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Cute gift tag sayings can top off a special gift nicely. I've collected funny sayings, cute ones, motivational ones...all kinds of them! And better yet, I've included some gift ideas to get those creative juices flowing! The great thing about some of these gift tag sayings is that most of them can be used for any occasion OR, with the change of a word--you can use them for any occasion. Let your imagination go! The key to it all, is to know what your recipient likes, what their hobbies are, or whether they have some very specific interests. For example, are they a coffee or tea lover? Does he or she enjoy crafts? Do they have kids or pets? Are they an active animal activist, Red Cross member or a military serviceperson? Is the gift for a close friend or a neighbor? Or is it for your mailman or child's teacher? Is it for a co-worker or your church Pastor or Priest? Think about those things for a moment and something will present itself as being the most likely gift tag saying for them. Take a look at the gift tags in the picture above. The most fun way to do this is to get some blank cards & decorate them yourself. Use stickers, decals, rubber stamps, gel pens, glitter pens, paint pens. Whatever your crafty heart desires! Not crafty? Get some pretty stickers & a gel pen---now you are! AND BY THE WAY...you can get those White Enclosure Cards right here at The Boutique Shop. Check out the Cello In A Box section--Lots of great cellophane gift bags & all the accessories are right there for ya! The cards are under Ribbons, Bows & More. Here's a list of gift tag sayings to whet your creative appetite! | A true friend is there when you blossom...and there when you wilt. | Gift Suggestion:
Cellophane gift bag with flower seeds.
Vase with cut flowers from your garden.
Gift basket with gardening gifts like gloves, small hand tools, hand cream. | | A teacher can't live by apples alone...she needs "kisses" too! | Gift suggestion:
Fill a cellophane gift bag with Hershey's Kisses & tie with curling ribbon. Attach the gift tag & you're done!You could even hide a gift certificate in the middle of all the candy!
You can change Kisses to Hugs & use the Hershey's Hugs instead, OR...USE BOTH! LOL. | | Hands down, our grandma is the best! | Gift suggestion:
Either have the Grandkids dip their hands in acrylic paints & "stamp" their handprints on a t-shirt or tote bag or apron, OR cut out their handprints in fabric & iron them on, then outline them in puffy paints. Write each child's name under their handprint. | | You make friendship bloom all year round. Merry Christmas | Gift suggestion:
For Christmas, attach to a pointsetia plant.
Year round, attach the gift tag to any pretty flowering plant (uh, and don't say Merry Christmas! *giggle*).
You could also change "friendship" to "love." | | A friend always knows when you need a "hug." | Gift suggestion:
Fill a bag, jar or mug with Hershey Hugs!! | | Hope your holiday is Sweet. Merry Christmas! | Gift suggestion:
Cellophane gift bag with storebought or homemade candy. You can change the word "holiday" to "birthday" or "day" or "Mother's Day" or "Valentine's Day." | | Have a "berry" nice Holiday Season! | Gift suggestion:
Jar of jam, Strawberry Cheesecake mix or flavored berry syrups and pancake or waffle mix. You can change the words "Holiday Season" as needed! | | May your Holidays "bubble over" with fun! Merry Christmas | Gift suggestion:
Bubble bath or bath crystals with any bath accessory--like a loufa, a bath poof or a bath brush, and a candle. Put them all in a pastel colored cellophane gift bag & attach the tag with some curling ribbon. You can change the word "Holidays" to "Birthday," "Mother's Day," or "Valentine's Day." | | Hope your Christmas is "Scent" sational | Gift suggestion:
Bag of potpourri, a scented candle, scented soaps, creams, lotions or perfumes. Or all of them! LOL You can change the word "Christmas" to "Birthday," or any other occasion. This would look lovely in a pretty basket with some shred & each item in its own cellophane gift bag. Gift in a Jiffy! | | Wishing you a "Souper" Holiday Season | Gift suggestion:
Soup makings or mix with crackers in mug or soup bowl. This would look great in a basket! Don't forget the cellophane gift bag! You can change "Holiday Season" to "Recovery" for a friend that's under the weather. | | You're getting 'muffin' for Christmas | Gift suggestion:
Muffins or flavored muffin mix. You could include a muffin pan and/or a jam, jelly or preserve. | | Here's a little "dough" for Christmas! | Gift suggestion:
A roll or tub of cookie dough and cookie cutters. Too cute! You can change it from Christmas to Birthday. | | For being there when you were "kneaded" | Gift suggestion:
For an appreciation gift. A loaf of fresh home made bread, or a basket of bread mixes. | | "You Light Up My Life!" | Gift suggestion:
Vanilla, lavender or rose scented candles, with matching scented bath items like bubble bath, bath salts and body lotions with some gourmet tea bags. Put everything in a basket with some shred or tissue and place in a cellophane gift bag. Tie with curling ribbon & finish with the gift tag. Voila! A special gift for your special loved one! | | "You Make My Heart Sing" | Gift suggestion:
