Instead of struggling with wrapping paper this holiday season, get yourself some cloth. The Japanese Furoshiki technique can wrap anything easily and make it look good. Traditionally, Furoshiki is a ...

Use a heat gun after soaking fabric in melted beeswax to help the fibers absorb more wax and to melt away any excess. Petra Ahnert presents dozens of ways to use beeswax inBeeswax Alchemy(Quarry Books ...

I love everything about the holidays, from buying and making gifts to wrapping gifts and celebrating with friends. I have a vivid memory, from our last Christmas, that really made me stop and think.

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...

A Japanese tradition could replace sparkly paper this festive season as lockdown prompts a green rethink Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without mountains of glittery wrapping paper covering the floor ...