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Gift Wrap or Gift Bags

Posted by Cindy

Dec. 24, 2009 10:45 a.m. • 6 comments

I’m all thumbs when it comes to wrapping presents. For years I told everyone my toddlers wrapped the gifts, but actually toddlers with blunt scissors do a better job than I do. That’s why I’m so thankful for the advent of gift bags. I stuff ‘em with lots of tissue so it feels like unwrapping is happening :-)

How about you? Gift Wrap or Gift Bags?

Six comments on this post so far. Add yours!

jazzyvandal on December 24 at 11:29 a.m.
I do both. Wrapping is a pain though, especially when you aren’t too good at it.
marmitetoasty on December 24 at 11:39 a.m.
I usually LOVE gift wrapping, especially adult pressies……. but……. after wrapping 10,000 YES 10.000 pressies over the past 4 weeks for that grotto company, Ive all wrapped out LOL….. and just looking at the bits and bobs I have to wrap for me lads is giving me a headache LOL….

yep Ive really wrapped 10,000 pressies over the past 4 weeks…..

x
JeanC on December 24 at 11:39 a.m.
Yes :D

I do both, it really depends on the object, for some it is better to wrap loosely in tissue paper and put in a gift bag.
chatterbox on December 24 at 7:08 p.m.
A little of both. I save gift bags from those received thoughout the year and recycle some of them at Christmas. (the hubby and son use the others … when it comes to wrapping, they are the worst) I love wrapping gifts. And then creating the perfect bow or ribbon acoutrement. (I can’t spell it, but it’s French)
JeanieSpokane on December 25 at 12:07 a.m.
I wrapped presents professionally at The Bon while in college. I do a military/hospital sharp corner wrap. But I love the laziness of bags and tissue paper. No cutting. No tape. Nice.
Kendramama on December 28 at 9:49 a.m.
I’m actually so lazy and stingy that I snag the empty clothing foldable boxes and gift bags BACK after the recipients have opened their presents, and are otherwise occupied oohing and aahing over them… sad, huh?
But because of that I have a massive collection of gift bags, along with a HUGE bag of that sheer crepe paper stuff you put in ‘em, all colors and condition (some are in pretty bad shape, but I use ‘em anyway!)
I’m sort of funny however, when it comes to certain family members. My mom, for instance, spends untold hours wrapping gifts on every holiday. She lines up the paper just so, ruler straight (I’ve even known her to line up the WORDS on wrapping paper that says stuff like “Merry Christmas” and the like… I’m almost afraid it’s a form of OCD, but the darn things look so beautiful after, I really can’t criticize. She even garnishes with multiple ribbons, sprigs of holly and other leafy stuffs, gorgeous homemade bows bursting with color and poofiness…. you gotta love her.
So, for HER, I do go the extra mile and actually put time and effort into wrapping gifts. Carefully. No crumpled, lumpy corners, no ripped or ragged edges, no wrinkles in the paper. No, I make them as perfect as my very non-expert gift-wrapping self can make them. And even try the trick with the scissors to curl the ribbon. Sometimes it works, even.
Everyone else, you get recycled bags with sometimes so many layers of gift stickers on top on one another they’re actually 3-dimensional!

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