Music CD of your loved one's favorite artist, some candles, and a bottle of their favorite wine. Place the wine bottle in one of my cellophane wine bottle gift bags & tie with curling ribbon, wrap & tape the CD to the front of the wrapped bottle and drape the curling ribbon over it. Finish with your gift tag & Ta-dah! A romantic gift for your loved one! | | "We've shared a coffee (or tea) and a chat, As friends so often do, So when you brew this single cup, Imagine I am there with you!" | Gift suggestion:
Place some single serve flavored coffee or tea packets in a pretty mug and wrap in a cellophane gift bag, with some opalescent shred in the bottom of it. Tie with curling ribbon and attach this gift tag for your best friend! | |
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Craft Projects - ThriftyFun.com
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A Mother's Day Card for Kids To Make
Bend one piece of construction paper in half. On one half draw in pencil a large triangle. Cut along the penciled lines to cut the triangle out.
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Craft Project: Paper Flower Wreath
Use circle template to cut a ring from cardstock. Trace big and small flowers onto decorative papers. Cut out. Punch a hole on center, and insert brad. Curl up the edges of each layer with your fingers.
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Craft: Dollar Bill Rose
A single rose is an elegant gift, no matter what the occasion. I have been making these since the early '70s.
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Sugar Scrub For Mother's Day
For Mother's Day, I am making my Mom and Mother in law a homemade sugar scrub as part of their gifts. They are easy to make, economical, and much healthier than store bought scrubs. Here is the recipe:
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A Mother's Day Memory Box
This is a great gift for the new mom or grandma or to start a new tradition. A Mother's Day Box is a wooden box that will store all the Mother's Day cards, pictures, dried flowers, etc., every year from the child (ren). Include a small journal for the mom/grandmother to put her special thoughts into.
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Craft Project: Recycled Flower Pot with Coffee Filter Flowers
This bright, pretty flower pot is easy enough for kids to make and perfect for holding coffee filter flowers. Or, you could plant a real flower in the pot by adding some potting soil and some seeds.
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Craft Project: Butterfly Note Cards
Shaped note cards are fun and easy to create. They are great for gift-giving.
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Craft Project: Scrap Fabric Pencil Holder
Don't throw out those small pieces of fabric that are leftover from other projects. Save them for new projects, such as this cute pencil holder made from a tin can.
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Craft Project: Flowered Hat
This is a simple, very inexpensive project that you can make for your own front door, but also makes a great Mother's Day gift for a mom or grandmother.
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Craft Project: Scrap Paper Bookmarks
Make your own bookmarks as inexpensive gifts using things found around the house. Cut one piece of paper into a 2 inch square. Stamp design onto this paper or stick sticker onto this paper.
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Craft Project: Tile Trivets
Purchase tiles of any shape or size to fit your decor. Purchase packs of cork, or rubber self sticking pads. Put the pads on the bottom of the tile and you have instant trivets/hotpads.
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Craft Project: Updating A Promotional Clock
A Dog Gone Good Time (Or how to redo a Doctor's Clock). I paid a dollar for the one in the picture. I loved the blue and green together and thought I need a new clock for my office. But I am not a big fan of advertising, unless it is something cute like the Campbell's kids, so I thought, "Why not try and redo it?"
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Craft Project: Cabbage Patch Sweater
This can be made for a Cabbage Patch Doll, or a newborn baby. It is a ripple style sweater, very quick to make. It is short sleeved. And great over a long sleeved shirt.
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Cedar Rocking Chair for Mom
I made this rocker from red Carolina cedar for my mom's birthday.
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Instructions For Beaded Plant Hanger
I am looking for instructions for a beaded plant hanger. I have many many craft books and have searched everywhere without any luck at all. Would appreciate if anyone may have or know of where to obtain these directions. TIA
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Craft Tips - ThriftyFun.com
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Removing Fused Interfacing
Need sewing advise. I added Pellon fusible non-woven interfacing to the front and back of an evening bolero jacket (per the pattern instructions) and I do not like the stiffness. Does anyone know how to remove the fused interfacing?
