Gift Boxes

How perfect is this?!

For all our hand-made christmas presents this year, we can make these Origami Gift Boxes!

I found this site through Design*Sponge, always on top of the latest and greatest! They made one box from a 9 1/2" square as the bottom and the top box (cover) was made from a 10" square piece of wrapping paper.

Of course, the heavier the gift, the thicker the paper we'll need.

Paper Bowls

Elizabeth is a fantastic source of recycling knowledge and ideas! Since I'm planning on recycling my junk mail to make my christmas cards this year ("notes" 3&4 at that link), this idea for recycling paper to make paper bowls also intrigues me. Maybe I'll make Bowls of home-made cookies this year instead of plates! (Though I'm sure I can make sturdy recycled plates the same way I make the bowls!!)