gift wrapping ideas - basic fabric wrap & homemade gift tag

I'm busy wrapping myfuroshiki fabulous floral gift sets ready for the Ilkley Arts Market next Saturday and the Christmas Charity Craft Fair in Saltaire on Sunday, using a basic, otsukai tsutsumi, wrap.  Here's how it's done.

Gather the items to be wrapped - in this case the bag handles, wrapping instructions, little origami crane (a tiny treat) and larger furoshiki

and place in the centre of the wrapping furoshiki, across the diagonal (I've folded the larger furoshiki around the handles etc to make a neat pile).

Starting from the bottom corner, roll the gift up in the furoshiki.

Start to tie a reef (square knot) bringing the lefthand corner over then under the right hand one.

Take your gift tag, if using.  I've threaded some beads and a bell onto a piece of ribbon and knotted it to form a loop, then threaded on a pretty piece of card (you could cut up and recycle last year's cards for this).  The decorated ribbon can then be reused as a little decoration or as the basis for another gift tag.

 

Thread the ribbon onto the left hand corner of the furoshiki wrap

and complete the reef (square) knot by bringing the lefthand corner up over and then under the right hand one.

 

And that's it, a pretty, easy, eco-friendly gift wrap!  

ps These sets are also available on Folksy and Etsy, and in red and green fabric - please take a look.

Furoshiki - Felt Pegs

We've just added some fun felt fish, flower & panda pegs to decorate your furoshiki wrapped gifts. Cute, affordable and reusable to boot! Instead of splashing out on an expensive card, why not use one of our felt furoshiki pegs to attach a message to your present? See our online Etsy shop for details www.myfuroshiki.etsy.com

Creativesque

I'm really glad to be taking part in the Coriandr Express as it's a wonderful way of finding out about some of the amazing variety of things on Coriandr. Having already got a resplendent collection of mirrors, funky knickers, silk scarves, aubergines and eye patches on board, we now have a new VIP, Creativesque.

Creativesque is the place to go for clear, delicately coloured art and papercrafts. Stacey-Ann creates perfect little pieces such as this ACEO where the flowers look like stained glass,


these tiny dragonfly envelopes


and, finally, these lovely heart bookmarks - bet you'll never guess what the upcycled element in them is - totally delicious!

All aboard and welcome to the Coriandr Express!

Coriandr is one of the newer online handmade marketplaces. It’s full of a great range of fabulous items from cards to crotcheted rings. With its clean, clear layout, it’s a lovely experience for both buyers and sellers, all of which is why we’re really pleased to be taking part in the Coriandr Express. You can read more about it on the Coriandr Express blog set up by the amazing Lynne of Pirate Pixie Crew. Basically, it’s a group of enthusiastic sellers who’ve got together to promote just some of the fantastic items available on Coriandr. Over the next few weeks 21 different sellers will be the VIP for a few days each and we’ll see more of their great work and get to know them better.

The first stop was Dig The Earth, with Kevin’s wonderful range of decorated mirrors and colourful cards. I bought some, which arrived beautifully presented and packaged and were every bit as good as they look in the pictures. All his cards are half price during May, so hurry along the platform and get some for yourself!

Our next VIP is blue fish handmade where Izabela’s love of fibres, alternative fashion, accessories inspired by a history, colours, textures shine through in her gorgeous range of crotcheted items. I particularly love this delicate crotchet flower necklace

Whilst these slippers look very cosy

And these are just amazing!

Izabela is offering a 10% discount and free shipping to readers of the Coriandr Express blog so why not take a look and find out more about her and her wonderful creations.

…. And if you’re inspired to buy a little gift, our blue fish furoshiki would be perfect to wrap it in!