Somebody's Getting Ready to WRAP - Page 2

Sundae · 11-28-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

The Scotch Magic Tape Wrist Dispenser is the best accessory to have when gift wrapping.

OOh yes - I had one of those a couple of years running - it was wonderful. Although in my most extravagent year I wrapped in lilac voile using only purple ribbon to seal it. I thought it was stunning, but it became a bit wearing in the end - I had to wrap the kids' presents in tissue paper first because the boxes were so gaudy. Try wrapping half a dozen Barbie items in tissue paper and voile and then realise you've only done one person... not great fun. I went for a white on white theme the year after - opaque paper and ribbon and invisible tape, lovely.

Tulip · 11-28-2008, 11:01 PM

I love looking at beautiful looking wrapped presents. However, I do such an awful job in wrapping them. I normally just cheat. I buy gift bags from the Dollar Store, toss the present in and stuff white tissue paper on top. Yeah, I don't even bother getting colored tissue paper to coordinate with the bag. White goes with everything, hehe.

Yeah, I am lazy AND cheap. :p

sugarpop · 11-29-2008, 07:52 AM

I like wrapping. It's fun, part of the process, and I'm pretty good at it. Think of it as an exercise in Zen. :p

TheMercenary · 11-29-2008, 08:00 PM

Thank God for wife's. Done. And it looks pretty good.

lumberjim · 11-29-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Thank God for wife's. Done. And it looks pretty good.

wife's what?

lumberjim · 11-29-2008, 08:29 PM

Before I met jinx, I reinvented wrapping every year. After watching her technique, and seeing her line the lettering on the paper up so that the seem was nearly undetectable, I've upped my standards.

I've upped mine....now....up yours!

Undertoad · 11-29-2008, 10:18 PM

Decorative bags with tissue paper = reduce, reuse, recycle

Aliantha · 11-29-2008, 10:22 PM

I'm doing red paper with green ribbon this year.

It will look nice under my tree which is going to be decorated in red and silver.

Cloud · 11-29-2008, 10:27 PM

bags won't work with little kids, though UT. not for under the tree, anyway.

Undertoad · 11-29-2008, 10:30 PM

Little kids always ruining Christmas.

TheMercenary · 11-30-2008, 08:18 AM

I am so happy, when I got home from work yesterday The CEO had wrapped all my SS gifts and put them in a box with the appropriate packing material.

richlevy · 11-30-2008, 10:05 AM

I have to admit, I did a poor job wrapping my gift. I did try my best, though.

Tulip · 11-30-2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

bags won't work with little kids, though UT. not for under the tree, anyway.

But with little kids, you don't need to wrap anything nice. As long as they have something to rip open, they'll be happy.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2008, 11:55 PM

Wrap? I thought that's what all those plastic grocery bags were for.

zippyt · 12-01-2008, 12:04 AM

No Bruce !!
Its what thw Funny papers fron the Sunday paper are for !!!

11-29-2008, 08:00 PM	#19
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Thank God for wife's. Done. And it looks pretty good. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-29-2008, 08:29 PM	#21
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Before I met jinx, I reinvented wrapping every year. After watching her technique, and seeing her line the lettering on the paper up so that the seem was nearly undetectable, I've upped my standards. I've upped mine....now....up yours! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-29-2008, 10:22 PM	#23
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'm doing red paper with green ribbon this year. It will look nice under my tree which is going to be decorated in red and silver. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-29-2008, 10:27 PM	#24
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	bags won't work with little kids, though UT. not for under the tree, anyway. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-30-2008, 08:18 AM	#26
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I am so happy, when I got home from work yesterday The CEO had wrapped all my SS gifts and put them in a box with the appropriate packing material. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-28-2008, 11:01 PM	#17
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	I love looking at beautiful looking wrapped presents. However, I do such an awful job in wrapping them. I normally just cheat. I buy gift bags from the Dollar Store, toss the present in and stuff white tissue paper on top. Yeah, I don't even bother getting colored tissue paper to coordinate with the bag. White goes with everything, hehe. Yeah, I am lazy AND cheap. :p

11-29-2008, 07:52 AM	#18
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	I like wrapping. It's fun, part of the process, and I'm pretty good at it. Think of it as an exercise in Zen. :p

11-29-2008, 10:18 PM	#22
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Decorative bags with tissue paper = reduce, reuse, recycle

11-29-2008, 10:30 PM	#25
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Little kids always ruining Christmas.

11-30-2008, 10:05 AM	#27
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I have to admit, I did a poor job wrapping my gift. I did try my best, though. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

11-30-2008, 11:55 PM	#29
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wrap? I thought that's what all those plastic grocery bags were for. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-01-2008, 12:04 AM	#30
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	No Bruce !! Its what thw Funny papers fron the Sunday paper are for !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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