Last year was the second year I organized a week's worth of gift guides. Because of the economy, I decided all gifts had to be $50 or less, and that we would include local gifts and a homemade gift (marked with "stamps" for each themed day. Keeping with the frugal theme, I thought it'd be fun to make the cover of each section wrapping paper. My grandmother always wrapped our gifts in the comics, and I love that tradition. A designer came up with the cute designs and I worked with ad makeup to let the "paper" wrap around to the back page when space was available. We had at least a double truck's worth of gifts inside each day, all following a set design. Readers adored the wrapping paper, and we received numorous thank-yous. All the guides were available online, along with step-by-step instructions or slide shows on how to make the homemade gifts.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/holiday-gift-guide/
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/26/2008-holiday-gift-guide-fashion/
No comments:
Post a Comment