YO U W I L L N E E D: wallpaper | brown paper and string | hand-printed wrapping paper | fabric bags | covered boxes | lined baskets | ribbons | corsages | handmade tags
gift wrapped boxes
If you have spent hours making and searching for vintage gifts, you will want to make them to look beautiful when they are wrapped up, too. If you are after a retro feeling on the outside too, anything from vintage wallpaper to glazed chintz can be used for wrapping. Collect and cover little boxes and keep your eyes open for old packaging too. Lined wicker baskets or picnic hampers can all be filled with treasures as well. Gather together lengths of ribbon, pretty twine, bias binding, pieces of lace and vintage trimmings. Securely wrap your present in paper and then tie with these. Add little brooches, sparkly buckles, corsages and gift tags to really gild the lily. 160