Every December, Beloved and I buy many gifts for the wee ones in our life. Once they have all arrived (there’s a spreadsheet, of course), we take an evening to wrap and decorate them all. I organize them, Beloved wraps them, and I am in charge of embellishment. We usually drink eggnog and watch a cheesy holiday movie during the process, and I just love the tradition.
I am an adequate gift wrapper. It’s really Beloved who has perfected her technique, but of course she can’t wrap her own presents. I decided to level up my wrapping this year, and I’ve found a treasure trove of great, relatively accessible ideas! I thought I’d share them with you lovelies.
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December 9, 2022 at 6:23 am
There are some great options for wrapping weird shaped gifts here. I am fascinated by that concertina fold. My Gran was a very talented wrapper and I have not inherited her genes. I make a decent fist of it but my wrapping is far from pristine. I confess that I resort to tissue paper and gift bags when confronted by really weird shaped items.
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December 9, 2022 at 8:25 am
Tissue and bags have saved my life many a time!
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December 9, 2022 at 3:06 pm
Indeed!
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December 9, 2022 at 3:05 pm
Same here. I’m very interested in trying the wine bottle wrapping. I’ve never attempted such a thing!
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December 9, 2022 at 7:53 am
I too am inspired to up my wrapping game now! I’ll start early next year but concentrate on a (round) Lazy Susan this month. Hopefully it will be fun and not frustrating.
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December 9, 2022 at 3:06 pm
I’d love to hear how it turns out! I suspect the real challenge is getting the folds evenly spaced. Wishing you luck!
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December 9, 2022 at 8:24 am
That first ribbon tie tutorial was great. I can’t wait to try it! But the Bloom gin–that was wonderful! A bit more work pleating that paper but such a pretty result!
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December 9, 2022 at 3:06 pm
I’m a little obsessed with the pleating technique. Can’t wait to try it!
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December 9, 2022 at 10:37 am
Oh goodness…I used to do this but realizing it was for me and that the receiver could care less…I stopped. Same with making cute gift tags…They just end up in the trash.
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December 9, 2022 at 3:07 pm
That’s an interesting perspective. You’re right, of course. I do get to enjoy them for a while, though. We wrap 2 weeks before Christmas and artfully arrange the pile of packages in front of the tree. I kind of miss them when they’re gone!
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December 9, 2022 at 3:18 pm
There is apart of Christmas that is a dream and not really what it is all about. but…that can be said about a lot of life.
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December 11, 2022 at 10:45 am
That’s certainly true, but I love a nicely-decorated package! We only give gifts to the daughters and the little ones.
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December 9, 2022 at 8:25 pm
I have never wrapped a gift package in my entire life and I am not going to start now. That does not mean that I did really like all of the fancy wrapping. Hal
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December 11, 2022 at 10:47 am
LOL. You do you, Hal!
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