Gift Wrapping Service
A Third Age Small Business Opportunities feature
by our Small Business Editor

Providing a Gift Wrapping Service may seem an unusual idea for a business, but it can without doubt be made to work if you have the artistic flair and an eye for business.

How many of us are either too busy or simply don’t have the creative flair to do justice to the presents we buy? Well that is precisely why such a lifestyle business can be made to succeed, and why you could use your creative skills to develop either a full or part-time business out of offering a Gift Wrapping Service.

People buy presents all year round. And while Christmas would naturally provide the greatest single earning opportunity, the actual year-round earning opportunities are enormous. Birthdays, Anniversaries, Easter, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Christening Presents, Leaving Presents, House Warming Presents all provide earning potential for the enterprising Gift Wrapper.

And it’s not just individuals who could be in need of a Gift Wrapping Service. Shops and Stores frequently have neither the time nor the trained staff to offer a professional Gift Wrapping Service. Corporate events these days often give presents to those attending. Then there are Corporate Courses, Private Gift Wrapping Courses and Gift Wrapping Demonstrations and Seminars. The possibilities are almost endless.

Unlike many business opportunities, the start-up costs for a Gift Wrapping Service are extremely low. You don’t need business premises and Gift Wrapping Supplies are readily available and cheap to buy.

So if you fancy setting up a Gift Wrapping Service in your Third Age, we would recommend starting off with the likes of Gifted Wrapping: Step-by-Step Instructions for Stylish and Elegant Wraps for Perfect ‘present’ Ations by Christine Fritsch.

As the books says, “Gift Wrapping has become big business as busy people flock to the Gift Wrapping departments of their favourite shops and to high-end personal Gift Wrappers. Gift givers are frequently spending as much or more on wrapping as on the gift itself. For anyone who pays attention to the details and insists upon the finishing touch that a creatively wrapped gift provides, this book is for you. It teaches, through step-by-step projects how to wrap commonly shaped gifts beautifully and affordably. Design tips and resources for materials and designing home gift centres help take anyone’s skill to the next level.”

Included in the book are step-by-step projects that are easily duplicated; instructions for folding paper and making bows; interesting ideas for bow making and sources of papers and lots of ideas that are appropriate for various gifting occasions. Above all, the ideas are presented through beautiful photographs of completed gift-wrapped packages, step-by-step illustrations, and how-to copy and resources.

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