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Wrap up
for Christmas Give your gifts an extra special touch this year with some creative inspiration from the Style of Wight team!
Emily Scarlette Thearle Instructions
Step one : Find your buttons! If you’re lucky enough to have inherited a button collection from a parent or grandparent here’s how you can put them to use on your Christ- mas tree. If not, don’t worry – I got mine from eBay! You will need between 15-20 different sized buttons to make either the snowman or the Christmas tree.
Step two: Once you have your buttons at the ready, take a piece of wire approximately 30cm long and fold it in half (make sure it’s thin enough to fit through the holes, I used ordinary green plastic coated garden wire available from most garden centres). Thread on the buttons starting from the bottom of the shape you are making.
For the Christmas tree be sure to start with 2 or 3 small black or brown buttons for the trunk, then add your biggest green button and graduate to the smallest at the top, a star shaped button added to the top adds a lovely detail to this decora- tion. For the snowman the button size pattern should fluctuate up and down to create the round body and head shapes and then be finished off with one large black button to simulate the rim of his hat with a couple of smaller on top.
Step Three: Once you have a shape you are happy with twist off the top of the wire. I used Nutscene Jute Twine, available online in lots of different colours to loop through the wire to make the hanger for the decorations.
Lace
Kirsty Dyer - Account Manager Vintage French lace with a wintery twist was the inspiration here. You can pick up lace from haberdashery shops, mix and match with different ribbons and cord. This look also works really well with brown paper or red for an extra Christmassy feel.
Maps
Cath Ouston - Deputy Editor
Old maps and charts make the perfect wrapping paper!
The older the better for a real vintage feel and it has the added bonus of being recycled too. You can pick up old maps of all corners of the globe in charity shops.
Brown Paper
Emily Thearle - Interior Design
My wrapping is influenced by the
simplicity of the timeless, old fashioned parcel. I’ve tied the parcel with coloured jute twine. Both are available from craft shops or you can buy rolls of brown Kraft paper from most Post Office shops.
Sheet Music Christian Warren - Editor This is a really simple way of reflecting the current monochrome trend in design. It also reminds me of the classic black and white musicals shown on TV each Christmas. You can find books of old sheet music in lots of charity shops.
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