Where to find gift boxes?

ProudDUB

I have a couple of Xmas pressies that I would like to put in gift boxes, the kind you just lift the lid of, like big boxes of chocolate. Any one know where I'd get something like that, on the Northside preferably? Both items are bulky pieces of clothing, so the boxes would need to be at least 3-4 inches deep & about 8-12 inches long. I've seen boxes in supermarkets and post offices, but they are generally for posting items. I need a box that looks festive/gifty. It doesn't need to be Christmassy, just gifty. Ta.

PennyWren

ProudDUB wrote: »

I have a couple of Xmas pressies that I would like to put in gift boxes, the kind you just lift the lid of, like big boxes of chocolate. Any one know where I'd get something like that, on the Northside preferably? Both items are bulky pieces of clothing, so the boxes would need to be at least 3-4 inches deep & about 8-12 inches long. I've seen boxes in supermarkets and post offices, but they are generally for posting items. I need a box that looks festive/gifty. It doesn't need to be Christmassy, just gifty. Ta.

Try tiger in the gpo arcade. I've got a few different size cardboard boxes with lids in there. Prefect for gift boxes, I just use them for storage. Nice patterns and if you wanted I'm sure they have festive colours this time of year! Cheap too only €3 or so.

fi314

Bought some boxes in Dunnes yesterday. Various sizes!

wolfmoon87

Easons

MissFlitworth

Dunnes have some really nice storage boxes with a ribbon tie and a sparkly pattern on them at the moment,





They're in a few different colours and they really do look gift-y and special

ProudDUB

Thanks. I know about the Dunnes storage boxes. I already have a couple of them that I use for storing photos. They are great, but I wanted something that is shallower and more specifically for a gift. The Dunnes boxes are too deep. The items in question (cashmere cardigans) would be lost inside them. I want to fold them nicely, wrap them in tissue paper & lay them flat in the box and, not have to worry about them jiggling about in empty space and getting creased. First world problems, eh?:rolleyes:

MissFlitworth

It's not on the Northside but Paperchase in Arnotts should have giftboxes that suit, it won't be as large a selection as on their website but still should have something nice

http://www.paperchase.co.uk/gift-wrapping/gift-boxes+amp-bags/icat/gpgiftboxesandbags

Lovely Bloke

Arnotts is most definitely Northside!

MissFlitworth

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Arnotts is most definitely Northside!

D'oh! My brain has taken a walk on me today!

ProudDUB

MissFlitworth wrote: »

It's not on the Northside but Paperchase in Arnotts should have giftboxes that suit, it won't be as large a selection as on their website but still should have something nice

http://www.paperchase.co.uk/gift-wrapping/gift-boxes+amp-bags/icat/gpgiftboxesandbags

Brilliant. Their shirt boxes are exactly what I am looking for. Thanks a mill. If anyone knows where I could get something like them, without having to schelp into town, I'd be very grateful. Was in a Dunnes, a Tiger, a Tesco, a Pennys, a Lidl, Donaghmede and Clarehall shopping centres and found nowt. Am surprised at that, it being the time of the year that it is. I know the Irish are more into wrapping stuff than they are putting them into bags or boxes, but you'd think that there would be a decent level of demand for them at Xmas, no?

OU812

I've never seen them over here, even ebay are coming up short on it.

I picked up a pack of five of them (plain white card) in the US for about $4 a number of years ago, every year after Xmas, they've been packed up until the next year. Handy thing to have & I've no idea why you can't get them here.

EDIT: I've just gone looking to see if I could spare at least one for you, but it appears we've only two left. Sorry OP

uli84

Think ive seen some in ikea..

athtrasna

Some Dealz have them, I spotted them in the one in Blanch a few weeks ago.