Jars in brown paper

 I love giving my colleagues something homemade for Christmas.

Preferably something edible they can enjoy over the holidays.

This year I gave some jam I made in the summer.

Now I love brown paper packaging.

I think it is because it can be decorated in a wild array of cool stuff.

I wrapped the jars and tied with fabric strips.

Added cool tags I found online and made jewel crusted initials on top of the jars.

(a great way to use up odd chipboard alphabet pieces)

 There's a trick to make the brown paper wrap snuggly around a jar.

You need to measure a square that comes well over the lid.

Fold into quarters and cut the edge to round it up.

Then you crumple it up into a tight ball and gently spread out.

The paper will fold oh so easily around the jar.

Tie it up with ribbon or a piece of fabric.

This one gor a little ornament I made.