Wrap Session
Dec. 22nd, 2014 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyspriteI have a crafter confession to make.
In general, I am an artsy-craftsy person. I like making things, and if something can be made from scratch I try to do so. If I can bake it, crochet it, embroider it, hot-glue it, jury-rig it, or figure out just about any other way to make it by hand, I will. There's just one crafty skill I lack, though.
I purely suck at wrapping presents.
My presents always come out looking like they were wrapped by a four-year-old with neuromotor problems. I tear the paper when I maneuver the present onto it, I can't cut a straight line, I can't make my corners flat and smooth. I always start out with too much paper, and then trim it down too far, and have to kind of smoosh a patch over the resulting naked spot. My tape bunches up. I get bored and frustrated and just kind of cram the paper into something like the right place.
It's not just the paper that's the problem - I've made origami, and snowflakes, and altered books. I can work with paper, and scissors, and all the individual components. It's just the specific mojo of gift-wrapping that is my crafty nemesis. I keep trying, and... I keep making askew lump of paper and good intentions.
So, if you've ever wondered why most of the gifts I give are homemade baked goods? Partly it's because I love baking, and giving homemade things. But to a large extent, it's because I can just stick some Saran wrap and a bow on it and call it a day.....
In general, I am an artsy-craftsy person. I like making things, and if something can be made from scratch I try to do so. If I can bake it, crochet it, embroider it, hot-glue it, jury-rig it, or figure out just about any other way to make it by hand, I will. There's just one crafty skill I lack, though.
I purely suck at wrapping presents.
My presents always come out looking like they were wrapped by a four-year-old with neuromotor problems. I tear the paper when I maneuver the present onto it, I can't cut a straight line, I can't make my corners flat and smooth. I always start out with too much paper, and then trim it down too far, and have to kind of smoosh a patch over the resulting naked spot. My tape bunches up. I get bored and frustrated and just kind of cram the paper into something like the right place.
It's not just the paper that's the problem - I've made origami, and snowflakes, and altered books. I can work with paper, and scissors, and all the individual components. It's just the specific mojo of gift-wrapping that is my crafty nemesis. I keep trying, and... I keep making askew lump of paper and good intentions.
So, if you've ever wondered why most of the gifts I give are homemade baked goods? Partly it's because I love baking, and giving homemade things. But to a large extent, it's because I can just stick some Saran wrap and a bow on it and call it a day.....
