Show your favorite wrapping paper!

paperpusher · December 2014

I'm just in love with this paper. I picked it up last year from Target and it's my favorite.

Show your favorite wrapping this year!

lyndausvi · December 2014

I don't have one. I used some left over stuff from a few years ago.

DH normally just slaps a bow on the shipping box or bag. Not kidding, There are normally a VS or Macy's bags with a bow on top. He doesn't even open the bag to see if the right item came in. LOL.

Sometimes not even that. A few years ago a yoga mat was just sitting under the tree.

This year he took a big box and started stuffing it with gifts. Then he took it to work for someone to wrap. I will not be surprised if inside are just the original shipping packages.

RebeccaB88 · December 2014

I have a whole Pinterest page with nothing but gift wrap ideas. I love wrapping gifts and making them look fancy and special.

However, I'm feeling scroogey this year. Everyone is getting gift cards, except for my furnephew. So no awesome fancy wrapping going on here.

chibiyui · December 2014

Last year Target had this gold metallic paper with foxes on it! I love it so much.

JoanE2012 · December 2014

I don't have pictures, but I got some great stuff at TJ Maxx. It's like that Kraft paper material. I even found one that was textured. I loved it so much that I went back and bought more rolls for next year!

larrygaga · December 2014

I am so sick of wrapping gifts by now

beethery · December 2014

My favorite for the prettiness factor was this red glitter wrapping paper I got last year.

The problem is that tape won't stick to it and it gets glitter EVERYWHERE. Seriously. The only way to keep shit wrapped up in it is to staple it.

chibiyui · December 2014

beethery said:

My favorite for the prettiness factor was this red glitter wrapping paper I got last year.

The problem is that tape won't stick to it and it gets glitter EVERYWHERE. Seriously. The only way to keep shit wrapped up in it is to staple it.

Ooh. a box completely covered in staples. Thousands of them. like the box was metal, with a big opulent bow and maybe a drop or two of blood. Call it a critique of Christmas consumerism.

It would be the best freshman craft project.

ohannabelle · December 2014

@Beethery- I bought that same damned glitter paper. It was kind of vinyl-y feeling underneath, and massive glitter trail everywhere. I hot glued that shit. I didn't buy it again, but I wanted to.

Store bought paper, I love foils. The really heavy embossed ones, because they reflect lights and are so pretty. This year, I'm in love with the red and gold. Very Ye Olde Christmas Gifte feeling. Yes, I pronounce the superfluous e.

Emerald green foils are my favorite paper ever.

We're partial to floral picks in the ribbons, which are dirt cheap but really gussy things up. .

I really like DIYing and printing my own wrapping. (Surprise. I would probably DIY a frikking decoupaged crack pipe, if I were a drug addict.)

The green Santa toile print, love. My favorite classic antique santa picture. And the winter birds are from an old postcard, layered on sheet music. And we print a lot of tags. I think the light blue paper with the angel tag is the same Santa print, with glitter.

beethery · December 2014

@chibiyui my dad's present is wrapped in the glitter paper. It is tiny and affixed to a piece of cardboard, so I stapled around it. I wrapped one of FSIL's cookbooks in it and the tape kept popping off so I just left it that way. FUCK IT lol

@ohannabelle I just want you do decorate my life

chibiyui · December 2014

ohannabelle said:

@Beethery- I bought that same damned glitter paper. It was kind of vinyl-y feeling underneath, and massive glitter trail everywhere. I hot glued that shit. I didn't buy it again, but I wanted to.

Store bought paper, I love foils. The really heavy embossed ones, because they reflect lights and are so pretty. This year, I'm in love with the red and gold. Very Ye Olde Christmas Gifte feeling. Yes, I pronounce the superfluous e.
Emerald green foils are my favorite paper ever.
We're partial to floral picks in the ribbons, which are dirt cheap but really gussy things up. .

