Holiday Reuse Idea

I love gift bags!  I love them because it's easier to wrap gifts in them.   They look festive and ... ummmm... frankly, I like to reuse them as well.  I think it's so much better for the environment rather than creating more paper waste.

The only problem I had was finding new tie on tags for the bags.  I looked all over and finally did find a pack of them, but they were pretty pricey.  Most gift tags now are the stick on type and I don't want to damage the bags because I'd like the recipient to be able to reuse them also.

That's when I remembered reading somewhere how you can cut up old holiday cards and use them as gift tags.  Since I still had my cards from last year and they have all been scanned and stored in my computer I cut up the ones that were appropriate and added ribbons to them.  I really like them.  Usually tags don't have enough room to write all the recipients names on them or even our own.  This way I can not only write the names, but a message as well.

Now, I just have to remember to do this next year too.