Here is another piece of vintage wrapping paper for your visual pleasure and inspiration!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Wrap It Up: Groovy Style
Here is another piece of vintage wrapping paper for your visual pleasure and inspiration!
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Love it!!
I love that blue...awesome;)
I love these old Christmas wrapping papers. I have wrapping paper that belonged to my grandmother (dating back to the 1940s or 1950s). She lived through the depression (and was a frugal yankee to begin with), and she had us unwrap presents very carefully so we could save the paper and re-use it. She also signed all of her cards in pencil for the same reason. :)
I love wrapping presents and love buying pretty paper, but several years ago I decided to honor the spirit of grandma and use up what I have before I bought anything new. I've been going through the boxes of paper (these are small sheets folded flat, not on rolls) for gifts all year round, and probably have at least five more years worth of Christmas paper, and a lifetime's worth of wedding, birthday, baby shower stuff.
I've got some great Christmas ones. I keep waiting to see if you have any of the same patterns, but no repeats so far. I love this feature on your site.
Merry Christmas!
I actually haven't actively collected in a few years, but my small collection was started when we inherited a box of 40's papers. There was a lot of wedding and baby paper as well! We also used much of it for gifts. I kept the more "stylized" ones. I don't think I scanned a couple of the older ones I decided to keep...like a tissue printed with "victory" after the war.
I started to pick up interesting paper when I saw it, but I definitely focus on the more extreme period examples (and mostly look for wacky 50's/early 60's). All of these examples are flat except the large, industrial rolls that probably came from stores. I do use those for wrapping as well since I have so much of it, and the collection only needs a small sheet!
I do have a few more to post. I am glad people are enjoying them!
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