The Plum Carrot

Excessive wrapping paper is, sadly, an obvious given for the holidays, causing accumulated, piled-high piles of once-used wasted paper headed for the landfill. And even if the paper is recycled, massive amounts of power went into producing the paper! Those “Cut a Tree for One-Time Use Wrapping Paper” companies must be rolling their fat bellies in dough–gourmet cookie cough they bought with their stash of dough sitting in the bank which is sadly being submerged in rising sea levels because there weren’t enough trees to suck out the carbon dioxide in the air.

So, what to do?

Actually, forgoing a material gift or giving a living gift (like a tree or a pot of herbs) is a great idea–gets you and your special one more sentimental.

But, since wrapping is fun, more ideas follow.

Saving wrapping paper for a second, third, or fourth use is actually a great solution–it’s a recycling center in your own home. Use there papers to wrap more gifts, make cards, decorate lockers, wrap fragile ornaments, shaya! Be creative.

I’ve compiled a list of other ways to make your gifts this holiday season a wonderful, dazzling sight for the eye–and a way to make your present more personal and useful and a gift to the environment as well!

Pictures and directions will follow shortly; will just simply list ideas so far.

Towels for wrapping/ encasing/ concealing
Brown bag/ cloth
Eco Bows
Cranberries {&/or other fruits}
Accompaniments