Holiday season for some, but we buy presents all year round, so these tips are for all!
Run out of cards this year? Don’t feel like buying yet another box of generic cards? Make your own with some creativity and a few spare hours. Bring your friends, enjoy a fun afternoon slicing and dicing some wrapping paper into simple folding cards.
Cards for all occasions
Why not use some of that recycled (or reused…or both) wrapping paper you have lying around to make cards all year round. Just slice against a ruler with a stanley knife, fold, seal (I used circular price tag stickers with a stamp on), stamp and send. No envelope necessary.
Need tags for your gifts? Use some of the beautiful cards you were sent in years past and pay it forward. Either you end up recycling them, or you leave them in a drawer to be forgotten. Instead keep the written wish, and slice off the front, leaving you with a memory from a friend and a new memory to give away. Hole punch a corner (or a whole side, and thread a ribbon through) or poke a hole with a needle and tie it to your gift with raffia, ribbon, twine or wool.
Step 1!
Step 2
And if you’re sending packages, don’t forget that it doesn’t take much more than some love to make a used package envelope look
festive and ready to be sent. This year a set of rubber stamps were perfect for personalizing parcels and perfecting my cards. I used a branch stamp inside cards to make a holly branch and added a few adhesive red jewels to make fun berries. Add in a few well placed wishes, and you’ve got a personal but almost-professional looking card. Don’t worry if the ink on the stamps doesn’t quite come out perfectly- it’s part of the charm!
Also- when sending packages in the post, your parcel acts like wrapping itself, so feel free to go minimalist with the wrapping inside. Pick something suited to the gift and the person on the other end…
