How do you make the paper flower? It's very cute!

I also reuse any wrap/bags/etc. I receive throughout the year when giving other gifts. Or I give the gift in a reusaable shopping bag or other functional bag (like a lunch bag, etc) to be a part of the entire gift. I wrap in old fabric scraps and use ribbons too.

I just wrote an article on that on my blog!  http://jessicasteinberg.blogspot.com/2011/11/so-you-wanna-be-wrap-superstar.html

There's a company called Ella Wrap that makes gift wrap out of fabric.  I received it in the mail last week and it's super cute!

I came up with a new one recently...I had an old out-of-date road atlas and the maps make excellent and very cool/funky looking wrapping paper! A few people remarked, "Cool paper! Where'd you buy it?"

I use tissue paper that was wrapped around fragile items I've recently bought, then used yarn for ribbon!

I love gifts wrapped in brown paper bags with ribbons and pine branches / pinecones!  

Speaking of gifts, I am hosting two great vegan giveaways on my site right now. Cruise on over and enter to win...

Conscious Box (winner announced tomorrow) http://veggiegrettie.com/2011/12/02/conscious-box-giveaway/

PlantFusion Vegan Protein Powder gift bag (winner announced next Friday) http://veggiegrettie.com/2011/12/08/product-review-and-giveaway-plantfusion/

I use my kids paintings from kinder and school that dont get put on the wall. They love that their creations are pretty enought to be wrapping paper and the presen looks gorgeous. Like abstract art.

I love Kathryn's idea of using kids art as wrapping paper. A great way to kindly dispose of the vast amount of artwork my 4 year old generates. It's currently accumulating in the basement!

Mark Osborne - www.VeganHealthAndFitness.com

I totally understand Mark. I have 5 year old triplets and a 7 year old, so I have a LOT of wrapping paper!! Also, I cant bear to throw out their creations, so its a double win for me!

I wrap mine in tea towels, which then becomes a bonus gift. Tea towels are something everyone needs, but no one wants to receive them as a gift on their own.

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I wrap gifts in home knitted dish cloths or towels or some thing made by me and usable.  An  apron, slippers, large cloth napkins, table cloths, anything the individual receiving the gift would like and use.  Crochet dish scrubbers make wonderful bows after tying the corners of wrapping together.

I don't mind receiving tea towels as a gift on their own :)

Last year I wrapped ALL my gifts from deflated mylar balloons from my office Mylar are the ones with a metalic sheen. (We've finally banned ordering new ones. But in the meantime, there is a seeming never ending supply!) Just separate the 2 sides by cutting or ripping. You may have to tape a few together for larger gifts.

Wow so much rubbish? You us people are amazingly consumist aren't you? Here in my country reusing ribbons it's always been a classic, but consumist capitalist culture is swallowing us so fast! Hopefully all this green way of living won't let us get totally spoiled by it! As people wouldn't have so much money to spend, everything was always reused. I loved all that, i'm really into recycling everything, but lately i've been feeling uncomfortable among other people, because here that has a stigma: you are poor, you can't afford to buy new stuff. As i love all green and cheap and recycled, i always find good statements about my way of living, and as matter of fact i believe that if you are creative everything you use can be the best, but i know most people stopped keeping the ribbons and papers from gifts they received because it makes you look poor or something...

I still wrap my presents in newspaper because i love how it looks and plus it's cheap, i just have it around, though i don't buy the newspaper because here at work we buy only one and as we get here in the morning, we all get the news from only one newspaper, and i save al the sheets for presents, to dry up a mess if i don't have fabric around or even to use as weatherstrippings on windows and doors in winter!

I love all the fabric ideas thrown here by other readers, i think it's amazing to wrap gifts up in another gift! Yay!

My brother uses plain brown craft paper to wrap all of his gifts.  He usually adds an ornament or a bow for a festive touch.  His gifts always look so beautiful and elegant.  The brown paper has no dye on it, so it's much greener, and the ornaments and bows can easily be recycled or re-purposed items.

I hate wrapping gifts, and reuse gift bags whenever possible!