Showing posts with label gift tags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gift tags. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Farewell December, Letting Go of Christmas and Decorating Wintery


I'm a little tormented. I was so busy moving and catching up on orders, I didn't post many Christmas ideas this year. Even though Christmas is over, I use this blog as a springboard for myself to reference for later, and I need to file these great ideas somewhere! So, this week will be catch up for me, then I'll get down to new stuff, mmkay? For now though, many of these can still be implemented as "winter" decor.


This little montage of Lindsey Brackeen's holiday mantle, my jaw dropped a little. I love the bright white, a bit of style and sparkle, without being too dark and heavy feeling for the holidays. I love how she hand tied the wreath with torn fabric scraps with her little boy. So sweet. The natural elements are wonderful as well.



Lindsey also made these adorable little gift tags you can use next year. I love here idea to use them as a garland as well. Visit here to download them.



Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Art of Giving. Part 2



Part 1: Artful Giving
Part 2: Artful Tagging
Part 3: Artful Embellishing.
Now, every little package is just glorious and in my last post, The Art of Giving Part 1, but what if we just don't have the time or resources for all of that?

Honestly, I get invited to so many baby showers and such right now, I try and have a couple of bags/gifts all ready to go if I need to. Now, I am not the best gift wrapper, but that is the reason of this post, to inspire, right?

So, if you cannot wrap due to size or whatever, how about just throwing on a nice tag? One whose color scheme and style matches the gift (preferably). A shabby chic glittered thing is wonderful, but not so much on a bright glossy red thingamajodigidy.

There are tons of lovely tag options. You can stamp them, glitter them, wrap necklaces around them, lace them, tie dye them, nest them, tea stain them, plant them, scrapbook on them, ribbon them and jewel them...













You can make them out of paper, fabric, wood, ceramic, crystal, bacon, plantable matter...Did I forget anything? Oh, well, you can do that too!




You could even braid a lock of your hair and tie it with a bow if you are giving Lord Byron's book of poems. (He had a 4 foot long braid of hair given to him by a lady once. I know!)



Tags that are bright, colorful and with a bit of surprise makes a wonderful addition to your gift.





Of course, natural themes like nests, shells and twine are perfect in over the top pairs, or simply tied with a string.






So, tie on a tag with a little note, or better yet, leave it plain so that the gift recipient can use it again.... it may make it's rounds back to you someday. The final edition of "The Art of Giving" is a real treat, so don't forget to check back!

The Art of Giving, Part 1


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