Gotta Have It: Personalized Wrapping Paper

When it comes to wrapping gifts, you aspire to be Crafty Mom with beautiful bows, gorgeous paper, and that amazing card you whipped up yourself. Here's the reality: In the two minutes you usually find to pull it all together, you're lucky if you get leftover Christmas wrap on the thing.

Our solution? Get personalized gift wrap or ribbon from Name Maker so your presents deliver messages like "Happy Birthday, love Luke," "XOXO, the Shawls," "An Awesome Gift from Andrew" or whatever you like. Identify gift-giver? Check. Identify gift-giver as super-cool creative type? Check. And here's another cool idea: At holiday time, order separate rolls of paper for each of your kids so their gifts not only look great under the tree, but you'll be saved from any potentially disastrous present mix-ups.

The glossy paper comes in tons of adorable styles (think polka dots, stripes, animal prints) and colors that you can make your own with text in one of nine fonts and 16 colors. Now, all you have to do is remember to shop for the gift.

$24.95-$25.95 for a 12-foot roll.

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