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Turn Last Year's Christmas Cards into This Year's Gift Tags!

by on ‎12-03-2013 05:36 PM

Hi, everyone,


A few months back we made Christmas Card Holders on You’re Home with Jill so you have a festive, dedicated space to store your Christmas cards. Yesterday afternoon, I opened the mailbox and wouldn’t you know, our very first card of the season was inside! Two things immediately came to mind: one, I have the PERFECT place to hang this! And two, I have GOT to get my cards in the mail. Yikes.


Are you the kind of person who keeps their holiday cards year-to-year? My mother ALWAYS did so she knew who to send them to and so we could repurpose those festive cards into gift tags! Looking back, it probably saved us a little money at the holidays because that was one less thing we had to buy. But they were also beautiful! Sometimes if the card was really complex, you could make several tags out of one picture. Other times, you made giant tags for those big packages.


Here’s just an example of how these could look:


Christmas Card Gift Tags


Christmas Card Gift Tags


Now, these are MUCH more elaborate than the gift tags we ever made. If you have time, as I did here, you can back the tags on card stock, add some decorative accents—including a reinforced ring for the ribbon, and then stringing the ribbon, of course. If you’re like me and have a craft drawer, sprucing is easy peasy. If you don’t have those accents on hand, however, just cut those cards down to size, punch a hole in the top, and use whatever string you have handy to make the loop!


It’s always fun to have the kids help make the gift tags. Trevor and Kylie like to help with this and Kylie actually loves to have her gift tags shaped into the letter “K.” I love it, too, because it makes it easy to identify which gifts are hers!


When you’re wrapping presents this year, gift tags can make any package look beautifully wrapped. But so can little sprigs of berries or an unusual kind of ribbon. I love using burlap to make packages seem more festive. Anything you’d use to decorate garland or a Christmas tree would work on top of a gift. I’m also a big fan of gift bags...especially for things like balls, blankets, and things that just will not fit into a four-corner box! Try tying the handles with ribbon to make it look professionally done. And, for that extra special touch, slide an evergreen bough through the loop.


Speaking of wrapping gifts, how are you doing with your shopping? Here’s a gift idea that any girlfriend would love…a Sachi “Lunchin Ladies” Tote (K39650).



The Christmas season is upon us! I hope you’re getting in the spirit…I know I am! Smiley Happy See you soon.


From my home to yours,
—Jill