Perhaps you’ve seen colorful take-out food containers at your local craft store (check near the wrapping paper). I’d heard that these boxes are great for packaging jewelry gifts, so I decided to try it for myself. I recently gifted a bracelet in one such container, and the external effect was lovely. The view from the inside, however, was not so pretty. Even though I lined the container with tissue paper, the bracelet was just kind of sprawled helter-skelter.
The solution? Empty toilet paper rolls. Cut the roll so that the open ends fit snugly against the container’s walls. (To avoid flattening the roll as you cut it, cut in from one of the open ends, make a right-angle turn, and cut around the roll in little snips.) Then, wrap the roll in wrapping paper or fabric scraps. Finally, drape a bracelet over the roll and set it in place inside the container. Ten points for presentation!