What’s a party without a festive hat? We love how easy it is to turn our Jillson & Roberts gift wrap into a unique, personalized party hat. Perfect to coordinate with whatever your party theme may be!

We even created a template to make it easy for you to create hats of your own. Download our template here and print it on legal size paper. Then cut out and trace onto your favorite J&R gift wrap. We chose Birthday Chalk R426 and Black & Silver R991. We also cut strips of Lime 941 and Turquoise 939 to make fringe on the bottom of the hat. Before folding the paper into a cone use double sided tape to attach the fringed paper(cut with regular or special fringe scissors) to the inside bottom of the hat. Then fold the paper into a cone and tape the tab into the slit cut on the opposite end (see template).

To finish it off we added some awesome multi-color curlies – Elegant CL03 and Carnival CL11 – to the top, and some paper raffia string to either side, to allow it to be tied on! See the steps below and the finished product on our beautiful models Nataly and Marlen! Enjoy!

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Here at Jillson & Roberts our wrap is so fashionable that we often find ourselves coming up with ways to wear it…We love all the big earrings we’ve been seeing on fashion blogs and runways so we decided to translate our Action Graphix (R319) into a wearable piece of art for your ears! The vibrant colors and shimmer of foil worked perfectly for this striking fashion statement!

STEP 1: To start we spray mounted the back of two sheets of wrap together (to make it double sided) and cut out 1.5″ circles.

STEP 2: We then punched a small hole in the top (to later add the earring hook) and used some Mod Podge to create a lacquered look. Once completely dry we did the back side also.

STEP3: We added a small metal connecting ring and earring hook (available at most craft stores).

STEP4: And finally we had Marlen (one of our amazing customer service representatives) model them for a day – during which she had many people compliment her and ask where she got them.

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Watermelons are in season, which makes it the perfect time to add the summer icon to your wrapped gifts! To accomplish the look below use the shapes in our watermelon template (download here) to cut the rind, fruit and seeds out in the colors of your choice and glue them down on your wrapped gift.

We used Jillson & Roberts solid color wraps for this project. We cut the rinds out of Green (913), centers from Magenta (910), seeds from Black (921) and wrapped the gifts in White (924) and Lime (941). We weren’t too picky about being neat with them, but one tip is to not use too much glue or the paper will pucker. We love the DID tutorial for the perfect watermelon gift wrap! It’s perfect for hostess gifts or your next BBQ! Happy summer from Jillson & Roberts!

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Here at Jillson & Roberts we believe that gift wrap makes the gift. So to prove this theory we bought a bunch of flowers for $2.99 at our local grocery store and challenged our art department to turn them into a priceless (or at least somewhat expensive looking) gift! And here are the results….

 
Adena (Her beloved dog Fred is pictured): I am just a sucker for nautical stuff. I love our Coral Reef wrap (R175). I also really like the combo of pink and gold. So I grabbed some pretty pink tissue (FT02) and our Silver Gold Stripe designer tissue (PT337) and threw this together. I added some pink (FR3202, PR02) and gold raffia (PR95) ribbon to the bottom and a real seashell for a finishing touch!

 

Janna: To decorate our low priced sunflower bouquet, I chose to keep things simple by using our white wrapping paper (R924), an orange ribbon (FR3227), and a natural raffia bow. I used the white paper to make the bouquet look sharp and added the orange ribbon to enhance the bright yellow of the sunflowers. The raffia bow adds a natural edge to the bouquet. Three simple materials is all you need to dress up a cheap bouquet!

 
Laura: I love tissue paper. Like if I was stranded on an desert island and…well I guess not quite that much. But I love the texture and versatility it brings. For this bouquet I used fringed tissue strips (FT05, FT10, FT41, FT49, FT27) to create a pinata bouquet – perfect for making any occasion festive!

 
Janel: I’m usually rushing off to a dinner party immediately after leaving the office. That allows me a tight deadline to reapply mascara in the car, hit the market for a bottle of wine and grab a bouquet of blooms. This is my hasty, tried-and-true go-to for a bouquet hostess gift on the run. I am usually assembling the bouquet in the passenger seat of my car, so I prepare a large triangle slice of chosen gift wrap to fold over the bouquet (double sided black and white polka dot R991,) a snip of fine, thick ribbon to secure the paper (FR5915,) and a focal point (like a tag, bow or curlie; CL83.) Black and white is a simple statement of sophistication. Dusted with a pop of gold, silver and champagne sparkle for festivity, the bright yellow sun flowers nestle themselves as cheerful tokens of a dinner much appreciated.
 
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We’ve been inspired lately by beautiful floral crowns. They are perfect for a summer wedding or beautiful everyday fashion statement! We made the crown featured here using Jillson & Roberts tissue, some pink acrylic paint and a floral wire “crown” that has a few mini plastic flowers and leaves adorning it. It’s amazing what you can create from some good quality tissue paper, we love it!

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Ready to use up some of that spare ribbon you have laying around after wrapping presents? Here’s a quick and easy way to create a cute hair bow to keep or gift!

Supplies :

J&R Ribbons. We used:
Sheer Gold Bow – FR3915 paired with FR1015 & XCM492
Sheer Lime Bow – FR3241 paired with FR1241 & XCM492
White Satin Bow – FR1124 paired with FR1021 & XCM492
Pink Grosgrain Bow – FR1210 paired with FR1204 & XCM492
Green Grosgrain Bow – 1241 paired with FR1021
Silver Satin Bow – FR1114 paired with FR1014 & XCM492

Also used: Glue Gun, and Bobby Pins.

This project is very easy and turns out so cute! They make great gifts, party favors or personal fashion statements. To start, cut strips of the ribbon for the main bow and middle bands. Our ribbon for the bows was about 8″ long (slightly shorter for thinner ribbon and longer for wider), and approximately 2″ for the middle strip.

Take the strips and using a glue gun, glue the two ends of the bow into the middle, then cinch and glue the middle strip around the center of the bow (attaching holographic on top if desired). Trim any extra ribbon, attach a bobby pin or hair clip onto the back, and you’re done! Clip it in your hair or onto a gift!

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