Posted in Simple and Frugal Living

Tags for Christmas packages can be fairly costly, but it is important to label each package properly so each recipient gets their intended gift, right?  Well, I have a few tips on how to keep the cost of these items to a minimum. 

• Print your own using address labels.  Try these links for Christmas printables.  Gift Tags, Christmas Printables. 
• Consider making your own labels.  A little sticker on an address label, children drawing on address labels, etc will make the most adorable unique and personal labels for your gifts
• USe last years Christmas cards.  Each year I have a few cards left over from the previous year,s mailing.  I also save the fronts of all cards sent to us.  These make excellent and FREE labels.  Use a hole punch so you can attach with packaging ribbon or simply adhere with tape on one corner.  Sign the back and you have a FREE Gift Label.
• Use a photo.  We all have photos that have been printed that we will never use in a scrapbook, photo album, or frame.  Punch a hole in a corner and attach as above.  Sign the back and a little line about what the picture is.  People really enjoy these labels.  They aren't free because you paid at some point to have the pics printed, but they cost nothing extra.  These are always a big hit with our friends and family.

Happy Gifting!

These are my thoughts.

Leslie Valeska

~Contributing Writer~

Leslie Valeska is the lucky wife of Thomas.  With children ranging in ages from 4-16, she has had a lot of time to learn and experience much of the fine art of homemaking. She is a writer, speaker, and vintage seamstress. For FREE daily tips and a FREE E-zine on simple and frugal living visit her blog Journey to Simplicity. Need a source of encouragement, inspiration, and support on your journey to Godly womanhood? Visit Simple Journey Ministries (she has a FREE E-zine too!) Of course, don’t forget to visit the Simple Journey Bookstore!