30 things: How to Wrap a Present

"Skills That Save Time Or Money"

1. How to Wrap a Present

-Why You Should Learn This:

* We (humans) like beautiful things, and especially like ripping beautiful things open
* Gifts were invented to inspire as much pleasure as possible, on both sides of the transaction

The author goes on to discuss the classic present-wrapping technique, which is the method Q and I will attempt to do, and bows: the simple ribbon bow, the curling ribbon bow, and the fancy bow.

Here is where we started.

Q's box half done.

Q is more than half done, but V has yet to start. Instead she's telling Q she sucks!

V finally decides to get off FB and start.

Q is finishing up her box ends.

And here is Q's second end.

V is catching up and doing a better job than she thought.

V finishing up here second end.

V all done.

V claims her ends were ugly, so she won't let you see.

Both boxes are now wrapped.

Q's attempt at making a bow out of wrapping paper.

V thinks she has no clue at making a bow from wrapping paper, but later found she's more creative than she knew.

We didn't waste much paper, even though Q started her bow over again.

 

V working at her bow.

Q's finished product.

V's finished product. Too cute! So creative, the butterfly is an earring! Yes, V removed her earring and added a literal personal touch. Very nice!

And we're done. Overall, it was pretty simple to wrap the boxes. It took us about an hour, but we were watching television, harvesting gardens on Facebook, and shooting the breeze.