What’s better than unwrapping Christmas gifts? Wrapping them up! This is especially true if you are a creative freak like me, obsessed with ideas for handmade projects. Wrapping gifts has always been a very important pre-Christmas task for me. I love planning the look, searching for the right rolls of paper and then styling the packageswith festive ribbons and decorations. This year, however, I took my gift obsession to the next level and created my own DIY wrapping paper, so it’s 100% handmade.

To make your gift wrap you will need:

sheets of white and black papersheets of baking paper for a transparent lookmarble effect spray paint (silver/grey)dried fernsstringwrapping accessories: tape, scissors, glue.

The key to success increating this gorgeus pattern is the marble effect spray paint. It’s still not clear to me what causesthis effect, but when you press the top, this pattern appears on the sprayed surface. I’ve had it in my studio for ages, wondering what I could do with it, until few days agowhen I was brainstorming possibilities for Christmas wraps. I wasn’t sure if the final effect would besatisfactorybut I can say now that it turned out beautifully! I have spray painted three different papers – standard black and white matte paper and baking paper for a transparent effect.

I really like the combination of all three.

To make the wrapped packagesa bit more interesting, I have topped them with dried ferns. Dried ferns are much sturdier thanleaves, so you don’t have to worrythat they willbreak.

So that’s my gift wrapping idea for Christmas. I hope you like it. We would love to know how you are wrappingyour gifts this year, so let us know or leave a link to photos in the comments section below. Happy wrapping!