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DIY Gift Tags from Shopping Bags

12.28.2014 by Leah //

In case you didn’t know, I have a penchant for keeping ribbons, shopping bags, paper bags and pretty gift wrapping papers so you can just imagine the stash I collected last Christmas.  I hate putting into waste reusable papers so I try to ‘save’ all that I can whenever I open gifts.

(You can read about my past projects on re-used shopping and paper bags HERE and HERE.)

This year, I received quite a number of Marks and Spencer items (a big thank you to my generous friends!) and I really love the Christmas red shade of their shopping bags this year!  Very Santa Claus, hihi!

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Then an idea hit me.  Since the paper quality of these shopping bags are thick and glossy, they’ll make perfect gift tags for next year’s Christmas!  Sobrang advanced ko lang mag-plano ano?  But the idea is already there so I might as well work on it (and habang vacation ko pa from work).

Using my 2-inch round puncher (that I bought at Gourdo’s last year), I was able to make quite a number of round gift tags that would probably last me till 2016.  Oh, I have to save those ribbon handles too – they’re grosgrain ribbons, after all.

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Here’s how you can re-use the materials from a Marks and Spencer shopping bag:

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Who would think that my ribbon and gift tag are from a shopping bag?

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As added personal touch to your gift, you can emboss your name in the round gift tag (personalized embossers can be ordered from The Best Impressions), then string another gift tag (in another shape) and hand-write the recipient’s name.

I’d love to hear about what you do with the paper kalat that comes with Christmas gifts.  Do you save or waste the scraps?

 

Categories // Random Things Tags // christmas, embosser, marks and spencer, paper craft, recycling ideas, shopping bags

Comments

  1. Annie Lorraine says

    December 29, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    What a neat idea! Wala na akong nasave na wrappers these days. May isang batang nagbubukas ng gift by tearing off everything. Hihihi! Ang ganda ng puncher mo! 🙂

  2. TPS says

    January 2, 2015 at 1:26 am

    If I may ask, how much yung 2-inch puncher sa Gourdo’s? Mayroong scalloped edge?

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