Book Review: Giftwrapped by Jane Means

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm a late developer when it comes to the art of gift-wrapping. Yes, I was always wowed if I received presents that were exquisitely presented but it's only in the passed few years that I've realised how achievable it is, with a little thought and a well-stocked craft cupboard, to add significant zhush to your bestowing. And that's why, just in time for that Christmas wrapping bonanza, today's post is a book review of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1909342564/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1909342564&linkCode=as2&tag=modecounstyl-21&linkId=TRXUHAT2A75CHM62">Giftwrapped: Practical and Inventive Ideas for All Occasions and Celebrations</a> by Jane Means.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="http://janemeansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Jane-Means-book-Giftwrapped-cover.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" width="539" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jane Means is a wrapping guru extraordinaire. She raises the presentation bar by a few hundred feet but somehow manages to convey her obvious talent in a way that is both inspiring and encouraging.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYjL3vpojaOj5U45bWfF9LP8DFE-t-ZGZx2uat78VexHBFhZu1o7ZaMEjABKORwok3L5r-vrJiZwpUm7oDf7yrwxGGeq3UkQd1L0DbYZFT0Q5GKZA3Z0-rwQguqK-Iaf0jm8otgzx0go/s640/image-1.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" width="637" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Published by Jacqui Small, Giftwrapped takes you through the whole range of packaging problems (bottles, clothes, circular tins)...with fantastic and gorgeous solutions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="https://d2dwdsyg32uj5v.cloudfront.net/system/product_images/images/001/851/401/original_giftwrapped-hardback-book-by-jane-means.jpg?1412446334" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jane means teaches gift-wrapping (as well as selling an enormous range of want-it-now ribbons and papers) for a living, and her skill at demonstrating a variety of techniques (bow-tying, pleating, bouquet-encasing) shines throughout the book.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHoaI2kmae9AX8Q57O5Fob0RWSz6Ox8qnvfzuQmGmh_BDl72qX19KF7Elsx_v0Gk0gA2E2imjeGxjwZYtR2TFYE8LFkdONm1oi2ZeTKMdOSb-YySRgyo7qyQw6U-S6FQXy5mnQ_IDXqo/s1600/gift-wrapping-expert.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You'll be relieved to know that Giftwrapped is not a plea to spend hundreds of pounds on fancy extras...plenty of the ideas here are free...for example, adding little sprigs of rosemary to your ribbons. These little touches, alongside your new-found wrapping prowess will make you feel like Modern Country crafting royalty!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuKq8ZLsp8GFRVzhO-IX9RxtBZXV0IYkQanelrLL-Rjzu4hNqp2Eg5xGFieE3qgY-eFTNP8nGpNHi7763t90JFXYqPMWRYgtbvtE_GROg0_AlzwdhL3dy0S6XB1IH1KI-MKsSNxbG4gM/s1600/Rossi-giftwrapping-by-Jane-Means.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Covering everything from baby shower presents to making the perfect labels, Giftwrapped has the power (with a little help from you!) to transform so-so offerings to breathtaking beauties.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqut_jYUOt0CQ75V28c2v2WYdH-M0BJyYzYSX65tJyvp-Q2pweSbt0LwrRT4_y_jHfnBvoy5fPcDBfG17fLjGtSPpzHAZ4LFj6RSz9NbSRMCeKEgEkrbrKHUDHZgYqKZHUC6ixY58HYyQ/s1600/image-4.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Get your copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1909342564/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1909342564&linkCode=as2&tag=modecounstyl-21&linkId=TRXUHAT2A75CHM62">Giftwrapped by Jane Means here</a>.}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="https://d2dwdsyg32uj5v.cloudfront.net/system/product_images/images/001/851/393/original_giftwrapped-hardback-book-by-jane-means.jpg?1412445808" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Book Review: Giftwrapped by Jane Means

I'm a late developer when it comes to the art of gift-wrapping. Yes, I was always wowed if I received presents that were exquisitely pre...

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Craft and interior books.....

I LOVE craft books and interior design books. They are my Achilles' heel. They call to me from Amazon and before I know it, the One-Cick button has been pressed....<br />Here is where I store my stash.....<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0GvCXx8y8lo6wFObLVftkIHzC9CySKqWalPN_hDXUP1Iw678XYgogS1hM1v3OfnPUZBSjqscCzkkY-vwduuqzZTb-r3R5Sb-I5bzUohe35IHlo_CkCSTawPeGb-9Ku59JydhmF9n1pZo/s1600/Picture+030.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472261113412338770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0GvCXx8y8lo6wFObLVftkIHzC9CySKqWalPN_hDXUP1Iw678XYgogS1hM1v3OfnPUZBSjqscCzkkY-vwduuqzZTb-r3R5Sb-I5bzUohe35IHlo_CkCSTawPeGb-9Ku59JydhmF9n1pZo/s400/Picture+030.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />Here are the bookends that I use - otherwise the books flop around all over the place. One end is a vintage hot-water bottle:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIM4NdyRyi7WzxGBVywnvN857TmTMEJYHAc5nhfNlq3KJ49lgifM6jULylLW9e6nVbQVe-SJMLPO7IYxC1eCogfb2fCdiossIhyphenhyphen_G66nyF9mtwH4aezjZJGI3j-sNrqIrDhHjFnJM8vCI/s1600/Picture+029.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472260693182454898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIM4NdyRyi7WzxGBVywnvN857TmTMEJYHAc5nhfNlq3KJ49lgifM6jULylLW9e6nVbQVe-SJMLPO7IYxC1eCogfb2fCdiossIhyphenhyphen_G66nyF9mtwH4aezjZJGI3j-sNrqIrDhHjFnJM8vCI/s400/Picture+029.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a></p><p> </p><p>The other end is an old-fashioned iron:<br /></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtRj6laQarOYuX0OQGCJTNnfgI4ygKWroJGnf6fCVdHZaHJJrm3tubawvdZ58TGnbnKyBerbudKYOANokkCVwCXhpgvYPRr6qNWWVSkeO4fsfDi5LzzIVysv8Hp9r2BiyV0JwbMYT62y3/s1600/Picture+028.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472259388179113138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtRj6laQarOYuX0OQGCJTNnfgI4ygKWroJGnf6fCVdHZaHJJrm3tubawvdZ58TGnbnKyBerbudKYOANokkCVwCXhpgvYPRr6qNWWVSkeO4fsfDi5LzzIVysv8Hp9r2BiyV0JwbMYT62y3/s400/Picture+028.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />It's one of my favourite nooks in the house, making me smile every time I look there.<br /><br />I will share someof my favourites....<br /><br />To be continued.....</p>

Craft and interior books.....

I LOVE craft books and interior design books. They are my Achilles' heel. They call to me from Amazon and before I know it, the One-Cick...

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