Eco Gifts & Wrap

Had a lovely lunch with my son Val and girlfriend Tomoka yesterday.

I was asked to bring the wine. I wrapped it with a hand-printed, linen tea-towel. A nice gift to remember long after the wine is forgotten.

Tip: always fold the tea-towel over the bottom of the wine bottle so it doesn't slip out when tied. Use natural twine.

Position tea-towel so the design becomes part of the gift wrap. Our Lilacs towel is perfect for this and was accompanied by a set of Lilacs napkins.

Tomoka wanted a milk jug so I was thrilled when I found this vintage Hornsea set with sugar bowl. She loved it. 

Tea set was packaged in recycled post pack. The ugliness was covered by pretty Washi tape. Ecologically sound as it's made from Japanese rice paper. 

Along with the vintage, organic wine, natural linen, twine and water-based inks; it's all good.

Care Labels for Gift Wrapping

I hope you all had a lovely day today. The family did enjoy lunch at the Greek Club so I recommend it for sure.

My mum received two of our Cottage Garden organic cushions complete with corn fibre inserts. I wanted to tie them together with ribbon but didn't have any in the traditional sense.

Then I remembered that I have various rolls of care tags that I no longer need since the arrival of new product labels this week, complete with linen care instructions on the back. The above new labels are from 'Bags and Tags'.

Well you know how much I love to reuse and repurpose so don't be surprised if you receive my parcels wrapped with these 'ribbons'. They're quite strong too.

I did manage to part with one of my lovely gift tags from MrsTiff too.

Is there anything just sitting in your cupboard that you could use as gift-wrapping?

Organic Gift and Wrapping

Hemp tea-towels make a wonderful environmentally friendly gift wrap. Hemp has the advantage of being naturally resistant to bacteria and mould even after several washings. While these towels are not certified organic, hemp is a weed so grows well without the use of pesticides and will quickly regrow once cut, making it very sustainable. As the strongest natural fibre, it will last for many years.

This idea is courtesy of the lovely Rita, a client of mine who buys our hand-printed tea-towels to wrap around wine bottles. I am going a step further by choosing a certified organic wine. We are very fortunate in Australia to have wonderful vineyards and many of the smaller ones are now growing their grapes organically, without chemicals.



So for a lovely guilt-free hostess or party gift, begin by choosing a hemp or organic cotton tea-towel, an organic wine and some hemp twine. I purchased my twine from my local organic food store.



I am using the Thea & Sami Mexican Climber hemp tea-towel as the design is reminiscent of grape vines. Fold the towel wrong side out so when wrapped, you can fold over the border (see final image).

Place the bottle inside the towel and wrap. This step is very important otherwise if you wrap the towel around the bottle without enclosing it, the towel can easily slip off and the bottle may tragically crash to the floor.



Use the hemp twine to secure the towel and then fold over to style a collar. You now have a very impressive gift with wrapping that will be treasured for many years to follow.

Please feel free to comment if you find a better way to wrap your tea-towel.

Please note that this tea-towel is no longer available. For other tea-towels in our range, click here.