Wrapping Comes Before Gifting

Of course we all know that a beautifully wrapped gift makes a world of difference and adds that special elevating dimension to the entire activity of sharing.

This post stems from a personal experience of last minute gift wrapping and how self-defeated one feels walking in to a friend's home with a gift that could've had  happier packaging. Last year at this time we had devoted double digit number of pages to a feature on Ideas for Gift Wrapping. This year again, perhaps because this is the time when gifting hits its crescendo, that wrapping ideas take center stage.

A few trawled out ideas that could be an inspiration: 

Button down a pin wheel on small individual ones

The Bold monochromatic

Collect interesting ribbons wherever you might find them

For Oversized Drama

Beautifully simple

Papers with pom poms can make it easier

Touch of elegance

From school books to gifts, just the labels  are different

French Knots that work as knobs for drawer boxes

Sing along

For home made cookies

A Neat pile

Potpourri

Lil Goodie Sacks

Options within a Dimension

Chocolate Editions

Organic all the Way

Many ways of Combining with Brown

Lite n Lemoni

Many ways with wool and chord

The catch I figured is to be on the look out for interesting pieces that would work as embellishments on a gift and then execute it neatly.....there is still time before the bells begin to jingle...so happy wrapping!
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Advantage Mumbai as BMW Guggenheim Lab opens its third mobile lab

This last weekend would have been one of the red letter ones for Mumbaikars who feel strongly about 'meaningful public spaces' -- spaces that add quality to general day to day living, those that are interactive and encourage citizens to be participatory in their non-private immediate environment.

The BMW Guggenheim Lab, a mobile laboratory that explores Public Space and Urban Life, opened last Sunday at Mumbai after doing similar launches in New York and Berlin. Of all the Indian cities, Mumbai was undoubtedly the most appropriate city to be chosen for this experiment. Describing it as 'one of the most complex populous and culturally rich cities in the world' curator of the Mumbai Lab, David van der Leer rightly says that "everyone living in a city has a stake in its future and our programs are designed to bring people of all backgrounds and viewpoints together to address important issues related to urban life".  http:/www.bmwguggenheimlab.org/ 

The six-week program Mumbai Lab's central site will be presented from 3pm to 9pm on the plaza of the the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum. Activities will also be offered on dedicated dates from 5pm to 9pm at additional labs in five communities throughout the city. These are:

Horniman Circle (Fort): Dec 13-17, 2012
Priyadarshini Park (Malabar Hill): Dec 20-23, 2012
Sambhaji Park (Mulund East): Dec 27-30, 2012
Batliboy Compound (Mill Worker colony):  Jan 3-7, 2013

Mahim Beach: Jan 10-13, 2013 

We are hoping that there will be lessons for the rest of the Indian cities too.