Cut a long length of twine, wrap it around the gift and secure it with a knot. Feed on a gift tag and finish with a bow. A sprig of foliage also gives a nice final flourish.

To get wrapping, start by gathering all of your supplies. You’ll need scissors, tape, gift boxes and any extras like bows, ribbons and gift tags. Let’s start with the scissors.

In her book, “The Art of Gift Wrapping,” Wen features 50 ways to wrap and says almost half the ideas use common materials. Bottom line: Approach the task with creativity and think beyond a ...

Gift wrap made from paper will crinkle and ball up while gift wrap made from other materials will not. The same is true for gift bags. If bags are metallic looking and not made from paper, they must ...

She also suggests keeping a small basket or plastic bin close by with your scissors, tape, gift tags, pens or markers, ribbon, bows, and anything else you like to use for adornments.

Wrap and glue a 2-inch-wide whitewashed strip around the middle to make bow. Finally, cut a 2-inch-wide whitewashed strip that's long enough to fit all the way around your gift box and hot-glue ...

From November through December, Von Maur employees will gift wrap about 70,000 packages at the company’s 32 department stores — not including gift-wrapped items ordered online — and consume ...

Five At Four That's a wrap! Bow-tying expert shares tips on how to wrap gifts like a pro Holly Seguine has a room in her Tellico Village home dedicated to bow tying and gift wrapping.

She also suggests keeping a small basket or plastic bin close by with your scissors, tape, gift tags, pens or markers, ribbon, bows, and anything else you like to use for adornments.