Save Some Money - Make Your Own Personalized Labels or Tags
7/02/2009 Posted In personalized labels , personalized tags Edit This 0 Comments »
Personalized labels and tags are easy to make, will save you money and will look great!
OK - where to start. Step 1: Start with your computer and check to see if you have programs installed that have the clip art necessary to make these tags. For example, if you have Microsoft Office installed, the clip art that you already have will be perfect. Office clip art has some great flowery borders and tons of wedding images. If you don't have any programs that have clip art you want to use - then just move on to the Internet. Do a quick search for "free wedding clip art". Many websites will pop up and it may be a bit time consuming to find what makes you happy, but in the end, it will be worth it!
Step 2: Now that you have an idea of the clip art you want to use, start laying it out on your computer. Pick a size for the tag that and try and layout as many of those tags on one piece of paper that you can fit. A couple of hints that I have found through the years that works for me, is that I design the tags and lay them out directly next to each other and I try to avoid using straight lines as outside borders (because cutting them later on is difficult).
Step 3: Printing them out. Now you have a couple more decisions to make. I use glossy photo paper to make my tags. It is a bit more expensive to purchase but the tags really do print out looking very nice - but regular paper will do the same exact job. You can also do something a bit different and purchase label paper. If you opt for labels instead of the tags, you will obviously be bypassing a few more steps - you wont have to punch holes in each of the tags and you wont have to cut and tie string to each one of those tags!
Step 4: Cutting and attaching the tags. Obviously the cutting step works a lot easier if you have a paper cutter - if not - good old fashioned scissors work just fine. Once you cut the labels, grab a hole puncher and start punching a hole in each tag. Next, grab the string you have cut into about 3" to 4" lengths and start attching to your favors.
Congratulations - you have just done something very creative & and saved some money!
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