HOLIDAY WRAPS

Imagine being a “Jinky Pacquiao” or “Aling Dionesia” who can afford to shop in an Apple Store for Christmas presents for family and friends. A Mac book, Ipad or Itouch will definitely give joy to its receiver no matter how sloppily it is wrapped.  Reality Check: Most of us, are NOT that filthy rich! So we are left with no other choice, but to make do with our pocket’s reach, and use a bit of creativity to make our simple gifts look extra special.

Half of the joy of gift giving for me goes to the overall packaging. How a gift is presented, always makes it extra special. A simple and inexpensive gift can always be made surprisingly special, if it’s packaging is carefully thought of. It brings character to the gift, and reflects the good intention of the gift giver in making its receiver happy.





HOLIDAY WRAPPING STYLES

Here are a couple of holiday wrapping styles that you may find useful this Christmas season.

String Bead left over from your trees can be used as a ribbon accent and a substitute for cherry tie knots.  Cut the beads by two and then tie it in a ribbon.

  

I found a couple of coin banks that costs about 40.00 Php. Since the gifts that I bought for the kids can fit inside, I thought, why not use the coin bank as a gift box? The packaging doubles as an extra gift coz the kids can still use it afterwards.

  

WHERE TO SHOP FOR YOUR CHIRSTMAS WRAPS

 Nothing beats the rock bottom prices in Divisoria, Quiapo and Dapitan Arcade. But as we get closer to the Christmas season, the idea of all the hassle that one has to go through just to shop here, would make you think if the trip is really worth all the trouble.

I have found a couple of alternative shops here in the South, where you can buy nice gift packaging within budget:

Robinson’s Great Bag Sale in Pergola, BF – paper gift bags with tags are sold from 8.00 Php (small bag) 19.00 Php (large bag) and 29.00 Php (xlarge bag)

Pack-Away Multi Sales and Dough-it-All in Palaca St. BF Homes (located at the back of BF Market) – these shops sells native baskets, baking goods, food packaging, boxes and ribbons. Everything is discounted if bought by the dozen.

My most favorite box of all! I bought this from Dough-it-All last year  for just 11.00 Php

At the end of the day, all these nice packaging will most likely end up in a garbage bag. But before that happens, I would like to think that it made people who are special to me very happy…and that is more than enough reason for me to fuzz over with my wrappings once again next year…Ho! Ho! Ho!