I really like DIYing and printing my own wrapping. (Surprise. I would probably DIY a frikking decoupaged crack pipe, if I were a drug addict.)
The green Santa toile print, love. My favorite classic antique santa picture. And the winter birds are from an old postcard, layered on sheet music. And we print a lot of tags. I think the light blue paper with the angel tag is the same Santa print, with glitter.

I am loving your sheet music and chickadee paper. Because birds. And you're freaking amazing.

[Deleted User] · December 2014

I usually have a "theme" to my wrapping paper, but this year my theme was "use up the unused wrapping paper from the past two years."

I normally tie ribbon on them and put bows on, but this year I did none of that. Just the wrapping paper and wrote the name in a sharpie pen on the paper.

Part of me loves wrapping paper, but then the "green" part of me feels super guilty for the waste of paper it is. I am honestly considering asking my in-laws to save their funny pages and using that in the future...

theartistformerlyknownas · December 2014

FeeleyToBe said:

I usually have a "theme" to my wrapping paper, but this year my theme was "use up the unused wrapping paper from the past two years."

I normally tie ribbon on them and put bows on, but this year I did none of that. Just the wrapping paper and wrote the name in a sharpie pen on the paper.

Part of me loves wrapping paper, but then the "green" part of me feels super guilty for the waste of paper it is. I am honestly considering asking my in-laws to save their funny pages and using that in the future...

This. I have at least a dozen rolls leftover from past years so I just used a different paper for each person, made sure each of the kids got a sprial-y bow (yeah bridal shower recycling!) and called it a day. I normally do the wired ribbons and floral picks and jingle bells but FUCK. THAT. this year. We have too many damned gifts (WHY are there so many gifts?!) and we're traveling for everything and it's just too much work to Tetris them all into the car so none of the froo froo gets smashed.

Next year.

novella1186 · December 2014

So I don't have a photo of this paper, but FMIL has kept some amazing, beautiful, rare antiques that she inherited from her mother who saved EVERYTHING. Because of this, FMIL had antique wrapping paper (I believe from the 50s) that was in the attic in absolute mint condition. It was so amazing. The reason I know what this wrapping paper looks like is because when FSIL got to her house right before Christmas, she had some last-minute wrapping to do. She ran up to the attic, grabbed the antique paper not realizing what it was, and proceeded to cut it up, fold it around gifts, and tape it. Devastating. Yet hilarious. Each gift I got that was wrapped in that, I sat there so carefully trying to unstick the tape and not tear it because I felt so bad for FMIL. But FMIL finally said "Fuck it, it's just paper. Tear away, Novella!"

maeday2 · December 2014

I wrap all of mine in standard butcher/postal paper because they have to travel or be shipped.

I started this when FI and I first started dating and it's just easier. I used the mesh ribbon this year since you can squash it any which way and it stays poofy.

Last year I had fun handmade tags that were thrown into an Etsy purchase for free so I kept the organic look with raffia and hand painted initials on the butcher paper. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who lost their steam this year...

princessleia22 · December 2014

I like to get ones that are pretty generic, so they can be used for multiple occasions. That way I don't need to have ten billion rolls of wrapping paper for every occasion. I particularly like silver colored paper because it does look Christmas-y, but still works for birthdays, weddings, or whatever other occasion you need it for. For the last few years I've been using a shiny silver one with matte grey dots on it. Striped paper is nice too... I have a roll of gold striped paper that is good for many occasions also.

ashley8918 · December 2014

My favorite this year looks like a tree. Because, I like trees?

It looks sorta-kinda like this:

mrsk616 · December 2014

beethery said:

My favorite for the prettiness factor was this red glitter wrapping paper I got last year.

The problem is that tape won't stick to it and it gets glitter EVERYWHERE. Seriously. The only way to keep shit wrapped up in it is to staple it.

my FI did this once..... he also put a brick in a box and taped a gift certificate to it. then wrapped it.

paperpusher · December 2014

mrsk616 said:

beethery said:

My favorite for the prettiness factor was this red glitter wrapping paper I got last year.

