Get The TechniqueFlip to page 87 of your December issue of Living and you'll find 55 tags, ties, and toppers—that's right—55 different gift embellishment ideas! Most of which can be made from craft scraps and office supplies you may already have around the house.
There's something for everyone, whether you're the type who likes to craft a homemade gift topper or simply print out our ridiculously cute clip art (thanks, art director Erin Jang).
Here are some shots from the development stage, as well as the photo shoot.
1 Developing tags...
2 More tag development. I love the large Martha Stewart Craft snowflake punch. It didn't make our story, but it was used to make beautiful ornaments in Good Things.
3 Playing with ties...
4 It's amazing what you can do with office supplies!
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6 A couple of these didn't make the story.
7 These too- we edited the felt toppers for the final shoot.
8 Shoot day! Our photographer Johnny Miller was inspired by the supplies- he embellished his phone between shots.
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11 Our work station- sometimes things get messy when there are so many craft materials involved.
12 That's a peek at the makings of this story- you'll find the final, along with SO many more holiday ideas, in the December issue of Living!
From: diy-day.com | 11/29/10 at 2:16 pm
I haven't gotten the Dec issue yet, but are the tags in the issue displayed in such a manner that one would be able to directly cut them out?
From: Blake Ramsey | 11/29/10 at 5:00 pm
You could cut out some of the tags- though some overlap. However, there are dozens of free clip art tags from the story to print out from the web-
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/holiday-gift-tags
From: Jenny | 12/1/10 at 11:59 am
The tags are adorable! Love the dimensional poinsettia and holly ones!