Leftover Wrapping Paper Envelope Liners

I confess that I am one of those people who carefully, oh-so-carefully, extract gifts from wrapping paper; so I can use the paper again for other things. It's pretty and I hate being wasteful and it drives my family nuts. Wins all around. Ashley Lurcott has a really simple tutorial on her blog about repurposing leftover gift wrap into envelope liners. If you're a weirdo like me, you could use the paper from the gift to line the thank you note for that gift! Thanks for the easy step-by-step, Ashley!

Comments

[Adrienne]

I am SO GLAD to hear that I am not the only one who carefully opens wrapping paper to re-use it! My family has always thought I was weird for it - but it appears I am in good company.

[Deborah]

I don't carefully open the gift to save the wrapping paper, but I swear I save even the smallest pieces left over from a roll just in case I have to wrap the tiniest box ever. :-) I'm going to get my Christmas paper stash and make a bunch of these!

[Melissa of craftgasm (@craftgasm)]

For really gorgeous paper, I will open it carefully to remake it into envelopes! I like the liner idea, though, too, especially for small gifts or delicate paper. I am trying to do less of this, since I have SO much ephemera to work through and a finite amount of storage space, but it is hard to resist sometimes.

[kimi]

I admire this :D so simple yet so classy.