When most of us set up near the trimmed tree to wrap gifts, we pull out a minimum of musthave items—paper, ribbon, scissors, and tape. When former fashion designer Carolyne Roehm prepares a package, she turns to a gift-wrap reserve that rivals all others. Collected over many years, it includes specialty ribbons, whimsical trims, one-of-a-kind papers, fresh and silk flowers, wax seals, stamps, stencils, decorative pens, interesting cutouts, and a handful of other accessories that vary from day to day, month to month, year to year.
“For me, creating a beautifully wrapped package is fun and pleasurable, and always adds to the enjoyment of a festive occasion,” writes Carolyne in her book Presentations: A Passion for Gift Wrapping. She developed the passion because of her Grandma Beaty, whose creative ideas,…
