DIY: Gift Tags
Feb. 11th, 2012 12:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsI haven't read my flist in three days, my bedroom is almost a Superfund site, I have chicken that won't casserole or frittata itself, and in two hours I need to be dressed and at Riversdale for a chocolate tasting. (There will be a post about that later today.)
So what have I been doing all morning? Making gift tags.
Fortunately, two people gave me the same card one year, so I've got a really good example. I used to just cut down the fronts of Christmas cards (right) but that makes for a very big tag. It was M who taught me the puzzle-solving joy of seeing what kind of other tags and shapes you can make out of the background and borders (left).
It's seductively fun, and all you need are scissors and a punch -- but I'm astigmatic and literally can't cut in a straight line, so I also have a ruler, pencil, and coin for rounding off edges.
So what have I been doing all morning? Making gift tags.
Fortunately, two people gave me the same card one year, so I've got a really good example. I used to just cut down the fronts of Christmas cards (right) but that makes for a very big tag. It was M who taught me the puzzle-solving joy of seeing what kind of other tags and shapes you can make out of the background and borders (left).
It's seductively fun, and all you need are scissors and a punch -- but I'm astigmatic and literally can't cut in a straight line, so I also have a ruler, pencil, and coin for rounding off edges.
