Etsy Monday bySarahRenaeClark Downloadable Christmas wrapping

Printing Christmas wrapping from the Internet has pros and cons.  There are many, many amazing graphic designers who offer designs that are far better than you will ever see in a store. Many are free, as a way to introduce you to their work. You can print on recycled paper. On the down side -- the size is usually limited to letter or legal size paper, so unless you are pretty crafty with tapes and design, you are limited to small gifts.  But more importantly, the color options are only going to look as good as your color printer and your color ink levels.  So I usually stick to black and white designs.

bySarahRenaeClark.

When I found this creative designer on Etsy, I thought she had come up with the perfect solution.  She offers black and white designs that you can color in with markers or pencils. You could certainly use them as is, but coloring sounds fun and her designs really lend themselves to coloring. They are beautifully intricate. She has gift wrap designs, gift tags and more!

Here's her tag option.

Pretty festive!

Here are her wrapping designs:

I think they look great as is in black and white

But look how fun with red pencils!

And she has a template for Christmas Crackers/Bon Bons!  I have read descriptions of Christmas Crackers for years in English novels, and never understood what they were:

From Whychristmas.com:

Christmas crackers are a traditional Christmas favorite in the UK. They were first made in about 1845-1850 by a London sweet maker called Tom Smith. He had seen the French 'bon bon' sweets (almonds wrapped in pretty paper). He came back to London and tried selling sweets like that in England and also included a small motto or riddle in with the sweet. But they didn't sell very well.

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Legend says that, one night, while he was sitting in front of his log fire, he became very interested by the sparks and cracks coming from the fire. Suddenly, he thought what a fun idea it would be, if his sweets and toys could be opened with a crack when their fancy wrappers were pulled in half.

Here's her template:

Christmas Bon Bons

 Happy coloring!

Etsy Cyber Monday Gift Wrap edition

Time to start wrapping.  Here are some great choices from Etsy that tend toward the ecofriendly side, are currently on sale but mind you its the LAST DAY for Cyber Monday, but these items are still cute if you miss the sale. Start indulging in beautiful wrapping!

The cottonandcanvasco has a bunch of cute Xmas stuff. Like this cute little bag. Right now 20% off.

Or go big with the super cute Reindeer bag!

How pretty is this? Southerners can get ecopoints by ordering from this Carolina maker. 

thurstonpost sends you three bags, tags and ribbon. Hurry for the discount

Here's where you can get all the special stuff to make your kraft paper look good. Twine, clothespins, gift tags, more.

Etsy Monday - Christmas Countdown with Downloadable Gift Tags

You've checked your lists twice, bought for naughty and nice, and now you are wrapping up your Christmas preparations.

I thought cute downloadable gift tags might be the perfect final touch for your present masterpieces!

I love these from PetitRigolo:

the cuteness!

 And this tag/card/whatever is absolutely killer from Saltwater Taffs:

And this one is actually from a whole printable set, along with wrapping paper and bunting:

Cute printable set

Etsy Monday Limitation Free.

I love the prints, cards and gift tags from this shop.

Cute, downloadable gift tags reasonably priced.

 Here is what Lara has to say about herself:

"Hi and welcome to my shop, Limitation Free!
My little world where I am able to create my own art and pursuit my dream.

Having people all over the world decorate their homes with my prints is a great honor and privilege and there are no words to describe how much it means to me
I would like to thank you for your time to visit my shop, buying or just looking for some inspiration. You are welcome to browse here anytime.

You can follow me on:
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/limitation_free
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LimitationFree
TUMBLR: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/limitationfree
WEBSITE: http://limitationfree.com/

My shop link:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LimitationFree" 

Set of six, cute, blue reasonably priced downloadable tags

These little penguins are so so cute!

Etsy Monday JaneCrick Christmas Wrapping

Holiday music is already playing through the malls, which are already packed with people getting ready for the holidays. While I am usually pretty grinchy about too early a start to the holiday season, this year some Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All seems like a really good idea. So let the season commence!

Four Fox Christmas Tags

For our wrapping inspiration, we are going back to England. What is it with all the super talented graphic designers who do wrapping paper who live in the United Kingdom?  This week, we are going to look at JaneCrick, a wonderful stationery store. Here's her "About"

"Jane, or Janey to all her friends, is by her own admission an incredibly loud, busy and bright kind of person.
Inspired by her love of Suffolk (where she lives), flowers and nature - she produces unique designs using vibrant colours and bold shapes.
When not creating new designs, or looking after her family and very ‘vocal’ Burmese
cat, she can often be found at her allotment, fighting the never ending battle against the weeds!"

