Handmade Vintage Tags Make Your Gifts Classier

Do you want to give your gifts an Old World appeal? Are you looking for an easy way to personalize your gifts and make them classy? One way you can do so is with handmade vintage tags. Creating classy vintage gift tags is easy. As long as you know the techniques and you have the right materials, your artful tags can be finished quickly. Here are some simple methods for creating your own tags with an Old World style.

Using Recycled Materials for Making Vintage Gift Tags

If you don't have the budget or time to shop for arts and crafts materials, you can recycle some of the things in your home that you no longer use or need. Look for discarded card stock or old greeting cards. These would make great handmade gift tags.

If you decide to use blank card stock for your tags, you'll need to embellish them with art deco designs. You can find pre-made art deco graphics online for this project. Download the graphics to your computer and print them out. Make sure that the dimension of the graphics will fit perfectly within the tags.

Recycling old greeting cards is another option. Cut the greeting card into tags. Make sure that the most important graphic elements of the card are clearly visible. Instead of making the usual rectangular tag, experiment with other unconventional shapes to make your handmade tag more unique.

Making Vintage Tags from New Paper

You can use special art paper for your vintage tag making project. However, you need to make the paper look older to achieve the vintage appeal. You can use distressing ink to get the right look. First, cut out the tags from cardboard then carefully crumple the special paper to make it look older. Flatten the paper and adhere it to the cardboard. Allow the glue to dry before applying distressing ink along the creases and folds. The distressing ink will effectively create the illusion of age. This is one of the easiest methods for making vintage tags.

Other Materials for Your Handmade Vintage Tags

Apart from recycled cards and special paper, consider using other materials to create handcrafted vintage tags. For example, you can use worn-out denim cloth as your primary material. Cut a tag pattern from card stock or slim cardboard. Glue the denim cloth on the card stock or cardboard and allow it to dry. Using a stylized rubber stamp, stamp some designs on the denim tag.

Other materials you can use for gift tag making include leather, faux leather, hemp cloth, and cotton. You can find these materials easily and most important of all, you can age them quickly with just a few design embellishments.

Handmade vintage tags can be used for all occasions. You can even use them as accessory items for your bags, as wall decor, and bookmarks.

Don't have time to create vintage tags from scratch? Check out these handmade vintage tags. They're pre-punched so all you have to do is add a ribbon, a brad, or an eyelet. The back of each tag is blank (white) so you can personalize them by stamping or writing your message.

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