The problem is that tape won't stick to it and it gets glitter EVERYWHERE. Seriously. The only way to keep shit wrapped up in it is to staple it.

my FI did this once..... he also put a brick in a box and taped a gift certificate to it. then wrapped it.

@mrsk616 - ahh this brings back memories....

There were a few years we did mean stuff to others in the name of wrapping Christmas gifts.

My aunt's birthday is on Christmas. My uncle bought her a diamond necklace and earrings. He gave her the earrings for Christmas morning and then he wrapped up the necklace and put it in a box with bags of sand for her birthday.

I've received and given gifts completely wrapped in ducktape.

One year I got H a gift card for one of his favorite stores. I wrapped it up and then put it in a box, and then another box, and then another box, and another.

Another year I did another gift card to another store, but instead of doing multiple boxes I put it at the bottom of this huge box - think refrigerator sized box - and then threw in a lot of paper so he had to go searching.

lurkergirl · December 2014

My favorite wrapping paper is all the bags and tissue paper I bought so I wouldn't have to wrap this year.

ashley8918 · December 2014

lurkergirl said:

My favorite wrapping paper is all the bags and tissue paper I bought so I wouldn't have to wrap this year.

theartistformerlyknownas · December 2014

What I'm lacking this year in wrapping give-a-fucks, I'm making up for in sweets-making. Three batches of fudge are done (milk chocolate cherry marshmallow, dark chocolate coconut, milk chocolate salted caramel) with one more TBD as soon as I can get back to the MFing grocery store (white chocolate raspberry cheesecake), and cookies are on deck for tomorrow: browned butter snickerdoodles, cherry winks with walnuts, double chocolate with butterscotch chips, powdered sugar balls (or Mexican wedding cookies or whatever you call them). And pumpkin cake roll at some point before Friday.

mrsk616 · December 2014

paperpusher said:

mrsk616 said:

beethery said:

My favorite for the prettiness factor was this red glitter wrapping paper I got last year.

The problem is that tape won't stick to it and it gets glitter EVERYWHERE. Seriously. The only way to keep shit wrapped up in it is to staple it.

my FI did this once..... he also put a brick in a box and taped a gift certificate to it. then wrapped it.

@mrsk616 - ahh this brings back memories....

There were a few years we did mean stuff to others in the name of wrapping Christmas gifts.

My aunt's birthday is on Christmas. My uncle bought her a diamond necklace and earrings. He gave her the earrings for Christmas morning and then he wrapped up the necklace and put it in a box with bags of sand for her birthday.

I've received and given gifts completely wrapped in ducktape.

One year I got H a gift card for one of his favorite stores. I wrapped it up and then put it in a box, and then another box, and then another box, and another.

Another year I did another gift card to another store, but instead of doing multiple boxes I put it at the bottom of this huge box - think refrigerator sized box - and then threw in a lot of paper so he had to go searching.

my sister did this one year. i was maybe 10 or 11 when she did this so it really pissed me off. she is also annoying and has done to many regifting to me with stuff she bought herself and doesnt feel like returning.

novella1186 · December 2014

mrsk616 said:

paperpusher said:

mrsk616 said:

beethery said:

My favorite for the prettiness factor was this red glitter wrapping paper I got last year.

The problem is that tape won't stick to it and it gets glitter EVERYWHERE. Seriously. The only way to keep shit wrapped up in it is to staple it.

my FI did this once..... he also put a brick in a box and taped a gift certificate to it. then wrapped it.

@mrsk616 - ahh this brings back memories....

There were a few years we did mean stuff to others in the name of wrapping Christmas gifts.

My aunt's birthday is on Christmas. My uncle bought her a diamond necklace and earrings. He gave her the earrings for Christmas morning and then he wrapped up the necklace and put it in a box with bags of sand for her birthday.

