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Gift Wrapping: Creative Ideas from Japan

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This book is incredible! I highly recomend this for not only someone who enjoys paper craft but also for Graphic Designers like myself. Well illustrated and easy to understand and plenty of pictures. Also great for learning the traditions behind the wrappings.

It is fantastic! I loved this book. I has pages whith colored photos of all the desings. The autor is precise (acurate)in the measures and diagrams, important for learning the new ideas proposed. It is very crreative and usefull.

(I'm sorry about my english...i don't write it very well, it's not my language. Anyway i think that you will understand my message).

There is something so beautiful and special about a thoughtfully wrapped gift. Forget those garish papers with bright colors that assault your senses. Learn to wrap things so that the wrapping itself is a gift. This book shows you exactly how to wrap your gift with the subtleness found in so many things Japanese. You don't even need boxes for most of the numerous wrapping techniques, and therein lies the beauty. Highly recommended, you won't ever want to part with this one.

If you're searching for artistic and elegant ways of wrapping up gifts, you will fall in love with this book! Each idea is beautifully presented and diagrammed in detail. There are wrapping ideas from the artfully simple and spghisticated to the ultimately elegant and intricate...gift wrapping for the beginner paper folder to advanced challenges. They are all wonderful with that wonderful touch of Japanese artistic grace that make the outside of the gift as intriguing as the inside and can make the mundane look magnificent. Even when I'm not putting the ideas to use, I find I love to look through the book over and over.

I expected more ideas on how to wrap beautiful presents from this book, but was only moderately satisfied from its content. This is certainly one of the better books out there on amazon.com about beautiful gift wrapping. However, I have seen many more beautiful ideas on how to wrap gifts in Asia. If only there was a book that described and taught more ideas on gift-wrapping.

This book is nice and useful.
The folding instructions and matching photo's are very clear.
The ideas in the book are original (at least they seem so to me).
I voted 3 stars, 'cause it's not really my style. I've warmed up better for other gift wrapping books.

I've always admired the beauty and creativity of wrapped gifts in Japan and went searching for a book on how to wrap Japanese style. "Gift Wrapping: Creative Ideas from Japan" is the perfect book to teach you some of the standard methods of gift wrapping used in Japan. I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in trying something unique for added beauty to a gift. The book has lots of photos and step-by-step drawings to guide you throught the whole wrapping process. It does take some practice to master folding tight corners but the end result is worth it. Take an ordinary gift and turn it into something extraordinary with Japanese gift wrapping!

The book was just 'OK'. It would be easier to copy designs if it had more actual pictures of the processes. I would not recommend it to friends.

This book is a concise - and at the same time detailed hands-on guide to create gift packaging and wrappings.

The book includes around 60 different ways to wrap up stuff, all based on traditional methods used in Japans. Plenty of pics and diagrams - you can choose the wrapping starting from the shape of what you need to package, including odd objects like bottles, candies and balls.

I am pretty pathetical at wrapping gifts, but I was able to create a nice looking package in a matter of minutes. If you are interested in creating striking wrappings for your gifts or goods, give the book a try, it's really very well done, practical and useful.

I bought this book to add a little something to my Christmas presents and it worked! In addition to the thanks for the gifts, I received a lot of compliments on the unique wrapping. Some of the instructions do get a little confusing (be sure to experiment before attempting with the real thing or you'll go through a lot of paper) but, overall, it was pretty easy to follow. The wrapping itself was beautiful in its simplicity.