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40 <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>December</strong> 6 <strong>2023</strong><br />
Gift-wrapping<br />
on a budget<br />
As we know, Christmas is an expensive time of<br />
year, so finding ways of saving a few dollars can help<br />
ease the budget. One creative way to save is, instead<br />
of buying rolls of gift wrap, make your own from<br />
materials you have around the home, which has the<br />
added bonus of reducing waste.<br />
Before you start, though, choose a flat surface such<br />
as a table or hard floor for the task. This will make it<br />
easier, and the wrapping will look more professional.<br />
Recycling is easy to do with gift-wrapping. For<br />
example, those numerous paper bags you have<br />
stashed away in the kitchen drawer are ideal,<br />
especially for odd-shaped gifts. To give them a<br />
Christmassy look, glue on some left-over pieces of<br />
wrapping paper from last year or cut out images<br />
from used Christmas cards and add a candy cane or<br />
chocolate with the gift tag.<br />
Wrapping your gifts in fabric will give them a<br />
unique and quirky look that’s sure to intrigue the<br />
recipient. You could cut up a garment you no longer<br />
wear or look out those left-over pieces from curtains<br />
or clothing you have made. Tie the gift with fabric<br />
ribbon to complete the effect.<br />
Using newspaper or cardboard boxes as wrapping<br />
is another useful way of recycling and saving money.<br />
Again, you could add a festive look by glueing on<br />
pieces of used Christmas wrapping or cut-up cards.<br />
For long-shaped gifts, why not wrap them to look<br />
Christmas<br />
Advertising<br />
in DARFIELD Feature<br />
Artworks for<br />
Christmas giving<br />
like a Christmas cracker. Place a tube of cardboard<br />
around the item, then put it inside a sheet of recycled<br />
wrapping paper, secure it with tape then scrunch up<br />
the ends like a cracker and tie them off with coloured<br />
ribbon.<br />
For that special gift in a small box, kitchen foil is<br />
ideal. Being silver and shiny it already has a festive<br />
look, which you could complete with bright-coloured<br />
ribbon.<br />
Use a container, such as a jar or tin, as part of<br />
the gift. Fill it with chocolates, nuts or home-made<br />
biscuits and wrap in clear cellophane tied with<br />
bright-coloured ribbon.<br />
Te Huanui’s annual summer cash and carry exhibition takes<br />
on a slightly different format this year. More market, less gallery<br />
in style, it has artists from the <strong>Selwyn</strong> area and slightly beyond,<br />
clearing out their studios of experiments, maybes and seconds<br />
(slightly flawed artworks), with much of the artwork reasonably<br />
priced.<br />
The Summer Market/Studio Clear Out exhibition will run from<br />
Friday, <strong>December</strong> 1 through until late January 2024. While no<br />
official opening will be held, three late nights will be running<br />
from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on Wednesdays <strong>December</strong> 6, 13 and 20,<br />
with drinks and nibbles provided. So, grab a group of friends and<br />
shop local and handmade this Christmas.<br />
Gallery 2 will also be brimming with beautiful artworks by<br />
artist members, suitable for gifts also.<br />
Te Huanui is open 11am to 2pm,<br />
Tuesday to Thursday and 10am to<br />
4pm Friday to Sunday, closing for the<br />
holiday period Saturday, <strong>December</strong><br />
23, and reopening Tuesday, January 9,<br />
2024.<br />
Artworks by Olwyn McKinlay.<br />
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