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Toilet Tissue Holder
I am looking for a knitted pattern for a toilet tissue holder. Just the other day, I saw a handmade toilet tissue holder at a flea market but it was already sold. I tried to take a picture so that I could attempt to make one when I got home, but thought that would be tacky.
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Making A Purse Out Of A Dog Food Bag
How do you make a purse out of a dog food bag?
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Attaching Mirror Pieces To Bowling Ball
I'm decorating old bowling balls with old mirror parts. What is the best way to break an old thick mirror and the best way to attach it to the bowling ball? Thanks.
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Looking For Easy, Plus Size Clothing Patterns
I am new at sewing and would love to find easy, PLUS size clothes patterns. Any help would be very much appreciated.Thanks and God Bless!
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Mother's Day Picture Frame
Make a square frame using four popsicle sticks. Glue construction paper to the back of them. Have the child draw a picture of themselves or them and their mommy. Decorate it as you'd like using glitter, stickers, whatever you'd like. You can even put a magnet on the back to hang on the refrigerator. This will remind mom how much she means to you.
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Making Your Own Colored Elastic
Hi, I am making a necklace out of wooden beads that are light in color but have a wooden tone to them. How would I color the elastic I am using? I do not want white or black elastic to show so would prefer a brown or tannish color. Thought of using tea but did not know if the acid in the tea would effect the elastic. Afraid that marking pens might rub off on the wearer. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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Craft Ideas For Mission Trip
In July I will be going on a mission trip to the Ensenada area of Mexico with Azusa Pacific U on a Family Mission trip. The groups are split up and do construction work for the church they are assigned to and a VBS for children. They also do crafts with the ladies.
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Microwave CD's For A Crackle Effect
If you like a nice effect with a CD for card making or any thing, I put the CD in the microwave (old Microwave) shiny site up, close the door turn it on and off within a second, that give you a nice crackle on the shiny part of the CD, the longer you have the microwave on the nicer it becomes, I use that for Christmas cards.
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Decorating A Straw Hat For Mother's Day
I need ideas for how to decorate a straw hat for a mother's day banquet.
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Rice Warming Plllow For Earaches And Relaxation
If you have children with frequent earaches, here is a great tip: Get a clean sock and fill with 1/2 cup or so of regular white rice. Make a knot just above the rice leaving a bit of "wiggle room". Just put in the microwave for about 30 - 40 seconds at med-high, testing periodically for comfort.
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Make Mother's Day Cards On A Dime and In No Time!
Kids of all ages love making Mother's Day cards. Even if you're working with a large group of kids, this activity costs next to nothing and is lots of fun.
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Use Ceramic Tile to Protect Work Surface When Soldering
Protect your work table from heat damage with large ceramic tiles. When I'm soldering or using my heat gun, I use a 12 or 18 inch ceramic tile to help protect my work surface from the heat. These large ceramic tiles are resistant to heat, and can be found for under $2 at any Home Depot or hardware store in the flooring area.
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Making A Cactus Out Of Chicken Wire
I need to make a Cactus out of chicken wire or something for VBS. HELP!
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Looking For Discount Effusion Lamp Supplies
I have been making my own fragrances for my effusion lamp and want to make some of my own lamps. I have my own ceramic shop but am not having much luck in finding the supplies for the top of the effusion lamp that's a price within reason as I'm looking to sell these at local craft fairs.
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CRAFT Magazine
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CRAFT: The first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance that is occurring within the world of crafts. Celebrating the DIY spirit, CRAFT's goal is to unite, inspire, inform and entertain a growing community of highly imaginative and resourceful people who are transforming traditional art and crafts with unconventional, unexpected and even renegade techniques, materials and tools; people who undertake amazing crafting projects in their homes and communities. |
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FontStruct - Build Your Own Modular Fonts
The HOW blog points to a new site from Fontshop called FontStruct, an online tool that will help you build your own modular fonts.
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Skittles Wrapper Prom Dress
Patch Work Alice decided to be different and made herself a prom dress made from Skittles wrappers.
Alice writes:
Well I was invited to prom yet again this year and felt like doing something a little out of the box. I'm very interested by all the unconventional materials people sew with (I believe it was the garbage bags that gave me the idea). Anyways seeing as I'm also trying to build a portfolio, I figured why not. And so many cavities and sugar highs later it was complete. Really I automatically...
