Yesterday I posted on a quick and easy way of making Marmalade for Christmas. I gift a great deal of marmalade and I like to add a wee something to the jars. Last year I tied a vintage spoon on each jar, but this year, I decided to make a reuseable clay tag, tied with a little organza ribbon.
I quickly found this clay making addictive and made about 50 tags.....my favourite is this bunny. This would make a great craft for the kids.
I made Robins.....
And Fleur-de-Lys.........Lots of Fleur de Lys as half my friends and neighbours are French Canadian...
Acorns.....
You can see I got carried away....with clay.
Back to the task at hand, which was decorating my jars. I put a square of Parchment Paper on each jar, secured with an elastic band that I have saved from the mail man's delivery all year. Almost every day, the mail man drops (tosses) an elastic band on our lawn as he undoes his little post office organized piles, and everyday, I retrieve it and keep it in my "Never buy and elastic band" jar.
So there's a pile of gifts waiting to be gifted. If you guys bring me back the jars I will refill.......
(Nancy, I know you are low, I am coming on Sunday to rescue you from your marmalade shortage)
My favorite too is the bunny but they are all so nice looking! What a great gift! Thanks for the idea!
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Ohhh! I love those tags! What a great gift idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful homemade gift! I love the tags. My favorites are the bird and nature elements. Your friends are so lucky to receive these tasty jars.
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Chania, they are utterly charming! Clever you.
ReplyDeleteYou need to market those Chania, they are beautiful. Presentation is everything:)
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LeAnn
Chania
ReplyDeleteThe bunny is my favorite! they are darling. I want to know how you left that bunny imprint.
Love the tags and what a great gift they make!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love the clay tags. How did you make them?
ReplyDeleteVery pretty tags. Are they paper clay?
ReplyDeleteThey look wonderful, Raz.
ReplyDeleteThe tags turned out great, better than great, they look wonderful.
ReplyDeleteFor me, it's a toss up between the birdie and bunny.
Such lucky recipients of jam!
xxx
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I love those tags, the texture makes them look like old cardstock. But best of all I like that you have a "never have to buy an elastic band jar". That made me chuckle. Ann
ReplyDeleteThese tags look fantastic, and I love the home-made gift appeal. I'm going to try my hand at making these tags. Sonia :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Loving the tags and marmalade. Could you do a blog on creating the tags? Are there special tools and a special clay you use? Kit
ReplyDeleteJust had to comment again. I just made some of these tags for gifts on candy bags for Valentine's Day and your instructions were perfect and they came out wonderful! Thank you so much! Kit
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