Christmas bags

Waste bugs me. a lot. Its not even so much that wrapping paper (or other things) will go trash up a landfill. I just hate seeing things get wasted! I love wrapping presents elaborately. It has always been slightly frustrating that it all goes in the trash in the end anyway (well, not the ribbon of course!). So I got the idea of making re-usable wrapping bags. Even though I’m sure this isn’t an original idea, I’ve still never heard of it. I got some (not tons, I’ll stock up AFTER the holidays when its cheap) nice tasteful Christmas fabric to make re-usable drawstring bags. You just make a simple bag, with a casing for the ribbon on top. Put the box (or item) in, pull it closed over the bottom, and on top fold the edges over and tie it down with the ribbon in a bow on top. Things like DVD’s and CD’s are a standard size (and a fairly standard present) so they work well too. You just have to have enough extra material to fold it over so the gathers are on the back. The ribbon gets permanently matched up with the bag. Now I just need to figure out how to add pictures.

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