Many of us are wrapping gifts this week or next. I've talked about this tip before but wanted to remind you friends once again.
When your gift wrap is just short of the ends meeting on the backside when wrapping conventionally (paper ends are parallel to the boxes sides), turn the paper on the diagonal and see if the paper will fully cover your gift.
Here's a small box that I was wrapping with a scrap of paper. The paper was about 1/4-inch too short for the ends to meet on the back side.
I tried turning the box 90 degrees in the other direction, and I just couldn't get it to work.
So I turned the paper on the diagonal and, presto, the box was thoroughly covered with the paper.
Diagonal for the win!
