TIP TUESDAY #5 - Creative ways to wrap girlfriend gifts?

I'm sure, being creative, organized and thoughtful, that you've already made all your girlfriend gifts for the holidays. Without spending time in shopping malls, you've enjoyed long knitting sessions with your cat and re-runs of Dr. McDreamy. Life is good, right?

Well, if your creative life isn't quite so organized and your schedule not so serene, and you haven't finished a lot of your gifts and/or shopping, that you can't even allow yourself to think about the gift wrapping process. Here's where we all chip in to help each other - right?!

This week's TIP TUESDAY question is:

"What creative ways do you wrap gifts for your girlfriends? How do you personalize packages? Do you make greetings to go with your gifts?"

Here's mine (with a little history): 1995. Living in cold, COLD Minnesota where they're very nature-lovin'. I thought - hmmm, we waste a lot of paper in gift wrap so why don't I make cloth gift bags? I started making and selling them. I loved decorating the end of the drawstrings, adding little plastic sleeves for the TO/FROM cards, making my own labels, etc.

I still have some around and now I keep them in the house for our gifts because I love using them and they not only are pretty, personalized and 'green' but they also make wrapping gifts (especially tough shapes/sizes) easy and fast.

Now it's your turn ... How do you wrap those special gifts for your creative girlfriends, family, etc.?