My blessingway/baby shower was yesterday (it was lovely :)) and now I finally have time to post about all the projects I undertook in preparation for the day. As there were so many little projects, I really don’t know where to start, but I suppose here is as good a place as any ;). I really wanted my little gathering to not only be a celebration of motherhood, but also a “thank you” to some close friends and family members who have supported me throughout this pregnancy (and my previous one too). Candles tend to feature prominently in blessingways and, as such, I thought it fitting that each of my guests should be given one to take home. I thought it would be lovely if each thank you tag had a blessing on the reverse side; something that I wish for my baby and for all those near and dear to me. Each blessing was unique and people selected their candle gifts randomly.
I purchased the candles at IKEA (a great place to go if you’re trying to colour-coordinate an event!). They were perfect; lovely shade of purple, a pleasant cherry scent and 25 hours of burning time. The thank you tags I designed using Adobe Illustrator in the theme colours of my blessingway (purple and green) with the motif I had chosen for the day (a butterfly).
Download your own FREE copy of the design I made here, print and make your own gift bag tags! 🙂
- Using a 3 inch scalloped paper punch, create the bases for your tags from colour coordinated card.
- Punch a hole in the top of each base. Carefully cut out the thank you labels from the printed template.
- Using a glue stick, adhere each thank you label to the scalloped edge bases.
- If desired, place a message on the reverse side too. Tie a piece of a ribbon (approximately 60cm in length) around your gift bag to seal it, then thread both ends of ribbon through the punched hole of the tag, tying a bow to secure it prettily in place.
Don’t forget to download your free printable template here!
Such pretty tags!! Thanks for including a template!
Kenley
Thank you so much, Kenley! Very kind! And I am happy to share the template 🙂
So beautiful. Your guests will have something to cherish always.
Aw, thank you so much! They seemed to like them a lot 🙂 x
Lovely. So glad you and your guests/friends had a memorable blessingway.
Thank you very much 🙂 It was a lovely celebration of motherhood and friendship/family x
SOOOOOO pretty . . . and so sweet of you to share! 🙂
Aw, thank you! Very kind of you 🙂
These are gorgeous; Thank You…. 🙂
Oh, thank YOU Carolyn! Very sweet 🙂
These are so pretty! What a Beautiful way of conveying thanks!
Thank you, Vini! So kind of you 🙂
So cute! Thanks for the template:) I love it!
Why, thank you! I am so glad you do :D!
thank you for sharing these! i’ll be needing them ^^
Yay, KZ! I hope you’ll use them 🙂 xx
someday.. ^^
So very generous of you to share with all of us! 🙂 The color combination that you picked is very chic and the tags came out beautifully.
Thank you so much, Francesca! Very sweet of you! 🙂
Thank you for your template…I’m going to print it out and give them to my niece…she loves beautiful tags 🙂
Oh, how lovely!!!! I am so happy to hear that! 😀
I always buy colourful stickers for my gift tags but yours look really cool & lovely too! I must print them out! A huge thank you! xx
You are very welcome! 🙂 Thank you so much, Sophie! x
WOW… these are beautiful. Must try!
Thanks so much ,Cate 🙂 Hope you like them if you do!
Where did u manage to purchase the scallop puncher?
Panduro. They have a webshop (UK and Swedish sites). I bought it from a store in Sweden. 🙂
very kind of you. thank you very much for sharing the template 🙂
You are so welcome, Lina! I just posted a new template for thank you tags today, coincidentally 🙂
http://missmarzipan.com/2013/12/20/simple-holiday-themed-chevron-thank-you-tags-a-free-downloadable-printable-for-you/
All the best to you 🙂