So typically I hate wrapping gifts - I am queen of the gift bag, except for Christmas. I love the presentation of presents - and dedicate a substantial amount of time to it. This year I decided I wanted something completely unique. I had this wrapping paper from several years ago that looked like brown paper bags. (You can easily use brown paper bag, old fabric, newspaper or old magazines as well).
I decided to make my own flowers from paper cupcake wrappers. I got the idea from a wedding blog where they flattened out the wrappers as decoration - I decided to to the opposite. This is a very simple look to create. You simply grab the center of the cupcake wrapper and and pull it together - add a tab of hot glue then place it on the package. You keep repeating this process until your flower is the size and look that you want.
This is a picture of the gift for my Dad - I decided to add a simple steam because the flower was overtaking the box, and it helped balance it out. I also decided to forgo the gift tag and write it directly on the box.
Here is a picture of the flower up close - you can see the how closely the individual wrappers are placed together to create the flower look.
