Jane Means shows us how to beautifully wrap a book

This year we’ve asked Janes Means - our gift wrapping style expert - to share some of the best gift wrapping techniques that she’s learned over her 20 year career. Having provided her luxury gift wrapping services for some of the highest class clients you could find (including the Queen!), Jane knows every trick in the book to create simply stunning gift wrapped presents.
In this video Jane shows us how to wrap a book. Now we doubt many of you have trouble when it comes to wrapping this simple shape, but wait until you see the beautiful pleating that Jane creates to give her gift that spectacular finish. It only takes a couple of minutes and will give your presents that festive wow-factor with minimal effort. Try it out for yourself and prepare to never wrap a book the same way again.
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[@lilbroomstick5689]

OH my god thank you so much, this helped me wrap up my teachers corpse nice and neat!

[@obeytweety]

HAHAHA

[@eshashivalkar8855]

Disrespectful af

[@eptgen]

@@eshashivalkar8855 I know, right? A teacher is more similar to something slim, like a pencil, than a book...

[@bodybesilk]

With that beautiful wrapping who needs the gif? Lol. I love this video!

[@oxejayn2814]

And today in 'How to be extra': No, seriously, this was amazing, i love it, going to try it next time!

[@reginaldrasyid2456]

It's been 2 years. Have you tried it yet?

[@nqabayomuzikhulilekamangwe2690]

It’s been 3 years. Have you tried it yet?

[@ivegotmunchies1010]

Four years later, did you end up trying it?

[@linucsx538]

her voice is so soothing! really easy to listen to

[@rem45acp]

She didn't explain how to cut the paper to size. Why is this always missing in every video? It's like cooking shows where they don't say what number medium low is, and how long to cook for.

[@BrownGirlAdventuring]

OMG THANK YOU .....I was like...well thanks Jane...but...kinda, kindly f*** off....bc some of us are still back here at square one in Incompetence-ville......byeeeee

[@TradingKiABCD]

Use your brain for that dude!

[@jamesaburke7]

No one does. I’ve just wasted a bunch of paper screwing that up. Every other thing she said was obvious. Choosing the correct size paper isn’t as easy as you would think. Why doesn’t anyone say,“ “ so much larger then the books height and width. I’ll never understand why important details are never included. Are these videos funded by wrapping paper companies?

[@unathimalangabi2310]

It’s so annoying.

[@samarahj5849]

She makes it look so easy. My wrapping paper keeps curling up when I'm trying to fold it.

[@rarara2412]

Mine too! I've just put weights on the edges to let it straighten out for a couple of hours.

[@ItsMeHi116]

@@rarara2412 Do you flip it over and then put the weights on it? (pretty side up) Game changer. :)

[@wendybell344]

And today I will be trying to accomplish this beautiful pleated wrapping like her and ending up with a gift that just looks wrinkled.

[@feverswamp3852]

I swear I watch this every Christmas (and pause the vid between each step) - thanks Jane girl!

[@BrownGirlAdventuring]

hey....HEY!! COME BACK .... sweet jesus come back....tell me how to precut the paper...bc I'm an incompetent bum that needs A-Z instructions.

[@kev5001]

Worked PERFECTLY! Thank you :)

[@sahtification]

The paper is too pretty! Love it

[@jaimes3625]

She needs to voice some guided meditation videos.

[@aarontapatio2257]

🤣

[@cutebarbie3697]

😭😭😭😭

[@yulias2789]

Her voice is everything, very warm 🥰

[@ellendeman8417]

Beautiful paper!

[@ClearAster]

Thank you so much for the tutorial, I have never been wrapping any gift in my life, but this tutorial saved my life, thank you so much!

[@s.quartey405]

Many Thanks to Jane Means and WHSmith for this life saving video 🙏🏾

[@Gleeba77]

Oh my God!! So simple and wonderful! Thank you so much!

[@carolhurd9893]

Very important to know how you want your gifts these two videos must be watched.