I've received and given gifts completely wrapped in ducktape.

One year I got H a gift card for one of his favorite stores. I wrapped it up and then put it in a box, and then another box, and then another box, and another.

Another year I did another gift card to another store, but instead of doing multiple boxes I put it at the bottom of this huge box - think refrigerator sized box - and then threw in a lot of paper so he had to go searching.

my sister did this one year. i was maybe 10 or 11 when she did this so it really pissed me off. she is also annoying and has done to many regifting to me with stuff she bought herself and doesnt feel like returning.

OMG my sister always does this to me. We were shopping together once and she bought a purse that she was on the fence about. For Christmas I got that purse as a gift. I was just like "I'm not stupid. I know what you did." She does it all the time. And then that purse was regifted to Goodwill

mrsk616 · December 2014

novella1186 said:

mrsk616 said:

paperpusher said:

mrsk616 said:

beethery said:

My favorite for the prettiness factor was this red glitter wrapping paper I got last year.

The problem is that tape won't stick to it and it gets glitter EVERYWHERE. Seriously. The only way to keep shit wrapped up in it is to staple it.

my FI did this once..... he also put a brick in a box and taped a gift certificate to it. then wrapped it.

@mrsk616 - ahh this brings back memories....

There were a few years we did mean stuff to others in the name of wrapping Christmas gifts.

My aunt's birthday is on Christmas. My uncle bought her a diamond necklace and earrings. He gave her the earrings for Christmas morning and then he wrapped up the necklace and put it in a box with bags of sand for her birthday.

I've received and given gifts completely wrapped in ducktape.

One year I got H a gift card for one of his favorite stores. I wrapped it up and then put it in a box, and then another box, and then another box, and another.

Another year I did another gift card to another store, but instead of doing multiple boxes I put it at the bottom of this huge box - think refrigerator sized box - and then threw in a lot of paper so he had to go searching.

my sister did this one year. i was maybe 10 or 11 when she did this so it really pissed me off. she is also annoying and has done to many regifting to me with stuff she bought herself and doesnt feel like returning.

OMG my sister always does this to me. We were shopping together once and she bought a purse that she was on the fence about. For Christmas I got that purse as a gift. I was just like "I'm not stupid. I know what you did." She does it all the time. And then that purse was regifted to Goodwill

at the time my sister and i were different sizes. i was a xsmall and she was large maybe xlarge. i got a nice purse out of it but seriously come on return the stuff on you time

themuffinman16 · December 2014

I always add a little ornament to my wrapping paper.
"She wrapped up her damn cat!" This is Garp... when Santa came, he refused to wait until morning to open his present.

hellosweetie1015 · December 2014

@themuffinman16‌ that cat though. So cute.

My favorite wrapping paper was given to me around a present this year. It was special ordered by my FMIL for that specific present, if FFIL is right. It is blue, with TARDISes and little snowflake-star things. It is beautiful and I intend to frame a swatch because I'm weird like that.

All my wrapping paper this year was cheap, because I was cheap this year. I used one that was green with reindeers and snowmen, one that was red with Santa and snowmen, and FI used one that was blue with snowflakes. I picked up some with ornaments for next year too, although I intend to get one of those gift wrap organizer things and fill it full. I love present wrapping. All y'all that hate it, pack your gifts off to me. I'll handle it for you.

ETA I honestly can't remember if I wrote indent or if my phone fixed intend to it. It's too bleeping early.

WinstonsGirl · December 2014

I finally finished my "favourite" roll this year. It was a silver reflective with red "ho ho ho's" and candy canes on it. It was like looking into a mirror and was super pretty. Until you started to wrap. It wouldn't cut well, so kept ripping perpendicular to the cut. And it didn't fold and crease, so you needed about 8 hands to hold it place. And it was super slippery. Pain in my ass to wrap with, and I am so glad it is now gone. Never again.

I just got some new generic Christmas stuff this year.

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