Life as a Mrs ... Adventures of a Newlywed: Gift Tags Galore!

I’ve been busy these past 2 weeks making some gifts for family. My Mother-In-Law’s family exchanges family gifts (there are individual gifts for the cousins who are much younger than Nate and I) and since Nate and I are celebrating our first Christmas as a “family” we decided to move into the adult exchange. Most of the family gifts are homemade, like a loaf of bread, or venison sweet bologna from the hunters, but neither Nate nor I consider ourselves bakers, and we don’t don the camouflage

for some tree stand time come hunting season. So, naturally I turned to my never ending supply of scrap booking paper.

Since we gathered before Christmas, I decided to

make some gift tags for each of the 5 families. I was inspired by the snowman and Christmas tree tags I made for the first presents I wrapped this Season. I made 3 tags of each of the 4 designs. Since I wanted each of the designs to be the same I first made a template out of black cardstock. Then I traced it onto colorful paper, usually added a border and wa la! A little punch finished off each one. I made one from each of

the designs a little more special, like the Christmas tree with a beaded garland which is pictured below.

After I had all of them ready to go I had the next dilemma of presentation. And like the famous chefs, I always think presentation is just as important as the product itself. Nate suggested I put them in envelopes and decorate the outside, but since gift tags aren't exactly a conventional gift, I thought they deserved a better "grand entrance" then some "lick n' seal" packaging. Thus, the next few photos:

I decided to make some little boxes to "wrap" each set of gift tags in. I looked up some simple instructions online, and after a few minutes of
creasing and folding I had these little babies to fill with my handmade tags.