When you wrap gifts up do you tend to put

I do wrap the gifts with ribbons and bows. At times I will attached some nice artificial blooming pastel flower on it. It gives a special touch. I do not spend money to buy those ribbons or bows. I just recycle it / reuse it from those presents that I received. Sometimes those extra materials, loose artificial flowers, sea shells are great as final touch. Nowadays, I do not wrap gifts for family members and close friends. I just get a ribbon and make a big bow on it. Put a special sticker/tag which provided by the shopping mall that stated ' Go Green without wrapping'...that will support 'Go Green' campaign. However, for those acquaintance and children I still wrap those gifts. I enjoyed looking at those children exciting expressions as they receive the gifts which is mysterious to them. As they unwrap it with excitement and joy

Yes... I think so. I do the same as what you did before. But later I realized is that this would all go to the bin after opening the gifts. So what I did now is just I bough a gift wrapping paper with printed designs on it so I would not put ribbon anymore just a card on top with the greetings and from where it from and to whom it will be given.

The only time I use a ribbon or a bow on my gifts I wrap is at work, but when I'm wrapping for things like Christmas &/or birthdays I don't use bows one is because my daughter will take them off plus sometimes I think its just a waste of time and money. I can say it does look nice but I don't really have the time to do all of that. I make my own name tags also out of extra wrapping paper. I think that also helps keep things hidden especially with my kids trying to be nosy and see who name is on what LOL

I used to do both but not anymore. I put one of those bows on and the little cards. I even put some things in the fancy bags now. I used to love to wrap and did all kind of fancy things but when I offered to do other folks wrapping as well as mine because they disliked it so much they really took advantage and I really got tired of so I don't do it nearly are elaborately as I used to.

Sometimes I do still put a bow and ribbon on a gift but not very often. Most of the time I just wrap the gift and put tape on it and then put a name tag on the gift.

I've actually never been one to use ribbons and bows when I am wrapping presents. I just wrap them up with wrapping paper and use a tag to tell who the gift is for, it is what works the best for me. I do add a personal touch to the gifts that I wrap though in that I do a lot of graphic arts and thus custom design the tags that I use for the gifts that I give myself. This to me is just as pretty and more personal than using a bow and ribbons. I always get comments on the gifts that I give before they are even unwrapped.

I usually wrap them and add a bow and of course a tag. Sometimes I also may put on some ribbon. It just depends on how much time I have and how many I have to wrap. For younger kids I don't do much more than just paper.

Well I save any paper that I'm not going to recycle because it can all be reused as wrapping paper or for card-making. I don't have much money, so I do like to put a bit of extra effort into the wrapping with pretty bows and curls. I also like to put a hint or riddle on the label as to what's inside, not too easy, but enough to keep them guessing. It's nice to have a gift that looks pretty under the tree too. You might have guessed that I like wrapping and giving gifts!

It all depends on what I have in the house, and what the occasion is. If it's Christmas, and they are going to someone else's house, I will take a little more care. I sometimes use wrapping paper if the gift is in a shape that is easy to wrap. Things that are unusually shaped, like balls, or guitars, I often will either find a bigger box to put them in...or just purchase a gift bag!

I am like you I usually just wrap up the gift and use a name tag on it. My Mother is 84 years old and she spends a lot of time wrapping gifts and putting ribbons and bows on even if it is just for us here at home. I don't see why waste a ribbon and bow if the gift is just going to be torn open on Christmas morning. Happy Mylotting. Happy Holidays

it depends upon the occasion, ribbon adds a little glow to the gift but compromises in sobriety.

i love to put curly ribbons of the homemade sort on them though there is the problem that they get crushed fairly easily. i haven't made one in years though partially because i run out of time or ribbon.

Wrapping paper seems pretty pointless because it will be thrown away but I still like to use pretty ones. I tie a bow with the ribbon

I just wrap the gift and put a tag on it,then i will write my best wishes and the persons name.

hey, jugsjugs. you have slapped me right on my face with this discussion. i realize all of a sudden that i have this habit of giving gifts without hardly getting them wrapped at all. yes, during my younger days, there were ribbons and bows to go with the beautifully wrapped gifts. i must have forgotten already the joys of making gifts look so beautifully lucractive by going through all those exercises of beautifying them. actually, i have come to realize that it will now count to so many years already since i did it the last time.

That's what I do as well. Im not really good in wrapping gifts elaborately but I am good in wrapping them like how you would wrap a textbook.LOL Im just too technical about wrapping gifts. I do agree that it might be nice to look at when its not yet opened but I feel that it would be only just a waste after it is opened. Most people dont care about the wrapping. They just wish to get to the gift inside. I do actually care about the wrapping. I try to not ruin them when I open them, then I keep them for the possibility of using them again. Of course I am careful not to use the old wrapping for a gift to the one who originally sent me that. I use it for wrapping a person's gift who I know the original sender does not know personally. So he/she will not notice that I reused his/her wrapping paper. I also sometimes use those used wrapping paper for artworks and stuff.

When wrapping gifts I usually put both ribbon and bows on them. For Christmas I put ribbon, bows a tag and sometimes a candy cane or some other type of Christmas Candy. I love decorating Christmas Presents its one of my favorite things to do at Christmas time.

hi jj, i usually put a ribbon and always a tag on my gifts unless it is mailed. wrapping id quicker and cheaper i agree, but it has a different kind of twist when opening a gift with a ribbon or bow. tell me you agree. ann

I put bows on the presents because we take the bows and put them on the tree or on our wreath. When I was little I used to them on the cat. The cat never seemed to mind. I also use wrapping paper.

It depends really. My husband and I buy each other a number of gifts and we will wrap these up with paper and a tag, if its quite small or needs brightening up then I will put a bow in it. If I want to make some extra effort I will put bows and ribbons on and then pull the ribbon along the scissor edge to curl it.