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I love to browse the arts & crafts/handmade/designs blogs.  I have even bookmarked many of my favourite blogs.  The owners of those blogs are so  creative and talented.  You can find handmade birthday cards, bags, clothing and even garage flooring 🙂  If you need to enhance your creativity, just hop over to those blogs.  You will feel very inspired 😉  Last Christmas, we were invited to a party and after shopping for the gifts and wrappers, I realized that I forgot about the gift tags.  I had a few stored at home but they weren’t enough. So, what I did was browse one of my fav blogs and came across an idea on how to do a gift tag.

I didn’t have any coloured papers with me but I found a Starbucks paper bag.

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Recycled Brown Paper Bag from Starbucks

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Cut out some alphabets from the bag.  I use the first alphabet of the recipient’s name.  I also cut out a shape of a regular gift tag shape.  What I did was cut 2 pieces of each alphabets and glued them together so that they are thicker.

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Wrote the name and messages at the back and attach the tag on to the gift. All done. Simple and easy huh?  One of the ways to reduce my carbon footprint  😉

 

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18 Responses to d-i-y

  1. Health Freak says:

    That’s very nice! Saves money, saves mother earth and it looks very original. Who cut the alphabet?

  2. Hey, I tot you did a pretty job on the ‘E’. Thanks. Am still keeping it. Thks again, for the great idea..

  3. Clairity says:

    Hey the tags are really neat and that paper bag looks like it’s got Starbucks spilled all over it LOL. So crafty and eco-friendly of you 😉

  4. mummy gwen says:

    You must have bought alot of drinks/food from Starbucks to get such a big bag..hehe.

    Very nicely done and so smart of you. 😀

  5. Charmaine says:

    how creative, Barb. Defintely eco-friendly.

  6. Annie Q says:

    U’re so creative!!! Now i want to said those Alphabet looks familiar. *wink wink*

    Today i learn something new from you. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

  7. ChloeMummy says:

    Nice! You very “seh tak” sacrifice the paper bag though 🙂

  8. Merryn says:

    NICE! Very good idea indeed and hahahaha… the letter A is for Annie? hehehehe..

  9. Mommy Ling says:

    That’s nice!!…Indeed a very creative DIY work. Gave me the idea, next time dun need to buy gift card..hehehe

  10. yvonne says:

    marvellous! now i know what to do with those paper bags in my storage. Good idea 🙂

  11. rachel says:

    yeah….this is a great idea indeed. btw, have u thought what u wanna put up for CNY this yr? cos i dont hv anything in mind yet..eheheh we share share notes.

  12. lemonjude says:

    Very creative..nice than buy one..

  13. Paik Ling says:

    Well done! Keep it up so that you can reduce MY carbon footprint. I am one of those who will rush out to BUY gift tags or use a marker and write on the wrapping paper hahahhaha

  14. 2ma says:

    this is a great idea! love it!!!

  15. that;s nice barb! very creative of you!

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