I love to give hand made gifts. If I don't give handmade, I at least like to add some creativity to the gift wrapping. Our latest project is mini heart gift tags. I have been enjoying some quick crochet projects recently that are helping me use all … [Read more...]
Joy Christmas Gift Tags
After a couple of shopping outings this week. Sarah and I have nearly completed the Christmas gift shopping. We have set up a gift wrapping station on our dining table and are wrapping the gifts as we go. We needed some simple gift tags to suit our … [Read more...]
Doiley Gift Tags
Doilies, gingham, buttons - these are some of our favourite things. We made some simple Doiley Gift tags for Christmas. We are loving the classic white and red colours for our Christmas projects this year.Using some thick textured white card, we cut … [Read more...]
Fabric Gift Tags
Today I made up some fabric gift tags using the design in Sewing Bits and Pieces: 35 Projects Using Fabric Scraps. This project used plastic wrap (glad wrap) to fuse the fabric to the scrap booking card which worked surprising well.It was a very … [Read more...]
Scrap Buster Gift Tags
While sorting through my fabric scraps, I was pondering if I should keep so many tiny scraps. I found some of my favourite fabrics - and for some favourites, these small pieces were all I had left.I made up some Scrap Buster Gift Tags, using some … [Read more...]
Stamped Tags and Labels
I have a sweet set of Japanese Sewing Stamps that I bought from Cute Tape. I love the sewing motifs, and used them to make some fabric labels.Using ink pads that are suited to fabric, I stamped some images on cotton twill tape and heat set them with … [Read more...]
Quick Crochet Gift Tags
I crocheted up a batch of small granny squares using DMC Perle 5 in red and white, et voilà the Quick Crocheted Gift Tag was born.These would also work well in other colours - I can just visualise them in some pastel hues for Easter. … [Read more...]
Postage Stamp Gift Tags
When my children were in primary school, they were both given a stamp album for their birthday when they were around 8 years old. I figured that it was more fun to collect stamps than Pokemon cards. We used to save all our stamps and then each school … [Read more...]