THE PERFECT PRESENT
My Mom instilled in me that presentation is everything. Every gift she has ever given has been beautifully wrapped. People ooo and aaahh for at least a minute over the bow and wonder how on earth she could create it. The wrapping in itself is half of the gift. Now, I am passing her tricks of the trade on to you!
In this video, I show you how to properly wrap a gift and make a beautiful bow.
The key to a pretty package is having quality paper and ribbon. Paper is easier to find, but the only ribbon I use for the above bow is C&G (Pattern 800 Satin). At Crate and Barrel or Michael’s it will run you $10-15 a spool, online I found it for $6.
You can stop at the bow, but I like adding fresh or silk flowers to complete the look.
(Apologies for the production value. We shot this on the floor of TMI and used poor Megan as a tripod.)
I worked in the gift wrap department of a major department store one Christmas and this was the wrapping method we used as well. The only thing I would add is that we used double stick tape and taped the wrapping paper on the wrong side (the side facing the box) to make it completely clean and put a little piece of double stick tape under the trim piece (flower, ornament, whatever) where it crossed under the bow to keep it from moving around during transit.
We also used to have wrapping races. I could get a shirt box sized present wrapped with bow in under two minutes. One of my co-workers once broke one minute.
