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Pretty Holiday Wrapping paper

ECBG — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:17:34 GMT

Today, I looked at the Hallmark Christmas wrapping paper. Hallmark has had beautiful Christmas designs in the past. Now the designs are cartoon characters like "Buzz Lightyear"! Not in love!

I'm going to get heavy thickness paper from Current!

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Desertdi — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:44:20 GMT

I use brown paper...and decorate it myself with colored ink pens...

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catter70 — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 09:01:00 GMT

Just gift bags, here.

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Another new name Sue — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:32:35 GMT

Gee, I had no idea Current was still in business! Thanks.

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lynnie61 — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:16:17 GMT

@Another new name Sue Been buying from them for years! Many free shipping offers. Some offers with a certain $ spent. Sometimes no limit. I think we used them in grade school for fundraisers!

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GinaV24 — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:01:21 GMT

@ECBG I ordered from them. I always liked their papers and things. They have reusable gift totes too. I found one that's perfect for a friend who loves horses.

So glad you mentioned them!

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manny2 — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:20:27 GMT

I use the brown paper for birthdays most of the time. @Desertdi I have used it for Christmas a few times.

It is charming, and kind of rustic.

Most orders I have shipped to me contain the brown paper for packing. I save it.

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mousiegirl — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 18:40:26 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
Today, I looked at the Hallmark Christmas wrapping paper. Hallmark has had beautiful Christmas designs in the past. Now the designs are cartoon characters like "Buzz Lightyear"! Not in love!

I'm going to get heavy thickness paper from Current!

@ECBG I have found beautiful paper at zulily and amazon. Many moons ago, I would go to Hallmark the day or so after Christmas and get 50-75% off paper, could open a store, lol.

I also buy ribbon. When DD was little, I decided the bows were too expensive to buy and be discarded, so I began buying the spools of the type of ribbon that can be curled with scissors, made very pretty package attachments, not really bows, but a pile of currly ribbon with strands hanging down, not very good description, lol, saved a lot of money this way.

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candys mine — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:48:31 GMT

The last Wrapping Paper I bought was a Mega Roll from Costco about 3 years ago.

It's reversible with one side being white with silver snowflakes and the other side Silver with tiny white stars. I Do believe That roll, with the other lifetimes worth of partial rolls of Christmas paper to use up, will be the Last roll of Christmas / Occasion paper I will ever buy.

@mousiegirl You do save a pretty penny making those Curly "Sprays" yourself! They're Fun to make too!

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Chopsmom — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:54:49 GMT

@ECBG Oh, you reminded me of the wonderful wrapping paper my Mother used for Christmas. It was thick, well made, and beautiful designs.

For some reason, my favorite to unwrap as a child was the foil wrap. Great memories.

Now, it's gift bags for me.

Re: Pretty Holiday Wrapping paper

RedTop — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:35:19 GMT

My yearly Current order shipped yesterday.

Re: Pretty Holiday Wrapping paper

IShopQ — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 22:59:04 GMT

For the past few years, I have really liked brown paper packages under the tree in our country house. I will usually pick one roll of brown paper with a simple design on it to mix in. Last year I tried some Origami type wrapping and found it was really simple and fun (lots of video instructions on You Tube). I used up a lot of the brown paper rolls I had as well as odds and ends of ribbon and package decorations I had accumulated.

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Enufstuff — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:44:15 GMT

@IShopQ@Desertdi

@manny2 I saw an idea in a magazine that I have used.

Wrap the gift in brown paper and then using a good quality

brown velvet ribbon, tie the gift and make a bow. I added a few small pinecones to the bow. It is nice giftwrap for a man's gift.

Re: Pretty Holiday Wrapping paper

manny2 — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:43:12 GMT

@Enufstuff wrote:
@manny2 I saw an idea in a magazine that I have used.

Wrap the gift in brown paper and then using a good quality
brown velvet ribbon, tie the gift and make a bow. I added a few small pinecones to the bow. It is nice giftwrap for a man's gift.

I love that idea. @Enufstuff Thanks, I’ll try it.

Re: Pretty Holiday Wrapping paper

Citrine1 — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 01:06:04 GMT

@IShopQ Your packages look beautiful, but they hardly look like they were "simple" to do! So lovely!