If you’re already a newspaper reader– in print, that is– then, perhaps unbeknownst to you, you’ve got yourself a load of free wrapping paper.
I favor the comic and puzzle section but the normal print is attractive as well and is useful for the more sober occasion or, as the case may be, receiver.
A very advantageous aspect of this gift wrap is I can never get it wrong. Be it a birthday, a spur-of-the-moment prezzie, an anniversary, a thank you or even a wedding, it does it all.
I’ve witnessed many family members worrying about which paper says “I’m so happy you were born young person” or “I do hope you have a happy life together”. They end up with rolls and rolls of the unwieldy stuff. With a compact stash of recycled paper, all those problems are solved. Because really, who’s going to need the “I don’t know you very well but I generously give my humble thanks to you for your kind help” roll twice?
My favorite bit: the repurposing and reusing of the newspaper. But I, of course, love the fun feel of the colors and pictures from the comic section and the I’m-so-old-fashioned feel of the print.
Since I’ve been collecting for a while now, I have a salvage pile so large that I’m starting to think I should be giving it away to my non-newspaper-getting friends. A gift to wrap their gifts in. Not ironic at all.
The Amalgam Collection 