your craft bin.

- Smaller box: stay simple! Try mixing a neutral paper with beautiful ribbon for a pop of color or metallic sparkle.

- Remember, practice makes perfect, take it slowly the first few times you try a new gift wrapping technique.

- Teamwork. Stamping with your kids using original stamps and if you are quick enough you can dust a little glitter on your fresh-pressed stamp before the ink dries.

- Love recycling? Using pages from magazines, paper bags and newspaper looked so sweet.

- Unless they are on women's lingerie, men do not pay attention to bows, laces and cristal beads. For him, you can choose a gift wrap very simple. Gold and silver are the quintessential holiday colors, so you've got to have some metallic in gift wrap for him. Try also with a totally black look with a silver ribbon.

- Finding ideas using readily available materials and creating unusual things that were super easy to do (so you may devote yourselves to other things) and give to your guest a stellar surprise with the WOW-factor!

That’s my idea. Enjoy!

WHAT YOU NEED:

- vellum paper

- mini star cookie cutters (or any simple shape)

- thin metal wire (silver or any color you prefer)

- scissor and scalpel

- super transparent glue

HOW TO DO: 

- Wrap the wire around the cookie cutter.

- Rest the star on vellum paper.

- Pour a few drops of clear glue and let dry thoroughly.

- Take a sharp scalpel and remove the excess paper.

The decorations are ready to be used on my Christmas wrapped gifts! 

Have you 5 more minutes at your disposal? Read this post about how to rock your Christmas presents.