Green Gift Tags from Recycled Greeting Cards

Here is a photo of some holiday gift tags I made from recycled greeting cards.
December is the time of year when I make a bunch of these tags. I save all of last years cards and put them away with the Christmas decorations.
Then while I am preparing for the holidays I sort through cards that can be cut up and made into tags. I look for light or white paper so it is easy to write names on them.

I sit down with these supplies:

1- Scissors- regular and scrapbook scissors with a fancy edge.
2- Scrapbook punches- standard hole punch, square, and/or circle.
3- Holiday ribbons - these can be scraps from last year too. I like colorful ribbons or rafia.
4- Double stick tape.

I cut out the tag shapes from the white parts, some on the fold and some without. Then I cut or punch out images from greeting cards. I use a small piece of double stick tape to paste the colorful images onto the top part of the tag leaving room below to write a name. Then I use the standard hole punch and thread some ribbon through. I like to keep these handy in a dish on the hutch throughout the giving season.
I hope you like this green idea for gift tags! You can use greeting cards from any season for this project. Happy Holidays!

October Green Tips from Kerry

GREEN TIP #8

We run our shop with all due respect to our customers and our planet.  We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint.  Here is a little something we do. We hope you will also consider doing things the "green" way!

Here's something you might not know about. October is National Energy Awareness Month in the United States. This is to help everyone think of ways to use energy efficiently and to look for alternative energy sources.  Here is one simple thing you can do:

Look at your energy usage.  Most energy providers have on online summary of your power usage by month for each year. This is a great place to start.  We learned a lot by reviewing our usage charts. We compare year to year, and season to season.  We see the costs of energy on the rise.  So if you can conserve it will help your bottom line. So take a few minutes,  get the info and start thinking how you can save energy.

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