christmas tags.

i was asked to teach a class on making christmas gift tags at my church.  i decided to do 12, and figured people could just get as many done in the time we had.  well, for me, designing a gift tag is the same process as designing a card - LONG and tedious!  i know you're thinking it should be easier since it's so much smaller.  but for me, it ended up being the same as designing each card for card night -- times 12!  the process was alot of work.....  see this in-progress mess?

fortunately, the end result was worth it.  i loved the 12 finished tags.

i put each one of the tags on a board for advertising at church.  i got lots of compliments, but not as many sign-ups.  oh well.

the night of the class, i talked two of my friends into coming out to help me.  i put my husband to work wrapping kleenex boxes so i could display the tags at each station.  i set everything out, and then my friend had the great idea to write tips for each tag on the paper -- that turned out to be SUCH a necessity!  otherwise, we would have been repeating ourselves all night.

i'm glad i got the chance to create something i wouldn't normally do.  and, since i planned for so many more than actually showed up (of course), i have extras to put together and maybe use myself this year.