| How To Wrap Gifts Beautifully | | | | Clothing and irregularly shaped items should be placed |
| A well wrapped gift, doubles it's appreciation to the | | | | in the right sized box with untorn tissue paper around |
| recipient. | | | | the item. Alternately, you can pack the box around |
| Go with classy choices in gift wrap patterns and | | | | the item with something beautiful or surprising, like |
| bags, and reserve cute ones for children. Fabric | | | | small pine cones or silk flower petals, or even fresh |
| ribbons and wired ribbons immediately dress up a gift | | | | jelly beans. For an especially beautiful gift, consider |
| over ordinary stick-on bows and plastic ribbon. Take | | | | using a special container, like a wooden box. |
| care to cut paper neatly and square, and to fold | | | | For the a wrapping or time-challenged individual, gift |
| corners just as neatly. This will greatly improve it's | | | | bags are the answer. Place the gift inside a bag of |
| appearance. If the edges of the paper aren't straight | | | | appropriate size without crowding. Take pieces of |
| or look different, fold an edge over to give a neat | | | | tissue paper, bring the corners together, and place |
| edge. Using double-stick tape to secure allows you to | | | | the tissue inside the bag on top of the gift with the |
| hide the tape under the paper, giving a nicer | | | | corners of the paper peeking out the top of the bag. |
| appearance. Make ribbon and bows ample. A faint but | | | | Always include a small card with your gift, and |
| pleasant scent to your gift will make it appear more | | | | generally, simple, elegant ones will make your gift |
| luxurious. | | | | appear more special. Get additional ideas for inspired |
| Earthy gifts for the nature lover can be wrapped | | | | gift wrapping by noting how expensive stores |
| with natural raffia, with or without paper wrapping. A | | | | package their gift ideas. |
| sprig of pine or leaves or other natural item can | | | | Social network users, click for myspace comments |
| dress up the bow and make it unique. Left over | | | | such as compliments, cool comments, love, flirty, |
| shopping bags or paper can be hand-stamped or | | | | birthday, holidays, religion, funny, cute, etc. You can |
| painted in place of commercial gift wrap, so long as it | | | | also use myspace graphics in topics like birthday |
| doesn't look too much like a school craft project. | | | | graphics, comment graphics, holidays, daily fun, love, |
| Alternately, fabric can be used and wrapped like | | | | expressions and friendship. If you love glitter graphics, |
| paper. Multiple layers of cheesecloth tied with a satin | | | | click glitter graphics to send to your friends and add |
| ribbon or raffia can make a lovely appearing gift. | | | | to your profile. |