HOLIDAY GIFT WRAP: Anthropologie Repurposed Catalogs

If you're a paper geek and gift wrap fiend, you're probably like me where you buy gift wrap on sale and save it for next year. You spend lots of money on beautiful sheets of paper but what happens when you just need a little bit more for a tiny stocking stuffer? Using Catalogs are PERFECT for those kinds of presents. In the examples below, I used images from the new Anthropologie Gifts 2015 Catalog because I love how their images are bright, fun, and best of all the catalog is FREE. This is great for your wallet, it is recyclable, and your friends will be guilty free because they are trying hard NOT to ruin the gift wrapped so well. Simple and easy! Check out my quick tips for catalog gift wrapping and feel free to PIN the images below! Happy gift wrapping!

CHOOSE A GIFT TAG OR RIBBON THAT MATCHES THE PAGE TO GIVE THE GIFT A COHESIVE FEEL. SOMETIMES ITS EASIER TO FIND PAGES THAT MATCH WITH EXISTING RIBBON & TAGS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.

WHEN CHOOSING THE RIGHT PAGE FOR WRAPPING, FIND PAGES THAT HAVE PATTERNED DESIGNS, TEXTURES, OR BRIGHT COLORS. IN THIS PHOTO, I FOUND A FULL SPREAD OF JEWELRY TRAYS & DISHES THAT ACTED LIKE A PATTERN.

AVOID PAGES THAT HAVE TEXT OR SIMPLY  CUT OUT THE WORDS WRITTEN. THAT WAY NO ONE WILL EVER GUESS IT CAME FROM A CATALOG! OR IF ITS UNAVOIDABLE, COVER THE TEXT WITH A FUN BOW!

YOU CAN USE ANY CATALOG OR MAGAZINE. JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK THAT YOUR GIFT IS SMALL ENOUGH FOR THE WHOLE PAGE TO COVER IT. CAN'T FIND ONE? GO TO THE ACTUAL ANTHROPOLOGIE STORE AND YOU CAN FIND A CATALOG ON THEIR DISPLAYS.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS 

Cotton Twine Angela Liguori of Studio Carta // Scissors Haute Papier // Red Wire Ribbon Kirkland // Catalog Anthropologie


The images above are all copyrighted to Esther Huynh. If you are sharing this idea, please do not recrop or remove the watermark on the photos. Thank you!