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Keeping it Under Wraps

Words by Christopher Massardo.

With the holiday season over, you may find yourself with an abundance of gift wrapping tissue in your possession. You may look at this as simple garbage, but to the creative mind this can be an excellent opportunity to make some inexpensive, eco-chic, and clearly colourful headpieces. While you likely will not wear these walking down the street, hopefully these images will inspire you to think outside of the box. But one must admit, they sure make one think twice about just how far fashion can go to make something that is as practical as tissue paper and take it to a completely non-practical level–but let’s just keep that under wraps!

Published in Beauty, Sweet Stuff

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