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Waxed Paper Gift Wrap Make your own glam giftwrap. From "B. Original" episode DBOR-139

If you’re in a pinch for some wrapping paper, look no further than your kitchen drawer. You can B. Original and create batches of custom wrapping paper with some basic waxed paper and the odds and ends you find around the house. Scroll down for some of Michele Beschen's homemade wrapping paper ideas.

With all this gift-wrapping potential...

You could create a new designer line every holiday.

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	Figure A
	Figure B

Waxed Paper Giftwrap

• Tear off a piece of waxed paper—whatever size you need. If you're wrapping a large gift, it's possible to get extra-large waxed paper.

• Create some stripes with embroidery floss or embellish with glitter, sequins, yarn or anything else that lays flat. For this project, Michele Beschen chose embroidery floss and thread (figure A).

• Once your materials are in place, cover with another piece of waxed paper.

• Lay a flour-sack dishcloth or other thin muslin pressing cloth over the project and iron over the top for about two minutes to get the waxed paper to meld and bind together.

• Trim the edges, and you have a beautiful piece of wrapping paper (figure B).

Figure C

Opaque Wrapping Paper

• If you want wrapping paper that's more opaque (to hide presents from prying eyes, perhaps), lay out freezer paper shiny side up.

• Cover the freezer paper with the embellishments you want to use.

• Place a piece of waxed paper over the top, lay your dishcloth over the paper and iron for about two minutes (figure C).

Figure D

Crinkly Wrapping paper

• Wad up a piece of waxed paper into a ball, then lay it flat. Add your embellishments.

• Wad up another piece of waxed paper, flatten it and place it over the top.

• Cover with a cloth and iron for about two minutes.

• The result: wrapping paper with a unique texture that is also more opaque than regular waxed paper giftwrap (figure D).