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Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
JandS
Posted: May 22, 2011 10:22 AM+
Posted: May 22, 2011 10:22 AM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
I was torn on this too. I consider myself to be very green and have been this way for a while ( i use to chase people around when i was a kid if they threw garbage on the floor and call them a litter bug lol). I find it to be a waste of paper and it kind of upsets me. I have two registeries and one has wrap one doesn't. That was they can make the choice and hopefully they will be half and half.
leesah85
Posted: May 22, 2011 01:58 PM+
Posted: May 22, 2011 01:58 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
Posted by dCa51899
we did this at my friend's shower... I think the wording used on the invites was 'be a dear, wrap in clear'
she still did the whole thing reading the cards and checking out the gifts...and if i remember right, she did unwrap some....but there were a few that she just read the card, looked at and said thank you and passed along
i didn't think it was tacky at all, her gifts all looked really nice & she still went thru the whole process...but my mom wasn't the biggest fan of the idea so i can see why your mom and FMIL are putting up a fight, old school i guess lol
to be honest tho, it really didnt save much time since she still did the whole traditional going thru each & every gift
this! i've had a very similar experience in the past for one of my friends. it didn't really change the flow of the party or the timing
SoontobeMrsH
Posted: May 22, 2011 02:04 PM+
Posted: May 22, 2011 02:04 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
Everyone, reads in to these things differently... I was asked to be a 'dear & wrap in Clear' as well, as to save the earth & not to wrapAnytime, I get an invite with a 'cute' poem, I am unable to attend, and choose to give the bride the ultimate convenience of not having to open anything, since I did not send anything..
jettahot
Posted: May 22, 2011 08:55 PM+
Posted: May 22, 2011 08:55 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
i think wrapping in clear is fine! For a friends shower, we did the ' be a dear, wrap in clear' thing.I like the idea! But i think its a personal choice, if thats what u want as the bride, then thats that!
MsRtoMrsK
Posted: May 22, 2011 09:04 PM+
Posted: May 22, 2011 09:04 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
A friend told me she went to a bridal shower at the girls house and when you brought your gift 'wrapped in clear', you were to put it in the room of the house that it belonged in (bathroom towels in the bathroom, pots and pans in the kitchen, etc). It was a cute idea, but didn't help much for my shower which was at a catering hall!
TheFutureMrs2011
Posted: May 23, 2011 12:45 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 12:45 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
I don't really have an opinion on this cause I believe it depends on what the bride wants, but I will say I went to a shower that was wrap in clear, and most of the guests were horrified that they had to do it and spent the entire shower talking about how rude it was that the bride didn't even acknowledge the gifts... It was a nighttime shower with a DJ and the bride spent most of the time playing drinking games on the dance floor with her friends b/s there was nothing else to do.. I think that you're gonna have people who love it and people who hate it either way
BigDsGirl
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:17 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:17 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
Not tacky at all. I may be the only person that actually enjoys watching people open gifts lol. For me, its the highlight of the bridal/baby shower. But, thats just IMO.
LaBellaVita7712
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:20 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:20 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
I don't think it's tacky or rude. It's your day you should do what you want.I personally do not want to open gifts, I think it is time consuming and boring. I really don't think that any of the showers I went to anyone even paid attention lol.
VCanizalez
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:21 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:21 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
Posted by BigDsGirl
Not tacky at all. I may be the only person that actually enjoys watching people open gifts lol. For me, its the highlight of the bridal/baby shower. But, thats just IMO.
Nope ur not the only one..
I love watching everything they get...
I mean I have NEVER been to a Bridal Shower only to baby shower But i love watchin everything the Mom to be gets! =-)
So im sure i woudl love to see the bride..
BUT U can def add that note the wrapt it clear!
Ppl will understand too =-)
S00n2beWifey
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:26 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:26 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
12er crashingg ... I dont think this is tacky at all!! If anything as a guest I would be releived that I didnt have to sit through the gift opening!!I have heard of this before as well, ont he invitations you can write at the bottom ' Please be a dear, and wrap in clear!'
HTH!
nikki41579
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:29 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:29 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
I like the idea of wrapping everything in clear wrap! I think the guests will be happy that they don't have to sit there and watch the bride open gifts. This comes in really handy when you have a huge bridal shower.
AugustFeather
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:36 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:36 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
DISLIKE this idea.. I feel that every gift should be shown and acknowledged. What is the difference wether its wrapped clear or not?? Tearing open paper takes like 2.5 seconds. Also BM's are usually there helping. I would be turned off if I was aksed to wrap it clear. I would probably give money at that point and not really put much effort/thought into the gift.
FutureMRS.Benn
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:36 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 01:36 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
Jamie -- its your shower and you should do what you want. Everyone is ALWAYS going to have an opinion so go for what YOU want! You only get married once!
HSsweethearts
Posted: May 23, 2011 02:00 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 02:00 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
I think the WHOLE POINT of a shower is to acknowledge and ooh and ahh over gifts. otherwise it's just a girls only engagement party/gift grab. Even if it's wrapped in clear, the rbide should still look at and announce each gift individually. I thought the whoke point of wrapping in clear was to facilitate that process.now that i think more about it, I feel like it's cute, but it's more of a pain for guests. I'd rather make their lives easier. plus you can get an assembly line going with your BM where they are really doing the unwrapping BEFORE the gift gets to you, and it came be done more quickly that way.
Becca2010
Posted: May 23, 2011 03:08 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 03:08 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
I didn't want to sit there unwrapping either!I put my BMs to work. They unwrapped and handed me the gift and the card, so I did my OOOs and AHHs for the crowd and thanked the appropriate people.
Problem solved.
One of my BMs was like, 'I'm not unwrapping her gifts!' Like it was such a terrible thing!!!
The others asked me and I'm 'No open open open!!!'
That BM was halfway horrified, but I didn't care. LOL
Bride in 2012
Posted: May 23, 2011 03:44 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 03:44 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
Posted by HSsweethearts
I heard of someone writing on the shower invites - 'Be a dear- wrap it clear!'
I thought that was cute.
I think as a guest I wouldn't think too much of it thought I might find it annohying since then you can't just get it wrapped by the store.
'12er crashing
My friend just did this for he sister's shower and it made things a lot easier. I thought it was convenience but my mother was appalled at the idea so I already know I won't be doing this at my shower.
mikesbride712
Posted: May 23, 2011 04:05 PM+
Posted: May 23, 2011 04:05 PM
Re: Shower Gifts: Unwrapped or wrapped in clear ?
Ive done this for a few of my friends showers and most people loved the idea. You can still show everyone what you got and acknowledge the person who had gotten you ur gift, it just helps the process go a little faster. Also, all the gifts looked very pretty in clear wrap with beautiful bows on them.Welcome New Vendors
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