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HOW TO - Crochet a Granny Square
Linda Permann on CraftStylish shows you step-by-step how to crochet a granny square. [ via LindaMade ]
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Crochet Stitch Marking Trick
Craftastica has a really cool crochet stitch marking trick by using a strand of yarn in a different color. Thanks Diane!
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ThreadHeads: Screen Printing with Contact Paper
In this episode of ThreadHeads learn how to screen print with contact paper with Karine of Better Than Jam.
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ITP Spring Show
Don't miss the ITP Spring Show 2008, where there's sure to be projects galore with wearable electronics and other crafty smarts!
Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13
from 5 to 9pm at ITP
A two-day festival of interactive sight, sound and technology from the student artists and innovators at ITP.
An oversized Greenwich Village loft houses the computer labs, rotating exhibitions, and production workshops that are ITP -- the Interactive Telecommunications Program. Founded in 1979 as the first graduate education program in alternative media, ITP has grown into a living community of technologists,...
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Vote for Phil's Boot!
Phil @ MAKE writes:
Keeping with the CRAFT shoe theme -- Dr Martin's has a "design your own boot" contest, so I made a boot I always wanted, one with a circuit board on it, specifically one with the Wave Bubble open source RF jammer - vote it up if you'd like to see this become a real boot one day!
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"Show Us Your Booths" Flickr Group
Made by Tess has created a great new Flickr group where indie biz owners can show off their booth photos from various craft fairs and festivals. What a great way to get display ideas and compare notes! Pictured above: the Queen Puff Puff booth from last weekend's Maker Faire!
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South End Open Market, May 17 & 18
Boston's only weekly artisan outdoor market, South End Open Market, starts their 2008 season next weekend, May 17 & 18. Check out their site for more event info, to check out vendors, or to find out how to become a vendor yourself.
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Emma Jane Hogbin on Women in Open Source
Emma Jane Hogbin talks about why and how to get women involved in the free and open source software movement, which is typically dominated by men. Interesting even if you don't write code, as she's an avid crafter, too. She even designed and knitted Drupal socks. (Thanks, Patti!)
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Handmade Nation May Raffle
Handmade Nation is now offering tickets for their May Raffle, which included the following craft-happy treats:
? Cancer Pants Journal with cancerpants Super funtime kit! from If'n Books + Marks!
? Chocolate and pink Polka Dot Clutch from Poise.cc
? Zeichen Press CD Mixpak
? Honeydoux "In The Navy" Earrings with vintage blue glass anchor buttons, brass shells and chain. Gold-plated surgical steel earwires. 1.5 inches long
? 4 Sublime Stitching patterns
? Handmade Nation pocket mirror
? Bead Simple by Susan Beal
It all comes packed into a silkscreened canvas Handmade Nation tote. All proceeds help the filmmakers cover their (considerable!)...
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Thomas Doyle's Miniatures
 
Gareth @ MAKE writes:
Artist Thomas Doyle makes fascinating art, tells compelling stories, with model train miniatures and scenery. I've always been strangely attracted to these miniature components and wondered why more people don't make art, jewelry, dioramas, etc. with them.
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Young Blood Gallery Grand Re-Opening
Congratulations to Atlanta's Young Blood Gallery & Boutique on their grand re-opening! The shop had recently been forced to relocate, and the new space is reportedly bigger and better than ever. See for yourself on May 10 during their grand re-opening, complete with DJ and art show with Jessica Gonacha and Valerie Taylor.
Grand Re-Opening Party
Saturday, May 10, 7-10 p.m
@ Young Blood Gallery
636 N. Highland Ave
Atlanta, GA 30306.
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HOW TO - Make an Adipose Monster
If you're a fan of Doctor Who and ever wondered how to make yourself an Adipose Monster, the wait is over--thanks to this easy tutorial by My Imaginary Boyfriend's Erika Kern.
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Build Your Own Roller Skates - CRAFT Video Podcast
This week's CRAFT Video Podcast comes courtesy of the fine folks at Skates.com where Luanne Teoh and Richard Humphrey show us how to build a pair of roller skates as featured in our current issue of CRAFT: 07!
Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunes
To celebrate the new shoe issue of CRAFT Magazine vol 7, Skates.com is giving our CRAFT readers a 15% discount from now until June 6, 2008. The coupon code is CRAFT07.
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