Name: How to gift wrap a large gift
Uploaded: 2014-06-18T06:04:54.000Z
Duration: 4 min 45 s
Description: Wrapping an oversized gift can be such a chore, never mind the sloppy look that can result from covering the bare patches with scraps of wrapping paper. Rod Martinez from Papyrus shows us a technique for beautifully wrapping a gift that is too big for one sheet of wrapping paper.

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Making cookies to give as a gift is lovely. But the baking seems like the easy part when we face the task of wrapping the cookie tin they will arrive in. Don't settle for a stick-on bow from the drug store. You really can wrap a cookie tin. Here's how it's done by the fabulous Nilda Garcia, on loan from the chic wrapping boutique, Kate's Paperie.

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Wrapping an oversized gift can be such a chore, never mind the sloppy look that can result from covering the bare patches with scraps of wrapping paper.  Rod Martinez from Papyrus shows us a technique for beautifully wrapping a gift that is too big for one sheet of wrapping paper.

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