Dress Your Gifts to Impress
(ARA) - Impress friends and family by ditching the wrapping paper for a more personalized gift presentation. Creative packaging can heighten suspense and make gift exchanges more memorable and meaningful.
The gifting experts at 1-800-Flowers.com suggest the following wrapping ideas that are guaranteed to dazzle all those on your gift list.
* Make reusable gift bags from silk, taffeta, burlap, chintz or another fabric, or from dish towels, doilies or pillow cases. These are great for wrapping odd-shaped or unboxed items in a hurry.
* Use colorful shoelaces, artificial rope pearls, leather strips, vinyl cording, jump ropes, strips of netting, paper twist, raffia, hemp rope, twine or yarn as creative alternatives to ribbon when tying a package.
* Mislead shakers and squeezers by adding marbles, bells, weights or padding to your package before wrapping it.
* Design your own gift wrapping paper by splatter-painting, rag-rolling, sponging or stenciling sheets or rolls of plain-colored paper.
* Use sheet music to wrap concert tickets or other small gifts for the music lover.
* Hide a small gift in a huge bouquet of flowers, a jar of penny candy, a bucket of marbles, a box of chocolates or a bag of popcorn.
* For a truly one-of-a-kind-present that begs to be talked about, check out the Fresh Flower Present by Julie at 1-800-Flowers.com. Created by floral expert Julie McCann Mulligan, this exclusive gift is a glamorous gift box design made entirely of fresh flowers.
Courtesy of ARA Content
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