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!!!!!
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That is so clever! And it looks really sweet 🙂
What a great idea!
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Great idea and so easy to make…
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Great idea! I always have those clips lying around because I use them as chip clips! Another great use!
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thank you for this idea!!
What a simple and wonderful/beautiful idea! Thanks so much for sharing!
Very clever.
Very clever.
What a simple idea! and so cute!
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Such a cute idea Melanie. It’s one of those, why didn’t I think of that things. So smart.
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This is such a cute idea! Thank you so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂
such a smart idea! especially since my mom and i reuse gift bags and send them back and forth so much! thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday!
Great idea! I’ll definitely be using this idea in the future!
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That little clip works perfectly! I’ll be keeping it in mind. Thanks for sharing at Terrific Tuesdays.
Rachel
adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com
How clever!! I’ll have to remember it the next time I am giving a gift. Thank you for sharing with us at Link It Up Thursday.
This is something very special and unique. I really love the concept and idea. Thank you so so much for sharing this amazing blog.