The Art of Gift Wrapping: 50 Innovative Ideas Using Organic, Unique, and Uncommon Materials

by Wanda Wen

Book Overview

From organic and eco-friendly wraps to lush and romantic presentations, the more than 50 projects and ideas contained in The Art of Gift Wrapping will remind you that it is as much fun to wrap as it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307408477
• ISBN13: 9780307408471
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Potter Craft
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Awesome

I bought this book for my daugher's birthday. She is 31 years old. She loves to wrap presents. She loved the innovative ideas and materials used in wrapping gifts and especially the ideas for none traditional shapes of gifts and ideas on how to wrap them. She said it was the best gift ever.

Anyone can master the art of gift wrapping!

Some people simply have a knack for creative and beautiful gift-wrapping jobs, while the rest of us struggle with store-bought paper rolls and plastic ribbon. But //The Art of Gift Wrapping// can give anyone the ability to create gorgeous and inventive packages. Author Wanda Wen, who specializes in gift-wrapping, runs a store in Los Angeles devoted to this art, and this book collects everything she has learned in the course of her lifetime. From unique handmade papers to grocery bags and wax paper, fabric ribbons to ones made of plastic wrap, this book abounds with ideas and inspiration. Each chapter focuses on different styles, including romantic, eco-friendly, and resourceful. Instructions are simply written with pictorial guides, enabling anyone to achieve great results. Wen draws a good deal of inspiration from nature, and it shows in gift topper ideas made of sticks and flowers, and embellishments created from leaves and other backyard finds. With this book, the wrapping job is part of the gift itself; create the present that draws everyone's eyes on the wedding gift table, offer up a holiday box that invites comments and compliments. With a little training and determination, anyone can do it! Reviewed by Holly Scudero

Wanda Wen is a gift wrapping goddess!

Seriously, this book is a must have for anyone that loves to give gifts! Too many times I've caught myself spending hours shopping for that perfect gift, then I end up stuffing it in a gift bag and tossing in a card. Now that I've read Wanda's book, she's inspired me to pay attention to the entire gift-giving process, and make sure that the presentation of my gift is just as well thought out as the gift itself! The projects are gorgeous, the instructions are easy to follow, and the photography is beautiful! This book should definitely be in everyone's gift wrap supply basket, right next to the scotch tape!

Gift Wrapping From the Heart

For over fifteen years Soolip (West Hollywood, CA) has proven to be a one-stop location to find perfect, unique and elegant gifts hand chosen by its founder and visionary force, Wanda Wen. Wanda created a welcoming space that exists to solve gift-giving, paper and gift wrapping quandaries. Most of us will agree that finding the right gift for the people in our lives can be demanding even in the best of times - add to that the chore of wrapping that gift and it's easy to find yourself in overdrive, especially around the holidays. I for one have problems with applying scotch tape evenly, and am completely at a loss for being the slightest bit imaginative when it comes to wrapping a gift. And now, thanks to The Art of Gift Wrapping, I have 100's (ok, the cover says 50, but trust me, that's just the tip of the iceberg) of ideas available to me to make my gifts, books, candles, dvds, etc., look like the individual treasures I want them to be. So the next best thing to being able to get your gifts and wrapping directly from Soolip is to follow the wonderful, elegant, and unique ideas in this book!