My fiber buddy was over last night (it was our High Fiber Night) and he was thinking about attaching “product” tags on all of his Christmas gifts this year. He asked if I had any suggestions. Amazingly enough I too was thinking of the exact same thing, though much earlier in the week. We may think alike but our timing sucks. I told him I wanted to make a tag that looked professionally handmade. So I offer my idea to you.
The tag itself is simple enough. Use whatever paper you desire (preferably a card-stock paper) that will fit in your printer. Choose what size you want to print. I’m thinking of a postcard size folded in half. Office Depot has recycled postcards in natural parchment that looks like it will do the trick for me. I’ll just fold them in half. Maybe.
Make sure you choose a cool font. I love going to 1001 Free Fonts and browsing what they have. For this project I’m going straight to the Handwriting fonts. Check out AE Scrawl, Alpha Mack, Anke Hand or Year Supply of Fairy Cakes. Yes, that is a font.
Use whatever program you feel comfortable working with, Word, Photoshop, etc. But to put the professional in the handmade, add care instruction symbols. oooOOoooo! I couldn’t find any online that look handmade-ish enough so I put some together today (see bottom of post). You are more than welcome to save any of the images you need.
Punch a hole, add some string or yarn and you’ll have a gift/product tag that is informative, handmade AND semi-professional. Handfessional?
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3 comments
Bobcat says:
December 12, 2008 at 3:43 pm (UTC -8 )
Great idea!! And thanks for doing all the footwork!
Leslie says:
December 28, 2008 at 2:33 pm (UTC -8 )
“Trace amounts of Tilly fur” is my favorite part!
admin says:
December 28, 2008 at 3:22 pm (UTC -8 )
I HAVE to put that. No matter what I make, the cat is a part of it, like it or not. lol