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Attaching Cards to Gift Bags: DIY Card Clip

I shared this last week over at Hating Martha, so I thought I’d share it here today in case you missed it!

Usually I try to wrap gifts with wrapping paper (because it’s more fun and fancier!), but sometimes I have to use a gift bag. It may be due to a number of reasons: lack of time, laziness, or an odd shaped gift that would look so bad wrapped everyone would think my toddler wrapped it. The one thing I hate about gift bags is that I never know where to put the card. I re-use gift bags (as all thrifty gals should), and so typically there is no gift tag on the bag. My solution (until now) has been one of the following:

  • Lay the card on top on the gift bag and pray it doesn’t fall into the depths of the bag. This never goes as planned, and the recipient is usually left wondering who the gift is from until I tell them to look in the bag for the card.
  • Tape the card to the tissue on top of the bag. Pray the weight of the card doesn’t pull the tissue aside and reveal the gift prior to the recipient opening it. Once again, this never goes as planned. 
  • Make a gift tag and tie it to the gift bag handles with ribbon. This is my favorite option for using just a gift tag, but sometimes you just want to give a card, too. 

This dilemma forced me to come up with an idea for attaching cards to gift bags in a way that will look decorative and still be functional. My solution? The card clip:

Supplies:

  • Hot glue gun/hot glue
  • A small paper black paper clip
  • A flower of your choice (I clipped one off of a larger fake arrangement)

This is so easy and so quick!

Cut the back of the flower so that it is flat.



Hot glue the flower to one side of the black portion of the clip.





Attach the flower card clip to the bag, holding the card.



That’s it!!!!!

Linking to these great parties!

Comments

  13. Such a cute idea Melanie. It’s one of those, why didn’t I think of that things. So smart.

    Thanks for coming by and leaving such a sweet comment about my pantry. I’m your new follower now and hope you visit again soon.

    Hugs…Tracy @ Cotton Pickin Cute

    Reply

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