Don't you just love to buy presents for the people you love? I have so much fun finding and selecting the perfect gifts for certain people in my life. And what better way to present the perfect gift to your loved one than wrapped in hand-decorated paper?
I wanted to make a present extra special the other day, so using a few items I had in my house I set about to decorate my own wrapping paper. I started with a role of plain paper, paint, sponges, a marker and some scissors.
You can probably tell where I'm going with this: I decided to sponge paint the paper. I drew some shapes on the sponges...
And cut the out using my scissors. (I wanted to go for a bold, abstract design, so I decided that the more rudimentary shapes were more to my liking.)
When I had the shape just right, I slathered the sponge piece in paint...
And pressed it to the wrapping paper. And after a few more pressings...
I had a sweet, rustic flower shape.
And while the paper looked okay with just the flowers, I couldn't stop there.
So I cut up some more sponge, only this time I used green paint...
And I added some leaves to my flowers!
Of course, what's a flower, or in my case a daisy, without a center (or, as wikipedia tells me: disc florets)? I couldn't cut the sponge into a circle very well, so I resorts to an old wine bottle cork I had lying around.
And a few dabs later (with a lovely, sunny yellow paint), my wrapping paper was complete.
After the paint had dried, I used it to wrap up a couple of very important presents.
I love how the texture of the sponge comes across in these prints.
I also love all the color that these big, bold flowers add to my gift!
So there you have it- a very inexpensive and fun way to personalize the perfect gift: hand-decorated wrapping paper!
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