Melissa’s Cozy Teacup

One thing that I learned working in department stores, was how to wrap a present and make it look GOOD! Now, it bugs me to go somewhere and see them do a poor job of wrapping a persons gift. It really is not hard to wrap a gift in the way I’m going to demonstrate. Come along, let’s get to wrapping!

Supplies:regu;ar clear wrapping tape, two sided tape, scissors, wrapping paper, present, and ribbon.

I don’t know if you can tell, but inside that circle, there are squares. The entire back side of the paper is marked with squares. You don’t have to use marked paper, it just makes things easier to line up. So, step one line up your box face down on your wrapping paper, draw up the paper over the edge of the box, then tape it down. Use regular tape for this step so that when you line up your overlapping side, it doesn’t stick before you want it to.

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Pinch the edge so that it is nice and ’sharp’.

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Bring the roll of paper, up and over the entire box, extending  it about and inch past the box. See the circle?

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Take that inch of over lap, lay it on the edge of the box and pinch it so you have an edge to fold over, fold it over, and pinch it too, so that it is nice and sharp and lays flat when folded under. This means you will not have any ‘raw’ edges to your wrapping paper.

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See how nice the edges look lined up? At this point, you may use double stick tape unde the edge or regular tape on top of the edge as I had to since I didn’t have double stick to use.

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Another example of how the edges line up. This is where you would place your double sided tape.

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(Sides) Tuck in the ‘top’ of the paper which when turned over, will become the bottom of the package.

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Tuck in each side, remembering to pinch those edges, even up the sides so that they are sharp.

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Tuck in and fold down that raggedy edge (see the X) making that crease, what?! Sharp! lol  This is also where you may apply double sided tape to secure this flap, or you may tape it on the outside too if you wish.

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See how pretty? You’ve secured all the flaps and have run your fingers along every single edge, pinching it and making it sharp. now you have a lovely package, ready for a bow, without a huge seam down the middle. Who is going to give it a try?

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