San Francisco Center for the Book

This year, wow your friends and family with the gifts you present. Learn how to wrap them beautifully in this one-night workshop.

Topics include how to measure the right amount of paper, how to wrap boxes with and without tape, and tips for tying the perfect bow. You'll experiment with ribbon alternatives and Japanese-inspired creations. Beautiful materials and a spot of tea will be supplied.

You'll end the night with sample gift wrappings to take home for use as decoration, or to un-wrap and re-use the gorgeous materials supplied by Billy. Your new gift-wrapping superpowers are also yours to keep.

You are welcome to bring one actual gift you wish to wrap, time permitting, but please bring your own materials (paper, ribbon, etc) for that project. 

Prerequisite:
None

Materials to Bring:
All tools and materials will be provided. Students who want to bring one actual gift to wrap should bring enough materials (paper, ribbon, etc) for that project.

About the Instructor:
Billy's passion for lettering began in pre-school with the assistance of Mommy Billie. Billy and Billie spent hours shaping letterforms day in and day out. Later in life, Little Billy parlayed that lettering passion into a calligraphic profession, creating a petit line of stationery, penning custom lettering for clients, designing a line of porcelain for San Francisco's luxury speciality store, Gump’s and of course as an instructor at SFCB—taking students through those first steps Little Billy took with Big Billie. Billy's lettering has been featured in magazines, wedding invitations, place cards, monograms, and brand identities.