Chicago :

It's a Wrap

12.10.2008

Submitted by dsimmons on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 1:01am.
The Bite:
imageWant your gifts in the spotlight this year? If you're giving something other than a Prius (a giant red bow should do for that), add a special finishing touch with a roll o' Paper Source's Green Choices 100% recycled gift wrap. Made at a local Midwest mill, PS prints its muted–color papers with mod designs in soy-based inks. Think abstract candy canes and vintage trees (we used the retro snowflake pattern - see photo - for our crew). Opting for recycled-recyclable wrap reduces waste, great since wrapping paper and shopping bags account for 4 million tons of trash in the United States each year. While you're there, sign up for a crafty workshop, like this weekend's DIY bookbinding…and cut.
Wanna Try: 
Paper Source, 919 W. Armitage Ave. Map It (773-525-7300). Recycled Wrapping Paper, $8/roll (two 27-by-39-inch sheets).
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Cocktail Fact

Artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude became famous after wrapping landmarks such as Berlin's Reichstag and Paris's Pont Neuf bridge in tree-free materials.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 Chicago Biters wrap 10 gifts in 100% recycled paper instead of new paper, we'll keep 640 trees growing.

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