WI notes
SARAH Harmer runs two gift shops, one in Ely, and one in Chatteris. And on the
15th November, she came to the WI to demonstrate how to wrap gifts.
Her first article was a box she covered in bright red paper with all the corners beautifully neat and no sellotape showing! The next was a round tin — much more difficult — but she pleated the paper round the sides and on the top so that the bottom was perfectly flat, and a circle of paper stuck to the top covered up all the ends. She then decorated it with ribbon bows.
The third gift was a bottle and she showed us how to make ferns for the decoration on this awkward object. The finished articles looked so very attractive that I wondered if when all the lovely wrapping was taken off the gifts inside might be a disappointment!
Our next meeting, on 6th December, will be our annual Christmas Party.