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Halp!!
DH wants to give our clients some gifts this year. I have stock from our other company that we will use as the gifts but when it comes to presenting/gift wrapping I'm a fail. It looks like child has done it; a special child.
What can I do? I need some kind of fail proof idea that I don't have to outsource (I'm good at outsourcing but we're short on time now and I told DH I would do it myself :doh: )
I'm thinking boxes with a few products in them.....
Box or basket. Shredded paper or screwed up crepe paper as "bedding", gifts, then wrap in clear cellophane and ties with a bit of ribbon.
Cheap but good boxes from the $2 shop, or a basket, they are pretty cheap too.
Tissue paper, raffia and some ribbon, clear celo if you want to.
And Google "Hamper wrapping ideas" (images) LOL
I was going to suggest baskets too. or even those bags, you can get some pretty ones cheap at a $2 shop.
Aldi has the shredded paper for the bottom of the baskets today.
The little 'takeaway' boxes are cute and cheap - just add ribbon. Packs from bargain shops, Lincraft etc.
If all else fails, use brown paper and Christmas ribbon with one of those pre made bows on top.
I remember David Jones having beautiful gift boxes and bags in all sorts of designs and colours - you could just buy however many of them you need, throw in the pressies and you're done. No skill required - I say this on the basis that every woman was born with the skill of handing over a credit card ;-)
You all make it sound so simple. Lol.
I have bought boxes and tissue paper.
Pray for me.
Just pretend it is going to be on a display turntable on Wheel of Fortune and it should be right... LOL
*sigh* Looks like a toddler threw stuff in a box :(
take a pic of it for us.
unless there is product upside down, product UNDER the tissue paper, slobber everywhere, and crayon drawing - it won't look like a toddler did it. We are our own worst critics - I'm sure it looks fine!
Can I put tissue paper on top to mail it?
There isn't any tissue paper over it at the moment but I was going to put some under the lid of the boxes to keep everything stable in transit.
If that's a giant faux pas I'll just make DH do a quick courier run to all the offices.
And I've put corporate gifts into my calender for early November next year lol.
I got a gift from a rep last year that had that foam overlay stuff under the lid to help stop the stuff from moving. We bought some to pack our good china when we moved recently - got it from Fort Knox.
I guess you could also use bubble wrap - especially if it is something breakable.
Onyx: are the items ure wrapping 'odd' shape? Ie not square etc?
Most of them are square but some of the soaps and ambient perfumes are round.
What u can do is use normal paper to 'pad' it up a bit. Then use tissue paper for the last bit. The squarish ones usually I don't bother if they can sit nicely. Then it's the matter of arranging it in the box. You can also shred/scrunch up the tissue to 'fill' the gaps. If you have leftover Christmas ornaments etc (like a spare holly here or there, I seem to accumulate lots of **** like that) then I might add it in.
The box itself. If u can get ribbon. Just give it a tie, one to secure and for the 'final' touch. Hope this makes sense. I would show u if I could how to do a bow thing.
The 'padding' will depend on how big ur boxes are. Also if u haven't got ribbon, twine could work too. Raid the kids craft box for red or green cardboard, cut out a star or a Christmas tree as ur tag maybe?
If you want the 'tissue' hanging out look, then you might need cellophane things. And leave the lid of the boxes at the bottom as 'base'. You can cover it up but will prob need to fold it into itself. Could work.
How did u go?