We call this segment Gift Wrapping 101, we were going to call it Gift Wrapping for Dummies, the problem is, this is really gift wrapping for smarties. Because this is to show you that you can wrap a great gift without any work at all. So these are little boxes that you can wrap in, bags, other kinds of boxes, pillow boxes, we're going to go through them all. All I want you to know is that it's easy and you don’t even need to have tape. So these wonderful little boxes, you just open them up, you take your gift, stick it in, click it shut, you’re done. How’s that for speed? Gift number two, take your gift stick it in a bag, you’re done! Actually, you’re not quite done. We have wonderful tissue paper that matches all of our bags, and so you really want to be a little more attractive instead of just sticking it in a big but you do notice how cute that is. Its cute popping out, but we'll make it a little more exotic. Have a nice stock of stuff in a drawer, in a closet. So goodbye little guy. Done! I mean, could it be easier? How about in a box. Also fabulous. These boxes are wonderful particularly for the organized types. Because the box is beautifully made, it looks so good in your closet, on your shelf, your office. Again, isn’t that cute? Wouldn’t you like to open that up? Again, tissue paper helps different colored tissue paper. Again, all you have to do it, oh, I hate pushing him in. Tie a bow around it, let’s do that, I just want to prove to you that you don’t have to tie a bow, you can just tie a knot. Its one of the advantages of beautiful ribbon. You don’t have to disguise it with a bow. We have a new program with ribbon it’s this exquisite satin ribbon that we have made for us, and because it’s coming directly to us, we are able to pass it on with wonderful savings to yourself. I’m just tentatively measuring, I just figure out what I think I want, I just cut it and tie a knot. If you tie a knot, and that’s it, then when you send it through the mail you don’t even have to worry about it getting there perfect because there’s not bow to crush. So there you are, I’m going to make a nice attractive finish on my edges, cutting on the diagonal. Now that little guy is done. What else? We have little tiny bags for tiny presents. You know what I love, I love this pillow box. This is another fabulous thing, you open one end, and put it together, it comes flat. What is this she has? She has a Paper Source t-shirt. Probably the best gift you can give all year long. A very attractive Paper Source t-shirt. Throw this into a pillow box. These are difficult things to wrap, but not if you’ve put it in, voila, another perfect gift without any work. Paper wrapping for dummies is now gift wrapping for smarties. Have fun!
Here we are, ready to try to gift wrap this lovely exotic tea collection. A wonderful hostess gift, gift gift. Gift for yourself, but you don’t have to wrap those. So here it is, and one of the tricks is to figure out how much wrapping paper to use. As I do everything else, in a very literal way. I want it to wrap around so I go one two three four. So the width of this paper will exactly wrap around, and now as far as the length, I want it to be, here, one, two, three. So where I want to cut this paper is approximately here. I’m sure there are people out there who get a T-square out and would make this very careful, not me. I just use the paper to make sure its nice and square about as simple as can be. And I just take my scissors and run it down. It doesn’t have to be real perfect, I will make sure that this edge is covered. This goes like this, around once like this, around once like this. You see it’s just, usually it never works out like this, usually there’s way too much or way too little. I’m going to put this piece of tape here for a minute while I talk. I’ve spent too much time in Japan, and tape is the worst thing in the world and then would never do this. So I’m just doing it for a minute, and then I’m going to, see now I can slide the box so I’m going to center it. So I can see that there’s this much on this side and this much on this side. I’m going to put this edge down like this edge down like this, creasing these and turning this like that. I don’t know if you can see that, and then this tilts up. Now I’m going to do the other side, this turns down like this, and like this. And then this tilts up. And so now, luckily my tape just gave way because I don’t want it anyway. Usually tape is pretty forgiving if you don’t leave it on too long. So this like this, and now how am I going to close this end? I can either use double face tape which is my preference, and I happen to have both here. And I'm going to put that along this edge. The more I have the better chance I have at it working. You see I don’t have to be holding this at the same time. And I can do the other end at the same time. Because once I get going I don’t want to have to try to do it then. This goes like this, this goes like this and this just pops up. Give it a good rub, turn it around, and now this one goes like this as well. its a little teeny long, I have two choices, I could either fold it down like this and then re tape it, or I could trim it off so you just trim it off and now it fits perfect. The trick is to just not have a lot of extra paper. Perfect on this edge, and I know a box that with two little pieces of tape, perfect.
I didn’t talk about centering the designs, that’s always and interesting thing to do. Right now I’m just trying to show you how to turn under the ends. If you’re all worried about your tape holding, don’t forget ribbon. Always put your ribbon on going from the end to the end that you got tucked under because it will act as an additional way to keep your package done. This is how much ribbon I need to get around the package, and then I want to tie a bow, I think eight or ten inches additional should work there. And then I cut it. We have some wonderful ribbons at Paper Source in ten yard put ups, that’s what they call the rolls. Ten yards is just a wonderful amount. You can do between three and five packages with a great deal of fun. . And one of the things I sort of want to talk about, when you are choosing your papers and your ribbons, think in terms of wanting to come up with a style. What will be your signature paper and your signature wrap and your signature bow? See how elegant a knot is? Plus if you package it you don’t have to worry about the bow. Wasn’t that easy?
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