As christmas is coming closer, I’ve been looking for some creative gift wrapping ideas on the net and thought I’d share some of the inspiration I found:

Since I love the simplicity of muji style, this wrapping by reeseau is one of my
faves.

This is a fabulous solution by popsie@flickr, if you like your gift wrapping to be eco friendly and beautiful at the same time.

If you are into calligraphie, this handmade giftwrap by Unhindered by Talent might be your thing.

I really like these floral bags by Craftpalooza, who used some buttons and ribbon for the closing.

The site http://www.boakart.com/wrap/WrapArt.html offers a whole galerie full of inspiration.

And in case you have something really big to wrap, you might consider this method by Wellstone:

Happy holidays!

First let me say thank you soo much to everyone who commented for their wonderful feedback and input! It’s been fabulous to read and really exciting to find out, what you’d use your memo pockets for.

I randomly drew 2 winners using random.org and the winners are Michael (Comment #5) and Judy (Comment #6). Congratulations Judy and Michael! Please send me your adress to kathrin (~at~) paperama (~dot~) de or via flickr mail.

To everyone who didn’t win, thanx again for participating and if you’re interested check back once in a while for updates on the diy kit and info when it’s in the shop.

A few weeks back Sandrine put this idea in my head of making a do-it-yourself memo pockets craft kit.

We had some discussions about it on flickr, I thought it through, then started to write down instructions and started to do tons of illustrations and…

… finally this last weekend I put everything together – So I’m happy to say the memo pockets kit is (almost) finished – yeay!

This kit is for a small memo pocket with 5 pockets:
Outside: 5 3/4″ by 4 1/4″ (14.5 x 10.5 cm)
Pockets: 5.6″ by 4.05″ (14.2 x 10.3 cm)

Besides illustrated step-by-step instructions each kit includes:
> Cardstock sheets for 5 pockets
> Cardboard covers
> Decorative paper for the cover
> Ribbon
> Bookbinding glue
> Glueing template

BUT, there’s still one very import thing missing: it needs to be tested and as I would probaby not be the best candidate, i thought I’d post a fab little testing give away!

The first kit – of course – goes to Sandrine for giving me the idea and lots of helpful feedback – thanx so much Sandrine! BUT I wanna give away 3, so there are 2 more for you to get!

So for your chance to get one of these kits, please leave a comment answering these 3 little questions until Sunday, Dec 14th 9pm GMT (5pm EST):

1) What would you use your memo pockets for?
2) What are your top 3 colour combinations from the above image?
3) What would be a fair price to sell this kit for?

Important: Please only participate if you agree to test the kit and give me some feedback how it worked for you within 4 weeks after you received it!
I will randomly select 2 winners and post them here on Monday, Dec 15th.