FLO Lucknow, under the leadership of Chairperson Ms. Simran Sahni, hosted the Gift Packing Workshop at Clarks Avadh on 11th May 2026. It was organised under FLO Lucknow’s Evolve Circle — and it had the distinctive atmosphere that Evolve events tend to create: unhurried, warm, and genuinely enjoyable in a way that professional development events rarely are. Tables were set with materials. Members sat together. Ms. Sonali Agarwal, founder of Pretty Preziis, took the room through what she knows, and the room leaned in.
She started with something foundational — the idea that a gift is a communication, and how it is presented is part of the message. From there, she moved into technique: how to work with different paper textures, how to create clean edges and structured folds, how to use ribbon in ways that look intentional rather than rushed, and how personalised touches — a dried flower, a handwritten tag, a specific colour palette — transform a package into something the recipient actually pauses over before opening.
Members worked with their own hands throughout. That mattered. There is a particular kind of learning that only happens when you are trying to do the thing yourself — when the ribbon goes wrong the first time and right the second, when the corners finally come together cleanly, and you sit back and think: I made that. Several members were genuinely surprised by what they produced. Hidden creative instincts surfaced in the way they tend to when people are given both the tools and the permission to use them.
The Evolve Circle’s strength has always been this — it does not bring members together to listen. It brings them together to do, to create, and to discover something about themselves or each other in the process.
Key Takeaways
- Members explored the art of creative gift wrapping under the expert guidance of Sonali Agarwal, Founder of Pretty Preziis — discovering that gifting is a craft with real depth and technique behind it
- Professional styling methods, material selection, and personalisation strategies gave participants a toolkit they can apply immediately and practically
- Hands-on learning unlocked creative instincts that many members did not know they had — a reminder that talent often sits dormant until the right environment surfaces it
- Gifting as a language — the idea that presentation is itself a form of communication — shifted how members think about the gestures they extend to others.
- The Evolve Circle once again proved its particular value within FLO: building member connection not through networking, but through shared creative experience
- Collaborative, activity-based formats create a quality of engagement and warmth that structured sessions rarely achieve.
- Small details — a ribbon choice, a handwritten tag, a folded edge — are the difference between a gift that is received and one that is remembered
- Creative skill development belongs within a professional women’s organisation precisely because creativity does not stay inside its lane; it feeds everything
- 40 members left with a tangible new skill, a genuinely enjoyable afternoon, and the kind of connection that forms naturally when people make things together
- The FLO Evolve Circle continues to demonstrate that joy, discovery, and community belong at the heart of what a chapter offers its members — not as extras, but as essentials
Impact & Outcome
A gift packing workshop sounds, on paper, like a gentle afternoon activity. In the room, there were 40 women laughing, experimenting, and leaving with the slightly surprised look of people who had more fun than they expected and learned more than they planned.
Also, the speaker, Ms. Sonali Agarwal, brought both her expertise and her enthusiasm to the afternoon — creating an environment where learning felt easy, and creativity felt natural. Her facilitation gave the session its warmth and its substance in equal measure. Gift Packing Workshop was one of Evolve Circle’s most enjoyable and hands-on sessions of the year.