:: :: make your own mailer :: ::
have a gift you need to send but no mailer? here's what i did...
1. take some plain brown wrapping paper, leave it super wide and wrap it around your gift a few times (i wrapped mine so that it had at least two layers all the way around).
2. go over to your sewing machine and sew one end shut. i left about an inch between the gift and where i sewed. i recommend using cotton thread and a slightly long stitch length (i set mine to 5mm) otherwise you run the risk of simply perforating your paper.
3. repeat on other side, again leaving a bit of room between the gift and your stitch line.
4. cut the excess paper off about half an inch from the sewn seams. i used pinking shears to add a little something special. (i also used different colored thread for the bobbin thread back in step two, again just for a little interest.)
5. address and then send. wait for the happy call from your recipient.
** NOTE: i do think that if you needed something sturdier, you could definitely line your brown wrapping paper with a section from your newspaper, but i'm thinking you might need to use a denim needle or something. anyone have thoughts on that?
8 comments:
This is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing the idea and instructions.
I love this! Thank you for sharing. : *)
Great idea, I will have to try that next time I send a package!
Adorable! What a great idea! It's almost too cute to open!
oh! but the gift INSIDE may be even more adorable! : )
so that's how you wrapped charlie's fancy pants (and top!) - love the polka dots -
if i have a girl i am SO getting polka dotted diaper covers in every size. and if i can't find them i am making them. : )
ooh, and stripes.
Wow!!!!
That's very useful!!!!
Thank you to share it!
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