That's right. I have a small collection of cigar boxes. No, not the super cool wooden ones that people make handbags from. These are very stiff cardboard and I picked them up for free from a cigar store. Its amazing the kind of cool boxes and things that come from retail establishments! I really need to start dumpster diving behind those stores :-)
Anyway, I have several small gifts for my mom, one of them being soft. And, I have pets who cannot seem to mind their own business. So I wanted something sturdy to wrap them in and of course, the cigar boxes are perfect!
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Cheap Bastard kind of describes my wrapping style! I hate putting lots of money out for fancy wrapping paper and I especially hate how the cheap paper behaves. I love using the rolls of brown paper that you can find in the paint section of the hardware store. This roll was just less than $3 and it usually lasts me more than 6 months. (Besides wrapping gifts, I also use it to line the bird cage and stuff in boxes I ship out.....). I also found this cute, cute Christmas duct tape!
Here are the items loosely wrapped and inside the cigar box.
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The Christmas duct tape makes these so cute and charming, right? And, no bows or ribbons to lose or crush!
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For more charm I found these printable gift tags on
Mom's Crafty Space. I printed them onto white card stock and just cut them out by hand. You could attach them with glue stick or a glue gun. I did glue these to the tape and not the paper. I figured the hold would be stronger that way. And not possibly make a gluey mess on the box.....
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Here is another gift wrapped with brown paper and duct tape. I'm liking them!
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