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free diy gift tag upcycle idea

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Free diy gift tag upcycle idea.

And so easy it’s shameful.

And free, so it’s awesome.

Take last year’s holiday cards, minus any photo cards, sentimental cards you want to keep and inappropriate cards from your crazy uncle. Just me?

Grab a pair of scissors, a single hole punch if you’ve got one (I saw them at our Dollar Store recently) and some twine or ribbon.

greeting card gift tags

Cut around the pretty images and words on each card. Nasty old scissors are not a requirement. I think that’s a bit of thinset from the bathroom tiling project mixed with some floor stain … I may have run out of cotton rags mid-stain and needed to cut up another t-shirt. #AlwaysPrepared…Enough-ish  🙂

greeting card gift tags

Punch a hole in each tag and tie some twine or ribbon through the hole and onto the ribbon on your package. Or tape the twine to the package. Or tape the tag to the package.

You get the idea. 🙂

greeting card gift tags

How’s that for another “use what you have” idea. So far we’ve made a pallet wood garland and a canvas table runner. Everything has been simple and free, that’s my kind of holiday decor. 🙂

this is such a great idea for free gift tags every year

I’ve had so much fun making new things with stuff we had hanging around that I gathered a group of some of my favorite bloggers and I said “Hey, why don’t you do something awesome for the holidays with stuff you already have and we’ll share all the great ideas with our readers.” So, if you haven’t been to Jessica’s yet you should get started over at Decor Adventures and from here be sure to visit Jaime at That’s My Letter. She always makes great stuff and is a whiz with power tools. She’s one of those girls I would love to hang out with and build something.

That might sound weird. But it shouldn’t. Promise.

15 great last minute holiday ideas, so many fun ideas using what you probably already have in your stash

Comments

  1. Karah, another great idea. I have done this one for years and it is at my level of creativity which is really easy! That means that even I can do this project. Love you, Nancy

      • I love those sparkly glittery Christmas cards too and I frame some. I like to do my kitchen for Christmas in a Candyland type of theme. So when I received a card with the perfect candy glitty cover, I framed it to display. Also great for adding to photo albums, cut the section you want and add it to that Holiday photo album.

  3. Perfect and such a great idea! I will be thinking of you when I get all the Christmas cards this year.

    • Clearly your friends and family will appreciate the inappropriate nature. Re-use with confidence. 🙂

  8. I always feel bad tossing those cards. So I save them like a hoarder. Now I’ll just cut out my friend’s heads and use them as their gift tags next year. Winning! 🙂

  10. This makes me so happy. My mom used to always do that because we never bought the sticky tags. AND gorgeous tags! Win-win! 🙂 Thanks again for including me! xoxo

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