Create Your Own Christmas Wrapping  

I am all about frugal shopping an dbuying a head of time or when on clearance. However I have a husband who tends to let money burn a whole in his pocket. So it is like I have to buy it when I see it. Or wait and pray he will let me buy it later. Don't get me wrong he is getting better at learning. He even checks the prices to get the cheaper things now. he has come along way from when I first met him in believing you have to buy expensive things in order to get quality and such. But he sure has a long way to go. He doesn't know the first thing about being crafty.

Some interesting suggestions here and I will pass them on to my partner. I am fairly frugal when it comes to money and admit that it was bought on by necessity when my ex-wife and I seoparated. Suddenly the whole world changed, at least for me financially, as I has to find somewhere else to live plus pay maintenance for my children who were still young. Then I met my partner and we started a new life together so saving money on any way that we could was a necessity.

My partner is very craft orientated and makes many of these things. Gift cards are made from cards that we receive in previous years which she cuts around and makes all fancy. Wrapping paper is what we save that is still good from the previous year plus we stock up when we see it on special anywhere. When the grandchildren visit we give them some paints and butcher's paper (plain white paper in big sheets) which they decorate.

Old boxes in good condition can be covered with the artwork or some of the pictures off old birthday or Christmas cards. It is hard to imagine sopending that amount of money on wrapping paper and bits when most of it will no doubt get thrown away. I am not eally sure how much we spend on wrapping paper etc but doubt it would cost us even $10 a year. That amount would include the paints and glue we do have to buy.

Thanks for the tips as I am sure my partner will appreciate them.