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Analogous Colour Gift Wrapping

A Foolproof Way to Choose a Colour Palette for Your Gift Wrapping

If you have trouble figuring out what colours go with each other when choosing gift wrap, use the colour wheel as your guide. More specifically, choose an analogous colour scheme. Start with one colour, then stick to the colours next to

Analogous Colour Gift Wrapping

A Foolproof Way to Choose a Colour Palette for Your Gift Wrapping

If you have trouble figuring out what colours go with each other when choosing gift wrap, use the colour wheel as your guide. More specifically, choose an analogous colour scheme. Start with one colour, then stick to the colours next to

Corinna vanGerwen's Holiday Wrapping video with Indigo

Holiday Wrapping Video with Indigo

Finally! I am very excited to share with you a project that has been in the works since the summer: a gift wrapping video I did for Indigo! In it, I show you how to wrap one of my favourite

Corinna vanGerwen's Holiday Wrapping video with Indigo

Holiday Wrapping Video with Indigo

Finally! I am very excited to share with you a project that has been in the works since the summer: a gift wrapping video I did for Indigo! In it, I show you how to wrap one of my favourite

How to Choose Wrapping Materials

The Art of Choosing Gift Wrap: A 4-Step Guide to Picking Materials

This post was first published in Corinna’s monthly Gift Wrapping Newsletter. Sign up here!  You know what a lot of people have trouble with when it comes to wrapping presents? Choosing materials. It’s not that they can’t find a pretty paper

How to Choose Wrapping Materials

The Art of Choosing Gift Wrap: A 4-Step Guide to Picking Materials

This post was first published in Corinna’s monthly Gift Wrapping Newsletter. Sign up here!  You know what a lot of people have trouble with when it comes to wrapping presents? Choosing materials. It’s not that they can’t find a pretty paper

Three ways to wrap cookies

3 Ways to Wrap Cookies

My sister does a lot of baking, and she makes more than she could ever eat all by herself. So she treats her coworkers, friends and family (lucky me!) to tasty sweets every now and then. The thing is, standard

Three ways to wrap cookies

3 Ways to Wrap Cookies

My sister does a lot of baking, and she makes more than she could ever eat all by herself. So she treats her coworkers, friends and family (lucky me!) to tasty sweets every now and then. The thing is, standard

Yellow Stripe Paper with grey plaid paper

1 Paper, 2 Ways: Yellow Stripes

Paired with a yellow-and-white ribbon that picks up on the striped pattern of the paper, this gift is all sunshine and lemon drops… …while a grey plaid and monogram make the stripes more masculine, like a tailored suit. (See below

Yellow Stripe Paper with grey plaid paper

1 Paper, 2 Ways: Yellow Stripes

Paired with a yellow-and-white ribbon that picks up on the striped pattern of the paper, this gift is all sunshine and lemon drops… …while a grey plaid and monogram make the stripes more masculine, like a tailored suit. (See below

Chinese Takout Wedding Favour

Simple Two-Ribbon Bow

If you find tying bows tricky, try this ribbon-and-sticker combo. Here’s how I think it was made: Materials: 2 ribbons in different colours and slightly different widths Sticker (Here, they’ve printed a message and date on a sticker, but you

Chinese Takout Wedding Favour

Simple Two-Ribbon Bow

If you find tying bows tricky, try this ribbon-and-sticker combo. Here’s how I think it was made: Materials: 2 ribbons in different colours and slightly different widths Sticker (Here, they’ve printed a message and date on a sticker, but you

Beaded message detail

Beaded Message

This was a gift to my sister when she graduated her master’s program. I found the coloured letter beads at a dollar store. I’ve seen them in black and white, but this was the first time I’ve been able to

Beaded message detail

Beaded Message

This was a gift to my sister when she graduated her master’s program. I found the coloured letter beads at a dollar store. I’ve seen them in black and white, but this was the first time I’ve been able to