[@shahamburger]

The paper she used is beautiful! Also, this video was oddly calming

[@lydiaaclarkee1924]

Jane is incredible 😍

[@austinlane5801]

10/10 this looked really great wrapping my copy of philosophers stone. Very fancy.

[@lukasmiller486]

Love your Diana haircut!

[@hanan1635]

This is simply beautiful! 😊

[@wellsofwellness]

Thank you so much! I was struggling so hard with gift wrapping, and you made it look so easy. Thank you so much! I was finally able to do it :D

[@margaretnorris8066]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@rawanalalshiekh3860]

Thank you!! I did it and it turned out so beautiful!

[@upcyclethat]

Love this! So amazing the difference that quality gift wrapping makes!

[@mistalia1736]

hopefully you have 9 fingers left hahaha

[@KellySilva13]

yan yan I too laughed at this lol

[@Rocketfoot7]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who found that hilarious xD I laughed so hard at that part!

[@BobbyBlackhearts666]

I didn't have paper with markings, so I just pinched and folded by sight and it came out like I measured anything precisely. Thank you for your guidance!

[@dobu1958]

thank you, Jane, this was very helpful

[@dobu1958]

Update on the helpfulness of this (in case anyone reads these comments): The people who received the gifts were very impressed with the wrapping, and their friends were envious and even made comments on it! I'm so glad for this tutorial! I hope Jane reads this and is able to understand and accept my gratitude for this helpful advice

[@DaxDives]

Nah man this shit's too complicated

[@lamborisho]

dimeface me when I watched it

[@_X1NN_]

dimeface don't say she is a shit.

[@mdsheksha9040]

you are interested and I we love you very much

[@mdsheksha9040]

thank-you very much I don't no to wrap the book but you show how to wrap the book and we love you very much again thank you very much bye bye

[@kamuelalee]

Double sided tape? Blimey. Nice vid, though.

[@bobbleblob]

Who knew wrapping a book was so complicated, but sure looks pretty.

[@kmsy200]

Jane you are awesome

[@AkysChannel]

Life saver!

[@matthewosborne8384]

I bet this looks great with double sided tape. BUT who buys double sided tape?!?!?!?

[@kamuelalee]

Blimey!

[@xavier-wg3xt]

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[@MrSirJoan]

Very good!

[@vaibhavvaidya935]

just amazing

[@eriksixx]

thank you so much! i just wrapped my christmas gift for my cousin ^_^

[@NiteFPS]

I thought u said U wrapped your cousin

[@eriksixx]

@@NiteFPS lmfao no

[@N7801Z]

I do like that.

[@classicarah]

Looks great,don’t like the green bow though. Kinda cheapen it,it would’ve been fine with just the ribbon.

[@akkuverma6593]

thank you madam ,it is really amazing...

[@PhunnyConflicts]

I'm a guy, and I approve this message

[@xtalxtalxtalxtal]

why wouldnt you

[@NatsuNaoIku]

Where can I get this on hand tape dispenser? The one from the shop the look link looks different.

[@1lapmagic]

She reminds me of Mrs. Bucket.

[@PrIntLPro]

Just wow. This is really true art...

[@learnerray9962]

you are so classy... ❤️

[@WolfRawrrr]

I really like this method because it's simple enough to pull off while providing a nice result. However, my biggest gripe is that my wrapping paper isn't perfectly flat like the one used in the video. And that makes everything harder, if not impossible. Am I supposed to find unrolled wrapping paper somehere? Or otherwise how do I straighten it out, because I doubt setting some weights on it is gonna do it right even if I had weeks or months to spare for it :/

[@bin1127]

reused wrapping paper for a reused gift. it won't matter when your gift receiver passes it off to the next person.

[@jakobbourne6381]

*personalised childrens books* are neat gifts if you ask me, something to provide for their literature while young instead of just spamming them w/ toys and gadgets

[@lev9161]

what do you mean "this is where the grid will help you"??? I'm wrapping this book into an old sock, Jane! A SOCK!!

