Homemade Gift Tags

by Rena Klingenberg
(Jewelry Display Ideas)

Homemade gift tags are a lovely touch to add to your jewelry packaging. When folded, as shown above, these measure 1.75" x 2" (4.5 cm x 5 cm) - perfectly sized for most jewelry pouches and boxes.

This is a great way to make it even more convenient for customers to give your jewelry as gifts. All they have to do is write their message inside the little handmade gift card, and the present is ready to give!

I started making these homemade gift tags several years ago when I couldn't find any commercially made ones that were the right size for jewelry.

All of the tags I found looked enormous next to a jewelry pouch or box, making the actual present look tiny by comparison!

So I came up with the idea of using pretty sheets of perforated, "print your own" business card stock:

Because they're intended as business cards, they usually have a distinct design printed on one half of the card, with the other half empty.

I use the part with the design as the front of my homemade gift tags.

I bought several packages of these tear-apart business cards in different designs, on clearance from a local office supply store.

All you have to do is fold them back and forth a few times along the perforated lines to separate the cards:



Then fold the business cards in half to make nice little homemade gift tags:



Depending on the design that comes printed on the business card, the finished tag may look more "right side up" with the fold as the top edge instead of as the side edge.

You can punch a hole in the corner if you'd like to add a piece of ribbon, jute, or other way of fastening the tag to your jewelry gift pouch or box.

I like having a variety of these all ready to go, and while I ring up the sale I keep my customers busy by having them look through the gift tags to choose the ones they want to accompany their purchases.

They often sign the little homemade gift tag right away, so that by the time they leave my booth their jewelry gift is completely ready to give!

If you wanted to customize these to your jewelry business, you could use your computer's printer to print your business name and contact info on the area that will be the back half of the gift tag, before you separate the cards from the sheet.

People often keep cards that have a personal message written inside by a loved one, so having your info discreetly on the back may lead to future sales.