These are quite charming, and you may want to buy some.

I don't think that individual crafters using recycled materials are going to make a dent in the amount of garbage we toss out, but if you're going to craft anyway, turning trash into treasure is a much lower impact way to go about it than stocking up at the local craft mega-store.

BellyBuzz Craft sells reusable gift bows made out of magazines. The Martha Stewart ones are lovely, the Wired ones are geeky, and the Discover ones are quite festive.

So if you actually wrap gifts, which I seem to have forgotten how to do in recent years, you should totally check these out.