Fresh. easy. green. gift wrap ideas

Let's just talk about gift bags for a sec.

I try to avoid wrapping gifts at all costs.

For one reason cute gift wrap is so expensive

and I'd rather spend an extra $5-$10 on the actual gift

opposed to something the person is going to tear up and throw away.

Also let's just admit it...

I'm a little lazy and it is quicker/easier to throw something in a bag with some tissue paper.

With that said

I heart gift bags and

I'm all about reusing gift bags.

I always save the bags we get gifts in

and then use them again when we have a party to go to.

Usually this involves me grabbing whatever is in my stash

and throwing everything together super.last.minute.

The other day I had a baby shower to go to.

All I had in the stash was this lime green bag.

Which totally worked because the colors for the shower were lime green, black and white

but it was a little boring by itself.

So I grabbed a couple of pieces of scrap fabric,

tied them onto my plain jane bag

and Voila!

the perfect little touch

Also while I was at the shower

I noticed one of my friends gave her gift in a reusable shopping bag.

What a great idea!

You can get bags like the one above for $1!

Just throw some tissue in and your good to go.

Way cheaper and cuter than a normal gift bag.

Plus they can reuse it for something else if they want.

I also found this website that shows you how to use

these awesome bags to wrap your gift in

so many fun colors to choose from.

What are your favorite ways to wrap gifts?