[@adamkhan7234]

If this was a Japanese video it would have showed how to size the paper to fit the object with minimal or no waste, the pleats wouldn't have needed tape to hold them in place, and the ribbon would've been measured precisely using an intuitive measure without a ruler or anything so you don't need to cut off and waste so much expensive ribbon, it would've required one piece of ribbon And it would show how to tie a ribbon into a bow rather than the camera cutting awkwardly so many times so you can't see what's happening. But it wasn't.

[@mlmj1994]

This is bougee 👌🏾

[@stephaniesmith4387]

Where’d she get that hand tape dispenser ???

[@nordinhashim3600]

Tq. I'd tried it.

[@bin1127]

tried it success or tried it fail?

[@yashvi17]

I wasted 10 gifts worth of wrapping paper trying to wrap my book. Let’s try this and see it it’s any good.

[@NytronX]

I'll stick with gift bags, lol

[@mdsheksha9040]

you are historic and very nice

[@Kab61670]

You should give credit to Paper Guru.

[@grahamd4764]

All very well if you only have one present to wrap.

[@fallintoadream]

Thought the music was a bit much

[@debsmitapaul1816]

I can hear her talk all day.

[@whatthedeuce091]

What kind of witchcraft is this?!? Imma go try this out...

[@Emptrapzor]

"Now we doubt many of you have trouble when it comes to wrapping this simple shape" - HAHAHA!! guilty as charged...

[@ababyharpseal6534]

Step 1: Attempt instructions Step 2: Fuck up Step 3: Abandon gift-wrap and just shove the book into a gift bag with tissue paper.

[@kayla238100]

Very nice wrapping idea i like it but i hate the way the video kept switching from her face to the table every 2 seconds it was annoying. May be the camera should just be on the table where the actuon is taking place because we can still hear the talking while we are seeing the action.

[@Danielle-eo5im]

too confusing

[@aimeemee7886]

all this, just for it to be torn at the end

[@rarara2412]

All of life, just to die in the end. What's your point?

[@stangregory3721]

all to be ripped apart in 10 seconds

[@billturner2613]

Hate to be sexist but she's a very attractive woman

[@mib8034]

+Bill Turner That's not sexist...

[@jonnygreenjeans]

I was going to say the same thing!!! Something about the accent adds to her attentiveness

[@bosskhan8333]

u8

[@nisem7963]

Anyone else try and fail immensly?

[@gwenhoskins1]

Very fancy... But not simple at all.

[@leahhill223]

The style she demonstrates is nice and she does a good job. The paper and the bow are ugly.

[@MichaelJimenez416]

but are you sure though ?

[@povertysickness]

I’m tripping on acid...

[@ignaz246]

Mano IQ per mazas tokiem burtam nahuj

[@obeytweety]

The wrapping’s design came thru I mean the three lines just so extra nothing special at all

[@Brisbae]

It's a book not a fish why u giving it gills gross

[@kohvjaveri1599]

titta

[@aggelikigewrgiadou8798]

too complicated

[@82pot]

i’m only one minute in but i can tell you now this woman has no idea what she’s doing

[@carbonmalibuLA]

This is one of the worst things I've ever seen. First of all, WH Smith, you've spelled the lady's name wrong. Her name is "Jane", not "Janes". I mean come on, how can you get this so pathetically wrong? Second, there are no measurements in this video. "I've pre-cut my paper into a nice strip." Really? Have you actually paused to think about how humans work? Do you not think it would be helpful to inform us of the required dimensions of the paper strip? This video is terrible. It could be good. But everything about it is terrible, because you haven't stopped to think for like one millisecond. Please try harder, WH Smith.

[@pretty_flaco]

this was overkill

[@idonotlickbanisters9794]

Piss off. It's November. It's too early for Christmas

[@gwenhoskins1]

idonotlickbanisters it will take until Christmas to learn how to do it

[@bin1127]

She always wear that giant ass diamond ring in everything.

[@anaissesteighart7762]

Does her accent piss anyone else off or is it just me