Need a quick little gift box? Grab a cd and a sheet of decorative card stock – you can either upcycle it, buy it, or print it with your desired image. Using a pencil, trace the cd as shown and mark ...

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We, at AD, love gift-giving season. That’s why knowing how to wrap a present is a skill we don’t take lightly. Packaging goes beyond selecting pretty wrapping paper. “It is the first impression, the ...

3 rules: pick a useful item (no filler), use a small box (not an envelope), add a 1–2 sentence note It stops last-minute overspending, and you keep 80–90% of the budget on the gift card Last-minute ...

Whether you buy them from a small mom-and-pop shop or bake them yourself, a box of sweets hits all the right notes a good ...