For most of my life, I’ve been a gift bag person. Coming up with gift ideas I can do but gift wrapping? Not so much. Folding perfect edges or cutting the right amount of paper has never come easy.

You know that overwhelming feeling you get when you're faced with a mountain of presents in need of wrapping? Creaky old scissors in hand, you wonder how on earth you're ever going to get it all done.

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...