Father's Day gift wrapping

Another family celebration, another pavlova.  The men in my family have a sweet tooth, and any 'male' related celebration involves a pavlova (see 14 August 2011 post for the recipe).  Today is Father's Day in Australia.  My Dad, who is against any sort of commercialised celebration, wasn't keen on marking the day.  I said to him, "Father's Day isn't all about you", and mentioned the possibility of pavlova.  That sealed the deal.   Notwithstanding my Dad's anti-Father's day stance, I bought him a present, "Wall and Piece" by Banksy. 

Wrapping presents for men is challenging at the best of times, and even more challenging when you are trying to make the gift look low key and non-commercial.  It is particularly difficult for me, as I do love a flourish, and have to fight all of my natural instincts.  Initially I thought of using brown paper decorated with a Banksy-esque stencil and a comment on the state of the nation, but then I remembered that I don't know how to draw.  Instead I decided to go au natural with brown paper, woven millinery straw (sinamay) and hemp string.  As the overall colour palate is so similar, nothing stands out and screams commercialism.

After wrapping the book in brown paper, I cut a piece of woven straw to go around the middle and stuck it to the back. 

I then taped one end of the hemp string to the back of the present and wound it around the middle five times, taping the end.  Simple.

But I couldn't resist one little subtle flourish.  A small wooden heart stuck in the middle. Dad can't possibly argue with that.

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