I woke yesterday morning to a very dull, overcast and utterly miserable day weather wise that quickly turned to that horrible fine drizzle. Yes, the perfect excuse to ignore all the outside jobs and retreat to the craft room. I had a fantastic few hours playing around making tags. I have a box that I keep all the scraps and oddments in that I use for tag making the perfect way to maximize materials.
The papers are all oddments from scrapbooking and card making, pieces that are too small to be of use. I had such fun selecting papers and trying to match some of the toppers. It certainly passed away a pleasant few hours.
I also started to experiment with oddments for my Christmas tags. A rather large job so needs to be done in small sessions. But I impressed myself with some of the results. As some of you may know I am a great lover of buttons so using some to decorate the tags was a real thrill.
I loved the snowman and thought this might be a nice addition to packages for the Grandchildren, although the vintage papers above with the Santa embellishment was also a contender, decisions, decisions! I thought I might make some more Christmas pudding tags to write the heating instructions on, attaching them to the pudding when I have made them nearer to Christmas.
The weather is pretty good today so I had better finish off and get back outside to the mundane jobs of clearing the garden.
See you soon.
Your tags are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteJust look at that little snowman....he is so adorable.
All so much nicer than the boring tags you get in the shops-x-
They are very good, you have given me some ideas x
ReplyDeleteBravo ! your tags are very pretty !
ReplyDeleteOh, how lovely! I'm not yet ready for Autumn, never mind Christmas but I adore your gift tags. Great ideas. I love the use of buttons. X
ReplyDeleteI love how you used the buttons for the Christmas trees. Great idea!! Lots of tag making going on here too!! : ) Have a beautiful rest of your week. Hope all is well with you and your family. xo
ReplyDelete~ Wendy
Those are gorgeous tags.
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing my friend! I'm a direction follower. If I have directions, I can follow them very easily. But to come up with beautiful tags like this on my own? It would never happen. These are absolutely gorgeous and works of art in and of themselves. Blessings, Betsy
ReplyDeleteI love a bit of paper crafting it really is relaxing and such a great way to use up scraps. I must say I have pinned the button tag ideas to my pinterest board for a possible workshop I am doing in November, hope that is OK? They are so cool. I have that vintage paper kit (bargain when the craft shop closed) and made all of last years cards with it. I also have lots of this years done too. Happy snipping. Jo x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous tags !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anna
They're brilliant, what a great idea. I love the cute snowman made out of buttons.
ReplyDeleteLove the Christmas tags.
ReplyDeleteI love your tags! A very productive crafting session!
ReplyDeleteLove those tags, very clever.
ReplyDeleteWow, you have been busy. Your tags are beautiful and so creative. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteoh so adorable. I'm still thinking fall, but you're a lot smarter getting prepared for Christmas this early.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed seeing how you've decorated the tags that you got for a bargain price at the car boot sale using crafting oddments, buttons and lots of creative imagination.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing bunch of tags you made, each prettier than the one before. You are very talented.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if, when you make those Christmas puddings, you would share the recipe? Mind you, you probably have a recipe that makes half a dozen at a time. But one could figure out how to make a smaller batch, I'm sure.
You really are amazing! You got so many done! My favorites are the ones with buttons.. the trees and the snowmen. Bravo! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteThe tags are all lovely and I think if I had one of them attached to a parcel I would have to keep it and treasure it. I love the button snowmen:)
ReplyDeleteNice crafting! Your tags are so pretty ♥
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These are absolutely adorable! I like them all but I love the vintage Christmas ones :-) Thank you for the well wishes for my daughter, I really appreciate it! Have a wonderful day!!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Jill
so many pretty and unique tags! Our weather is supposed to turn cooler over the weekend, I cannot WAIT!
ReplyDeleteThe tags are so pretty! You are so creative!
ReplyDeleteYour tags are very creative and attractive!
ReplyDeleteYour tags are very creative and attractive!
ReplyDeleteYou did a terrific job with all of the tags.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Meredith