Holiday Details

A beautifully wrapped package is a gift in itself! Yes gift presentation is an art form, but everyone can take elements from the pro's and use them to make their holiday packages shine. First, look to unconventional means for packaging. Try a hat box or small trunk to put your gift in. These can be easily found at your local craft store. Stuff them with shredded fill or tissue paper and enclose your present. Next search for embellishments. If the gift already comes in a simple box or bag, visit a local scrapbooking store for items or decals to take that gift packing from the ordinary to the extraordinary. The use of rub on quotes or 3 dimensional accents can personalize just about any generic store packaging. Lastly, do not forget to coordinate. Plan ahead to keep all your wrapping to a seasonal color scheme of your choosing. Look for items that play off those colors and add them to the packaging presentation. Buy a simple gift bag and change the handles with a coordinating ribbon, tie an ornament on and sign it with a paint pen instead of a gift tag, or hand stamp tissue paper to add extra highlight to the grouping. Whatever you wrap this holiday season, make sure the outside is good as the inside.
Happy Wrapping!