Jane in her studio

Running demonstrations at the

VIP West End Day in London

Beaumond Hospice Ladies Day Event

Meet Britains Gift wrapping Expert Jane Means... 

Her company was born in 1995 with a small budget and a mind full of creative ideas. Nowadays Jane Means has clients travelling from as far as New Zealand to come on her Gift Wrapping Courses. She is known as the ‘Gift Wrap Guru' to many PR agencies, the media and well known companies, who have enlisted her help and expertise in the gift wrapping trade.

She also runs corporate courses for retailers and charities. Her portfolio includes services for Harrods, House of Fraser, Lakeland, The Queen Elizabeth Foundation, Meadowhall, W.H.Smith, O2, Philips, Marks & Spencer, American Express, NSPCC and Claridges to name a few.

Other than the Gift Wrapping School, Jane Means has also provided a luxury gift wrapping service for Selfridges, Banana Republic, Blackwell Books, Covent Garden Piazza, The White Company, St. Pancras and at the Country Living Fairs amongst other events.  She has also wrapped a gift for the Queen and personally gift wrapped for various celebrities (She won't disclose names!).

She now has an elite team of Gift Wrappers based throughout the country

Jane travels nationwide running private courses in ones home and workplace, in addition to her own workshops based in Lincolnshire, Harrogate, Manchester, Henley, Glasgow and London. She is now a popular demonstrator to clubs, galleries and at national charity events, exhibitions and trade events (including Spring and Autumn Fair at the NEC)

She has been featured in The Mail, Telegraph, Express, Mirror, Independant, Yorkshire Post, Period Living, Country Homes and Interiors, Weddings and Home, GQ, London Evening Standard, Junior Magazine, Easy Living, Let's get Crafting, Journal, Woman + Home, Good Housekeeping, Ideal Home and Country Living Magazine. She is a well known figure in the retail industry and is regularily interviewed by trade magazines and associations.

Her Couture Wrapping Shop in Covent Garden was also voted 'Shop of the Week' by the Times, and her Easter Egg wreath won the House Beautuful Editors' Choice.

Jane is a regular with the BBC on radio and television and has judged the 'Gift Wrapper of the Year' final live on This Morning and The Richard and Judy show as well as appearing on various BBC programmes, GMTV etc.

With a keen eye, Jane Means has also designed a range of Easter decorations and ribbons which have been featured in many magazines.  This is now a thriving sideline business available online and also to trade.

Products can be bought online from our sister site www.janemeans.com and also through www.notonthehighstreet.com as well as at our shows and exhibitions throughout the year.