Repurpose wrapping paper

I came across a timely tutorial tonight that puts to use leftover wrapping paper. Thought I’d post a link here in case anyone is snowed in tomorrow and looking for something to do … besides shovel.

Crafter Kayte Terry, of Craftstylish , made a papier mache bowl with strips of unwanted holiday wrap. The project looks super easy, it just takes a couple days to complete because of drying times. You can read the step-by-step photo directions here .

Make it now and use it to hold holiday cards next year.

Craftstylish is a fairly new Web site and magazine full of inspiring craft projects. This one is on my to-do list.

I interviewed Kayte a couple of months ago for an article in the S-R about giving new life to secondhand clothes. She is the author of Complete Embellishing: Techniques and Projects and had lots of great ideas for sprucing up old stuff. Here’s a link to that story , if you’re interested in resuscitating some oldies but goodies in the back of your closet. (You might need to be a subscriber to read it. Let me know if you’re having trouble and I’ll paste the text below.)

Photo credit: www.craftstylish.com