REUSING GREETING CARDS AS GIFT TAGS

Dear Heloise: Saved greeting cards are cluttering up my closets -- Christmas cards, birthday cards, and Mother’s Day cards! I have shoeboxes full of them, but some of them I can part with. So, I cut out the images on Christmas cards and write “to” and “from” on the backs to make gift tags. This saves me from buying more gift tags and keeps some paper out of the recycle bin.

I use birthday and other greeting cards the same way, and it is fun when the tag that gets cut from a card ends up on a gift to the person who sent me the card!

I also tape the top edge of the gift tag onto the package or gift bag so that it can be lifted up to show who gets the gift. You can also use a paper punch to make a hole for a ribbon to slip through. -- Charlotte Kelly, i

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