You know those people who have a different wrapping scheme every year that doesn't involve supermarket wrap? The T&W styling team are totally those people, so we tapped into their creativity by setting a challenge: take a square box, a roll of brown paper, and make some magic happen.  We hope you're inspired to take care over the details for your own gifts, and we'd love to see your brown paper wrap style - share your scheme on Instagram using the tag #thebrownpaperproject and we'll share our favourites before Christmas.  Here's how the T&W wrap stars did it, in their own words...



Jessica Bellef - The Snazzy Sparkler
Making an oversized glittery bow is an easy way to add some snazzy sparkle to your gifts.

I rolled out around 30cm of clear contact paper and sprinkled chunky glitter evenly onto the sticky side. I sandwiched the glitter in between the contact paper, creating a rectangle which I twisted in the middle to create a bow shape.

The bow was finished off with a neat little collar of metallic ribbon to hide the twisted centre, and I used the same ribbon to wraparound the present. A dot of hot glue on the bow was all that was needed to affix the bow to the gift.



Little Nicki - The Gorgeous Garland
I originally planned to keep it really simple by making a tag out of a paint swatch- I've done this in Christmases past to rave reviews. ;)  I think because I've done it before, it wasn't really rocking my world again. I often find that my inspiration comes out in the process...as soon as I start making something, it usually evolves as I go, so this quickly turned into the semi-circle garland you see.

It's so easy to do - I still used paint swatches and cut out full circles after I traced them with a bottle top. Then you simply fold the circles in half over some jute or coloured string.  I fused mine with little pieces of tape, but you could use a stapler or glue.

I think it turned out quite fun and a bit whimsical with the unevenness and floaty feeling of the garlands.



Jono Fleming - The Old School Stunner
This Christmas I wanted to evoke a more traditional theme. Brown paper wrapping reminds me of old mailed packages so I used a bit of coloured twine and a wax seal, to hold it in place, to speak a simple yet classic language. A touch of gold ribbon underneath adds a bit of festive bling.



Sarah Cousens - The Natural Beauty
I painted the brown paper with some white paint, using a large paint brush very freely and organically so that there were messy brushstrokes across about a third of the area. I then let the paper dry completely and wrapped the package so that the white painted area of the wrapping paper cuts diagonally across one corner of the package. I used brown jute raffia twine wrapped around the present and tied in a messy bow, and I finished with a large white feather that had been dip dyed brown.



Adam Powell - The Magical Mystery
Being a child of the eighties and obsessed with fluoro, it's no surprise I have gone with those accents in my Christmas wrapping. I used teal and orange which as a fresh twist on the traditional red and green palette. Keeping on the fun and modern theme, I chose a Christmas motif I love - the star - and repeated it in various sizes. The snowflake was a strong contender too. The bold MDF painted star not only anchors the whole present but is a cute gift tag idea too. And of course I wanted to add a magical element so I added metallic ribbon (you could use foiled gift wrap cut into stripes) for a final festive flourish.