Today we’re making Anthro Gift Tags – alternately known as the Easiest. Knockoff. Ever. :)
These probably don’t even need a tutorial – but I’m writing one anyway. Cause I like them so much.
Here’s my version:
Here are the Anthro tags:
Cute right? I love how fast these are – I think I made them up in about 20 minutes.
Plus, they can be used for more than Christmas – they are perfect for any gift!
Here’s the quick and easy tutorial. :)
You’ll need:
cardstock (1 sheet makes 8 tags)
red thread
blue thread
cording for ties
Pattern for tags – click here to open PDF
(As always with my PDF’s - don’t sell or redistribute these images. Thanks!)
Start by printing out the tags. If you have letter stamps, you could also just make your own!
Cut out the tags. To get those rough edges like the Anthro tags. scrape the edges of the tags with your fingernail.
This will give it that almost “torn” look.
Sew three lines of blue stitching across the horizontal length of the tag. Start just under the lettering.
Sew a vertical red line of stitching to the right of the lettering.
Punch a hole in the top left of the card and add your twine. I used 12″ of red/white Baker’s Twine, looped through the hole.
And Voila! You’re done and ready to start wrapping!!
You could even write a little note on these along with the name – “Merry Christmas” or “You are Awesome” or “This is totally a re-gift. Hope you like it better than I did”. :)
I looooove them. What about you? Do you make your own tags or wrapping?
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Wow. I fell inlove with these immediatly! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!
I pinned for future reference AND became your newest follower :)
Have a great day!
Jessica
LOVE these tags! Perfect for the hand made gifts I will be giving this year to family! :)
yikes this is super cute! :) i wonder if it would work for letters!
p.s. anthro should hire you! :) xx
i am flipping out over this one, bev!!!!
Fantastic!!
I’d love for you to come link this up at my Simply Christmas Inspiration party at http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com
Beyond LOVE! Featuring your post on this week’s “A Little Birdie Told Me…”, pinning, and stumbling too!
Bev, you rock!
Jenn
Those are awesome!! :)
Awesome and thanks! I’m following now too.
Beautiful Gift Tags. I love them and I am excited to try making them. Thanks for sharing with us and I am excited to look around your blog more!
Shauna
myshaenoel.blogspot.com
Those are so cute! I didn’t see the sewn gift tags at Anthro; I must have missed them. Back in September I saw the gift card version and imitated that:D You can check out my post about it if you would like: http://odetoinspiration.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/anthropologie-inspired-project/
Pinning your version! Thanks for sharing:)
I have to wait and do the sewing part for when i get my new sewing machine. for some reason my janome mini can’t handle sewing on card stock. anyway, i was going to mention that while trying to make the edges look torn, i found that it is much faster and easier to do it with scissors, scrape them along with scissors, instead of my nails. then again i don’t really have nails so maybe that’s why.
a very creative idea!
I linked to your tutorial on my blog – thanks for sharing!
doro K.