Do you have any gift wrapping traditions or preferences?
Growing up we did not coordinate or have fancy wrapping. Just cheap wrapping paper, maybe those cheap sticker bows and lots of tape.
But we would get creative with how we wrapped things. Like one year as a kid I got a hoola hoop that was completely wrapped with long strips of paper. What a pain to get all that off.
One year I gave my mom hot rollers and I took the rollers out and wrapped each one individually.
and things like wrapping tiny items in large boxes. Wrapping things nested in multiple boxes, etc.
When I was a teenager my uncle got married and I used to think she was so fancy because all her gifts had matching paper and fancy ribbons.
Each year was so different. Birthdays were paper bags. But Christmas was full on WRAPPING. Then later we did different paper for each person. But I loved the hodge podginess of when I was a kid. Each one was different because we saved paper.
I gave a stocking one year, with each gift wrapped and it was FUN! The wrapping made each one special, even if it was small. So much fun!
One year, it was all hastily stuffed in gift bags. It got the job done, but itās just not the same. But sometimes thatās just what happens, right?
This hot roller story is awesome! Sometimes we did trickery, too! One year, my dad put a picture from a magazine of the item, and then chucked in a rock, and wrapped it. My sister was so confused!
Our wrapping was always a mixture of papers. As an adult Iāve done some years as matching papers other years not. Santa of course always had different paper than our gifts, but now all the kids are older so Iām not as worried.
No. I donāt have any traditions around gift wrappingā¦ wellā¦ unless you count me waiting to wrap Christmas gifts until the night before. I stay up for hours into the morning, having coffee, watching movies, and wrapping. lol
Gift wrapping traditionsānot really. I prefer a white box, wrapped in paper. Ive been known to print photos on brown paper for gifting. I like to wrap early. My best friend and I do 25 days of Christmasā25 inexpensive, meaningful gifts. We open one each day.
I just mailed off two swap packages today so this is officially my only open swap. Whew!! I am so excited to settle into some of these ideas that have been forming in my head. I can not wait. The large is going to be an especially interesting piece. Iāve not made anything like what Iād like to make for it in more than a decade. Here goes!
4 Likes
Lynx
(In a world where you can be anything, be kind.)
115
Working on my large item today and it is really coming together even better than Iād hoped, so far!
I donāt have any wrapping traditions Sometimes I like it to be all matchy-matchy, other years I just use whatās left over from the year previous (this is more often what happens )
I spent some time this weekend burrowed in my partners extensive pinterest and refined my ideas, which was great fun! I think I might start with some small items and build up my package from there
My family definitely didnāt have any wrapping traditions. Iām a very sloppy, messy wrapper. In college my roommate asked if she could rewrap the presents I had wrapped for my family because I did such a bad job. Now my husband usually wraps the gifts for us because he feels the same way my college roommate did. Iāll definitely take my time with the ones for this swap thoughā¦after all of the time Iāve spent crafting, Iāll want the stuff to look its best!
My boyfriend and I take one night where we spend hours wrapping. We usually watch the same Garth Brooks special and have a few adult beverages. I absolutely HATE wrapping presents so itās nice that he helps me!
As a kid, nothing in the stockings were wrapped. The paper we used was usually from the dollar store. My dad was always so good at wrapping though! Ribbon curls and bows! I am not that great lol. I can wrap a decent box but sometimes Iām so tired at the end that I just slap a bow on haha. I tried to do all the wrapping one night but that was the worst ever so now I try to break it up into three nights.
On the craft front, Iām still undecided as to a medium but Iām not worried. We have loads of time and I want it to be awesome. I have supplies out and ready for my smalls and other medium and just need to pick one thing up for my large that Iām hoping to start this weekend.
Sometimes I like it to be all matchy-matchy, other years I just use whatās left over from the year previous (this is more often what happens 
)