Gift: Book of Tags

I have family members who never put tags on the gifts they bring. Going to a Baby or Bridal Shower is always ridiculous! "My gift is the one with out a tag" but when three or four people say that, ugh. I'm not asking for the tags to match the gift wrap, simply to put who the gift is from.

But this Christmas I decided to make tags for all those 'non-taggers'.

But how to gift them? So they're cute, easy to see, convenient? Oh a Book of Tags!

Find a cheap photo album with inserts (I bought one from the dollar store with 20 pages in it) I could make four books with that! Take the pages out, trim 12 x 12 paper slightly larger than pages, sew down the left side to make a "bound" book. Make sure when stitching on paper you set the stitches to wide (otherwise the paper falls off - experience). Attach some buttons (I sewed mine on by hand with embroidery floss) attach more floss to back with a brad or button and leave room to wind around front button and hang a little so you can attach your tag.

This one had sewing machine trouble. So I covered it up with some flowers and added the brads to make sure the book was secure.


Different styles - the ribbon on disguises some of my mistakes - the brads work just great too!



Oh the paper is Making Memories. The tag is cut from the leftovers of the same paper after I cut the book - and it's two sided so it's pretty when you open the book or turn over the tag. And of course I got them "on the cheap" (a 25 pack for $2.99 - that's .12 a piece)

The backs.

TOTAL COST OF BOOKS:

Paper - .12

(3) Brads - .12

(2) Buttons - .04

Embroidery Floss - .05

(5) Photo Inserts - .25

Total - $0.58

And once the tags get used, the recipients can always use these little books as photo albums!

See my TAGS posting to see what I put in each pocket.

Linked to:
http://myscrappygifts.blogspot.com/

TAGS

My Purse Tag - I thought it was clever
It even opens up!

This one is more of a clutch I guess..

Simple Happy Birthday Tag with a chipboard sticker (I got a deal on a pack of 600)

My butterfly beauty: I had these glittery stickers laying around and finally decided to use them with some metallic paper and a corner punch.

It can't get easier than this: way old stickers and card stock leftovers. We always forget the boys don't we.

Another simple tag with ribbon and more of my chipboard sticker deals.

More of my leftover metallic paper - this time I started with the ribbon and wanted to match it and came up with this design (I made a bunch some with copper brads and one flower).

I started was some luxury paper that had this ethic looking design on it I cut out each design square backed it with similar toned paper added glue dots to the back for dimensions and then attached it to another similar toned paper - I free handed the 'matching' design with a glue pen and covered it with foil from my hot foil machine. I like the twine with it - gives it an earthy feel.

Ho-hum graduation tag - but you know when you need them you'll use it!

Christmas Gift - Seasons Cards & Tags

For an inexpensive "small" gift but given from the heart I made this

Four Season's Book of Cards.

The Book itself was very easy a 12x12 piece of paper trimmed a bit larger than the photo book inserts connected with three brads. I found the photo book inserts by taking apart a cheap photo book from the dollar store. I used 5 inserts one as a title page where I added my note.

In back of the book I sewed leftover paper cut at an angle to hold all the envelopes needed for the cards.

I used two pages for each season Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall with the tag on the left and the card on the right.

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

Here's my Purse Tag again - I can't wait to actually use one on a gift they're so versatile! How cute would it be to add baby paper and make it a diaper bag for a baby shower! I'll make one later and post it.