Gingerbread Wrapping Paper Set

Holly and Robin Wrapping Paper

Reindeer Wrap

I have been pinning a lot of holiday wrapping ideas on my wrapping Pinterest board lately and they are  being repinned at a ferocious rate.  I am impressed with how far ahead everyone is thinking, since there is a lot of holiday wrapping ideas being pinned right now.  Certain trends are standing out to me, starting with  super cute reindeer ideas.

Bianca Vaniglia did a great tutorial on how to make this felt reindeer gift topping here.

Babyccino has a DIY on these adorable reindeer tags here.

Made by iSa does more cute tags that do double duty as napkin rings

DIY Gift Wrapping from dollar store and free printables

I have started my Christmas wrapping. My first package needs to go to my daughter, son-in-law and their family. So first, I did some scribbling, along the lines of what I talked about in this earlier post,

Materials:
White Wrapping Paper
Dollar Store Glitter Glue
Dollar Store Ribbons
Print it yourself gift tags

I was loosely trying to do a Christmas tree, succeeded better on one than the other, but I still liked them both. I wrapped, scribbled with the glitter glue, glued on a simple knotted ribbon piece for each and used gift tags I had printed. Done.

Next, I tried using printable wrapping paper and gift tags along the lines of these posts:
 Free Printable Wrapping Paper  
What with white paper

Materials:
8.5 x 11 printer paper
Glossy photo paper for the tags
Ribbons and glitter tape from the Dollar Store.
White wrapping paper.
Leftover glitter paper bats from Halloween
hole punch

The gift wrap I downloaded was from a french site,  hello hello.  When I printed, I made sure that the print settings put down maximum ink. One of the reasons I stuck with black and white is my inkjet wasn't doing so great with the colored versions.

I liked the reindeer antlers and the trees.

The paper I printed was 8.5 x 11, so works only on very small gifts. On a larger gift, I tried folding a band to go around the front, but ended up adding a couple different glitter ribbons and some glitter tape to hold down the edges of the band. Finally, I had some glittery cardboard bats that didn't survive Halloween that well so I cut them up to add some accents to the gift tags.

The tags I ended up using were from yourmarketingbff.com.. As mentioned before, I printed these on photo paper. They have a number of free designs, I started from this page because I found the tags from these pictures using the wrapping paper I had downloaded. 

Reindeers and Trees!

But ended up with this version which you can find for free in their shop:

And I'm Done.

Etsy Monday Printable Christmas Downloads

While not free, I really could not resist these Christmas wrapping and tag downloads from Wendyjune. As she says in her very Cute Etsy Shop :

"It all started in grade 3 when I won a prize for drawing an icecream.
Miss Marsden you have a lot to answer for.

I love to draw! You will find my original drawings featured on a range of beautifully produced products. Quirky cards, stationary, tea towels as well as a range of digital prints."

These Christmas Cat Gift Tags  are super cute.

Add these great gift bags and you are all set for small gifts!

Christmas Bird Decorations! Would look great on gifts.

Christmas Swan Gift Bags.

download some gift tags

There are a lot of free downloadable gift tags, but some you pay for.  And looking at these designs, I would consider it.  The first design is too cute for words:

MayiCarles

Here's a retro take:

glamouroussweetevent

This next one you can personalize.  They will do the photoshop stuff for you:

Studio Desset Personalized

button, button, where's the button

Buttons on gift tags. Of course!

Glue some buttons to your tags

Not too hard to draw straight lines and little ornament holders. What a super cute idea!

This may be the ultimate button gift tag idea ever.

a fashiony version.

a slick version

Work it

The free printable tags we showed yesterday are probably what I will be doing this year. However, there are many options for those who want to go the extra mile. Today's gift tags take some extra effort, whether with cardmaking tools

Pebbles Blog

or with manila tags, buttons, coffee, rick rack and some imagination:

Lisa Leonard's handmade gift tags

Or how about an old sweater?  I kid you not!

Lots of instructions here

Finally, greenery. This idea is very festive.

Evergreen gift tags

Gift tag week

Gift tags! This week we are going to talk about gift tags. Free printable ones to start with. I tested each link to make sure you didn't end up in an endless loop.  These are beautiful designs by talented individuals. Let's start with a likely candidate for the season:

Follow the link, and scroll down to the easy PDF downloads

For those who love the look of letters:

Go here for download and instructions.

Decorator's Notebook likes to share, so use these and share them!

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OK, speaking of Decorator's Notebook, this isn't exactly a free printable gift tag, but CAN YOU STAND IT? This idea is so, so good! Gingerbread gift tags! I want these!

Go here for the recipe and directions.

OK, back to business. Melissa Esplin designed a two sided number, so pretty.

Directions and download here.

And finally something sort of simple, but just right:

Design Corral.