For the last couple of years I have been really in to making my own gift tags for all of my Christmas packages. It’s a cute way to personalize gifts and while it takes a little longer than the sticky kind (don’t get me wrong, I still use those too!), I find that I actually save money and you can easily put something together that looks amazing while using minimal materials.
I used a little help from a company/brand called ‘Rad & Happy‘ for my gift tags this year. A good friend introduced me to this brand created by Tara, an incredibly talented and creative artist and blogger who designs just about the most adorable stationary, gift cards, coloring pages, apparel, and holiday items I’ve ever seen. She even offers a subscription service called ‘Rad Mail’ which allows you to get some of these goodies delivered to your door monthly! This year, Tara created a font called ‘Rad Tidings’ (I know.. I know.. I’m even in love with the name). Ordering,downloading, and installing this font was as easy as 1,2,3. From there all I had to do for my gift tags was type the names of all of my friends and family in a word document. I a PDF of all of the names over to my local OfficeMax to print on white cardstock (less than $1) and within an hour I was able to pick up the sheets!
From there, I carefully cut out all of the names and backed them on Kraft cardstock (A little known fact about me, I LOVE kraft paper/cardstock and use it for just about everything…including last’ year’s tags 😉 ). For gift bags and small cookie boxes, I used a hole punch and some gold or candy striped twine (found for 60% off at Michael’s this time of year) and for large wrapped presents, I found a cute roll of Christmas washi tape (also 60% off at Michael’s) to help me stick the tags on my gifts.
It’s so simple to make a big statement when giving your loved ones Christmas (or birthday, annivesary, etc.) packages. Taking a few extra minutes to personalize when it comes to the wrapping puts a little extra love in your gift!
5 days left until Christmas y’all! I hope this last week is a merry one and that you enjoy this time with your family and friends!