Tangent 21 - gift wrapping

Posted by
Araminta

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18:38
Nov 18 2002

gift wrapping - straw poll

Just an idea - I know a lot of people out there hate wrapping presents or really wish they could do it 'properly' (i.e. all nice corners and bows). How do you all feel about this and is it something you would be willing to pay someone to do for you - but not at the store?

I am not a very aritistic person but I have a strange passion for gift wrapping and good colour combinations to make pressies nice under the Christmas tree or at birthdays and weddings. Is this something I could do as a little aside, especially as people have started buying their Christmas gifts?

Minty

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Yvonne I was nothing more than an almost innocent bystander.

I'm a fab wrapper. I can hide the seams and tuck in the edges

Its one of my many talents

I actually end up wrapping presents for everyone in my house (the men are pants

) and my mum wraps any bought for me. I don't charge for it, but I make sure cookies and tea are always on the go

Posted: 19:01 Nov 18 2002

Teresa "So I can come inside of your kiss and just leave you on your knees"

I'm a fab wrapper too. I can do any size & shape and they always look good

Posted: 19:13 Nov 18 2002

misskittyfantastic

Well, I'm the crappest wrapper ever, I'd gladly have someone else do it for me

Posted: 19:15 Nov 18 2002

moxymous I live in my own little world........but its ok, they know me here.

I'm another Fab wrapper.
Which is just as well because at Christmas its part of my job (window dresser). We offer a free gift wrapping service in our stores for passengers/customers.
I can happily sit there for 6 hours wrapping presents. Although, also being a bit of a control freak/perfectionist, I do get a bit precious about the gifts. They look so nice, it's a shame to open them.

Posted: 19:33 Nov 18 2002

White Hart So long, and thanks for all the fish.

I hate wrapping presents - I usually end up with weird bulky packages and completely tied up in Sellotape

I like unwrapping them though!

Posted: 07:06 Nov 19 2002

Evil Lawyer Chick I like my men how i like my evil....evil

I love wrappying presents it helps get me in the mood for christmas. Sadly I am rubbish at it, I mean totally dire!

Posted: 07:25 Nov 19 2002

bipolar "Aurgh! Arugh jeeez!! NO! NO NINA! BAD NINA!"

I RULE at gift wrapping! a few years a go i "developed" a way to wrap without the use of cellotape just some convieniantly placed tucks and it looked perfect, 'cept i stopped working in shops that offered gift wrapping service and completely forgot about it and how. Now I'm back to how I always wrap just having fun covering every available corner in cellotape wrap it up in several layers and watch the reciever spend an hour trying to open it.

Posted: 09:54 Nov 19 2002

Spikeo I am Jack's quote

by EvilWillow
I RULE at gift wrapping! a few years a go i "developed" a way to wrap without the use of cellotape just some convieniantly placed tucks and it looked perfect, 'cept i stopped working in shops that offered gift wrapping service and completely forgot about it and how. Now I'm back to how I always wrap just having fun covering every available corner in cellotape wrap it up in several layers and watch the reciever spend an hour trying to open it.

Posted: 10:03 Nov 19 2002

Koala I used to be a highly respected watcher, now I'm a wounded dwarf with the mystical power of a doily

When I put my mind to it I can wrap presents well and I'm quite inventive with disguising odd shaped presents.

Posted: 10:04 Nov 19 2002

Alan Got a message from the Great Lakes Avengers, They offered me a membership but didn't accept... they're a walking disaster... Just don't make sense at all... the worst heroes of all time, To call thems

by misskittyfantastic
Well, I'm the crappest wrapper ever, I'd gladly have someone else do it for me

I think you'll find I'm worse...

Posted: 10:21 Nov 19 2002

gobstopper Eventually, I'll think of something witty to put here ;-)

I make sure that I buy sqaure presents. I can manage those with reasonable success. Anything else, forget it.

Posted: 11:29 Nov 19 2002

Kate "Have you been gargling with bong water?!"

I cheat and buy those pretty bags from card shops. Helps because I tend to buy lots of litle things which can make wrapping a pain

Posted: 13:27 Nov 19 2002

Keenangel *Fourteen phonecalls a night??!!*

I have my moments, but good or not, it's something i usually enjoy. Now Ray is the best wrapper i have ever seen, perfect seams and edges, very professional-looking. The difference could be that he takes his time wrapping presents and i tend not to!

Posted: 15:35 Nov 19 2002

Gopher Tomato; Fruit or Vegtable?

I am so disorganised, buy things at the last minute and tend to end up giving them in carrier bags as that is all I have unless they are chocolates gift wrapped at Thorntons or something.

Posted: 15:51 Nov 19 2002

Barbara No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt

I can get buy though my mum wraps most of my stuff.

I would pay someone else to do it if she didn't!

Posted: 17:24 Nov 19 2002

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