At my job I receive packages every day and sometimes the packing material is more exciting to me than the merchandise in the box. A few months ago I came across this packing material that I loved. It was very similar to chartham satin, which is kind of like a thick tissue paper. I saved it knowing that I would find a use for it. And just a few weeks ago I did. Above is the finished product of my faux origami gift wrapping. My friend Anne’s birthday was a few weeks ago and had a fabulous typography birthday party. I am not the greatest with type but I thought something with lines would be good for a graphic designer. First I wrapped the gift with an opaque paper. Then I folded multiple pieces of the transparent paper and began laying them across the gift to make different patterns.

It took some time playing around with it to get something I really liked. I then flipped it over and began carefully folding the paper around the back side of the gift and taping it down. I am really happy with the way it turned out and was able to re-use paper that would have normally gone in the recycle bin. It got one more life!