presents how do you wrap yours ????!!

[ducklady]

With xmas getting close, how do you wrap your presents ?
Bows , ribbons, newspaper ?
Lets share our idea's here.

[attheendoftheday]

Eden thanks, that box looks amazing!

[ThinkIveLostIt]

loving the thought of bells and candy canes!!

[princesscupcakemummyb]

wrapping paper bows tags :)

[chicaguapa]

How do people do ed-Green/product_82102 this reversible wrapping then?

I think I need to go and find a posh shop that does gift wrapping and pick up some tips.

DH has told me for the millionth time that no-one notices how much effort I put into wrapping presents. But I don't mind, as I do it for me more than anyone else.

Googling images of wrapped presents is addictive.

[MadeOfStarDust]

chicaguapa - that is uncannily, precisely what I do for the double sided paper..... (though if I was doing a video I'd chose one with more contrast) looks so smart when it is done....

[Edendance]

www.aplaceforeverything.co.uk/home-storage/plastic-gift-wrap-storage-box

This is the wrapping paper box I have- I love it! My only criticisms of it is that it's a bit small, and the trays aren't deep enough for all my bobbins of ribbon but.... I'm sure I'll manage! It's great to have somewhere to keep it all together with scissors and tape.

Whoever recommended notonthehighstreet for wrapping paper- THANK YOU! I've never looked at their wrapping paper before and it's lovely! I may need another storage box just for them!!

[TheOneWithTheHair]

These are great ideas.

I like plain paper with a bow of a different colour for each dc, dh and then anyone else.

[attheendoftheday]

TwoSteps thank you. I shall have a look.

Made I want your job!

[chicaguapa]

How about ?

I've tried it before and can't make it looks as good as they do. Maybe I'm using the wrong paper.

[chicaguapa]

seems to show what MadeofStarDust is explaining.

[chicaguapa]

The technique I saw at Amsterdam airport had the reverse side over one corner. I've googled and googled and can't find any pictures or videos that shows how to do it.

[MadeOfStarDust]

sorry.... not good at describing - better at demonstrating...

I'll try again..... take the double sided paper..
put it face up
fold over a cm along one edge,
fold the edge over again and put some double sided tape underneath so you have a cm wide strip of the reverse showing all the way along one edge...
use that to wrap your present remembering the strip goes on the top...

looks pretty..

[HappyAsEyeAm]

My brain hurts Made - I have no idea how to do what you are saying

[MadeOfStarDust]

I've done the double sided paper one before - you just wrap as normal, but before you stick down the seam, you fold it back on itself twice to make a little semi raised strip, then double sided tape under the strip and the join, you fold the end flaps so that they cover the strip - that way you just get the double sided paper look on the top.....

But (now I work in a craft store...) I will be mainly doing brown paper with folksy ribbons and raffia... maybe now with the addition of jingle bells..... ta for the ideas!!

We are starting to set out for Christmas now... and we get to have fun making "demonstration" items for the displays whilst it is quiet...

..... oh how I love my new job.......

[TessTackle]

I just bought that dispenser fuzz thank you! I get it stuck everywhere usually!

TwoSteps I love the QR!

[TwoStepsBeyond]

attheendoftheday I saw a big plastic box for wrapping paper in Hobbycraft yesterday.

I bought 3 massive rolls of Santa patterned wrapping paper a few years ago in various colours, now every year the presents from Santa are wrapped in this, a different colour for each child, and to save messing about with tags/identifiable hand writing, each gift is labelled with a QR code (Santa's technology has improved over the years, it used to be a barcode!) which shows an aerial view of our house on Google Earth.

[Guitargirl]

Snowgirl - I love those reindeer gift bags, I think am going to try those for my cousin's children who I am getting personalised Christmas notebooks this year. You have inspired me to join Pinterest - I never really got it before!

[fuzzpig]

I love Boots wrapping paper, they always have lovely designs and it's good quality too. Admittedly only started buying it because DH used to work for them (so got over 20% off) but he doesn't anymore and I still stick to it. Often stock up in january for the following Xmas, so I've got loads in my cupboard already.

This tape dispenser is completely awesome, I love it, saves me so much time.

I did buy some nice xmassy ribbon last year which I never got round to using.

[JerseySpud]

with as much cellotape as possible

[DTisMYdoctor]

I always used to put a lot of effort into wrapping (and love some of the ideas on here), but now by the time I've wrapped a whole bunch of kids presents in cheery wrap, I can't be bothered! I do try to make a bit of an effort with DH's though - good quality paper with nice ribbon.

[chicaguapa]

I like the brown paper with thick silver ribbon on the notonthehighstreet.com link. Pricey paper though!

[chicaguapa]

Where's pompom? I need to know how to wrap with double-sided paper so you can see both colours. I saw it once at Amsterdam airport and concentrated so hard, but forgot it by the time I got home. Any YouTube links? I'd love to do that this year.

I spend ages wrapping presents and really enjoy it. Last year I spent hours and hours watching Japanese YouTube videos of wrapping cylinders and wrapping at an angle which was very complicated but looked good.

So now I use double-sided tape, easier than normal tape anyway as it tears, and make little gift bags for awkward shaped items. If I wrap the item in tissue paper first, I have some little labels to stick it down, like in Bravissimo and La Senza.

I usually use brown paper and last year bought a stamp set to make the labels which took hours which were the luggage label type. Once I used plain red paper with red ribbons. I tend to keep it simple than go with patterns and embellishments.

I'll find some links tomorrow but be warned, they are very addictive (IMO).

[SugarHut]

notonthehighstreet.com

Fab paper every year. This year, my lot will all be a mixture of these:
www.notonthehighstreet.com/sophiavictoriajoy/product/silver-chevron-brown-wrapping-paper
www.notonthehighstreet.com/sophiavictoriajoy/product/silver-chevron-white-wrapping-paper
www.notonthehighstreet.com/sophiavictoriajoy/product/silver-snowflakes-brown-wrapping-paper

Rather prettiful aren't they

[elQuintoConyo]

Another tip for disguising small presents (whether necessary or not!):

Pop gift in a sandwich/ziplock bag, inflate, close, wrap. It'll make a satisfying rattling noise and receiver will be oblivious to the contents (Pez, earrings, plastic bangles, mp4, pendrive, toothbrush etc).

[elQuintoConyo]

I used crêpe paper one year: green with white polka dots and red with white pd's, Christmassy colours and the dots looked like snow. Tied up with string. They looked great and got a lot of comments for something so cheap and cheerful. Some friends re-used the paper for other things.

I have just bought 10m of red/white reindeer paper from Primark for tuppence hapenny for DS's gifts, he'll only be 2yo, so not needing anything incredibly cute like the snowman brown paper bags - might make them for my friends, though