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    wrapping presents

    Do you enjoy wrapping presents? Do you spend a lot of time on it and make them beautiful or do you just slap them together?
    My sister spends lots of time on her presents and they are beautiful, she will do that if it's a $1.00 pair of Dollar Tree mittens or an expensive gift. What do you do. I slap mine together if I can't get one of my girls to wrap for me.
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    I wouldn't say I slap them together, I take a little time doing it, but usually no fancy ribbons or bows -- I also wrap everything, big or small, stocking stuffers etc
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    When I was little I made really fancy wrappings., but now that we don't celebrate holidays, I don't have much to wrap, except a few little gifts for my sister and I just usually slap something together, most of the time its not even holiday themed wrapping paper usually just an all occasion wrap., what we buy for husbands Grandparents gets sent from the company direct, so no wrapping there & we usually just get his mom a gift card.

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    I love wrapping presents! I wrap everything, and I take my time doing it. Sometimes I go and help other people wrap theirs lol. Last couple of years there hasn't been much to wrap though.
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    I am a terrible wrapper. DH does all of our wrapping and he takes his time and uses bows and ribbons. The presents he wraps always look great. I always feel so bad the presents I buy for him and wrap look so bad.

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    I *love* to wrap. I buy my paper from Hobby Lobby that has the lines on the back so I can cut neatly and not waste so much. I usually buy it either around this time when it's buy one get one or after Christmas when they go down to 75 percent off. It's nice, thick paper and the roles seem to last forever. I still have the first one I bought like 4 years ago and I buy several new each year so I have so much paper my hubby says he's not gonna let me buy any more every year hahaha... yeah right.

    Anyways. Not only do I wrap our gifts but I usually take my papers and wrap my Nanas gifts too... but I really do love it, so it's all good for me.
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    I loooove wrapping presents and I like using the fancy bows and paper! But this year to be a little more earth-friendly, I am throwing most of my presents into reusable bags for grocery shopping, ect instead of the paper gift bags. Sorta like a double present for the recipient. :-)
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    Not crazy about wrapping gifts, but once I get started I don't seem to mind it as much. Hubby wraps a lot nicer than I do. No matter how hard I try they just don't come out as nice looking.

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    I hate wrapping gifts because I am so bad at it!!!! I am so grateful for gift bags!
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    I HATE to wrap gifts! I usually buy those fabric bags, like the ones you get in Target, I use those. That way it is 2 gifts in 1.
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    I really like wrapping. My girls & son do too. My DH is horrible at it & now has one of the kids wrap my gifts. I used to have more time & would do all sorts of fancy designs with the wrapping paper. Now it's just razor sharp edges with a ribbon attached.

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