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Bon Voyage: Simple DIY Gift Packaging for Your Favorite Traveler
In recent years, my friends have scattered across the country (and the globe!) for various awesome adventures. From living the ski life out in Colorado to embarking on casual year-long 'round the world trips, it’s been awesome to hear their stories - even though it can be bittersweet when saying goodbye.
I recently assembled this DIY gift wrap to celebrate the start of a friend’s new adventure. All you need is a paper grocery bag, a map, some twine, and washi tape.
- Wrap your gift box in the brown paper, keeping the print on the inside (nobody needs to know you’re reusing from your recent trip to Kroger). Use washi tape as a replacement to scotch or mailing tape to make it extra pretty - I used this map print, which I’m quite obsessed with. Plus it goes well with the whole travel/bon voyage theme.
- Now for the gift tag. I received a Christmas present wrapped in the World Map from Cavallini & Co. It was too folded to reuse as wrap, but it was perfect to make a gift tag - and yes, I loved this paper so much that I've been hanging on to it since December, what can I say? For pointers on gift tags (and a downloadable tracing guide), check out our earlier DIY post here.
- String up some twine, wrap it around the present and the gift tag and call it a day! Easy peasy, yet super cute, if I do say so myself.