The Perfect Gentleman Issue 9 - Christmas | Page 30

Thinking “win-win”

Gift Bags

At times we find ourselves with the conundrum
of needing easy wrapping ideas for difficult
shaped gifts. The next two points are your quick
fix solutions.
Gift Boxes

If, for example, your prezzie is a lovely bottle of
bubbly, you could use one of those fail-safe
bottle specific gift bags. However, instead of
hastily flinging a bottle into a bag, try some
finesse and finish things off well. Buy some
tissue paper and wrap the bottle with it, then tie
a bow with ribbon around the neck of the bottle
and fray / fluff the edge of the tissue paper so
that it is sticking up out of the top of the bag,
and voila! It looks like you have invested a little
bit more effort into the gift process. Usually,
depending on the person, I also slip a few little
goodies inside the bag. At Christmas I buy
festive chocolates and mini treats and slip a few
down the sides of the bag. Another good touch
would be to buy a larger gift bag and to add
some artisan cheese and water biscuits to go
with the bottle of red. I think you get the idea.

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As the song lyrics go, “brown paper packages
tied up with string; these are a few of my
favourite things.” For all odd shaped items such
as clothing or something that is not in an easyto-wrap shape, I would suggest using a box.
Eliminate the amorphous shaped item that
won't conform to the gift paper size. Once
inside a box, you can wrap it up effortlessly. Or,
should you have a decorative box, it is just a
case of embellishing it with a ribbon or bow,
and maybe some distinctively themed decor,
before adding your labels.

CHRISTMAS GENTLEMAN