December 13th
2006
Ahh, there is a tiny light at the end of the tunnel; can't wait to finally have a few days off and enjoy the company of friends and family. With the Christmas season in full bloom, these days my tolerance gets every so often put to the test. The masses of tourists on Marienplatz, crazy reckless people in the shops and demanding clients. I'm so looking forward to some sweet down time...
Meanwhile our kitchen seems a bit deserted at times, the stove stays cold. Oliver claims, he's already loosing weight. Speaking of priorities, despite all that's going on I can't deny my creative nature and had to design my own gift labels. Feel free to use them for your own gifts or simply as a tag to remind you which present belongs to whom...
Please note that these labels are for non-commercial use only. They're best printed on thick paper, DIN A4 (or letter size), no scaling: 120gram/sq.meter, better yet 200gsm, which is comparable to the paper used for business cards (see this PDF for paper weight conversion). Also, keep in mind that not all printers can handle paper that thick and before you have to nicely ask Santa to bring you a new one, check with the manual :)
EDIT Nicky: We use our standard inkjet printer (hp officejet 6110 all-in-one), set to the highest possible quality (takes longer to print!), paper type and high resolution control turned to "Other inkjet papers" or "hp brochure and flyer, matte finish" for the colored prints to be crisp and clean (see example in the photography above). Finally, check the Adobe Acrobat Reader settings and make sure that under "Page Handling" scaling is set to none.
EDIT EDIT: The PDF file is not available anymore, perhaps we'll come up with a new set next Christmas season.
Have fun!
Guys, you're just the loveliest ever!!!
I was so excited about downloading the tags. So I turned my printer on, then I realized that mine is black and white laser printer. :(
I am sure it is definitely a good present for other readers. They are so pretty.
You guys rock, thank you. Merry Christmas.
these are so gorgeous! If I could cut a straight line, I'd be all over them! Perhaps I'll invest in a paper cutter, just for these!
Cheers! Have a great holiday!
-L
Oh, this is absolutely great! Saved, and will print when I have thick enough paper. Now, all I could ask for is a Photoshop tutorial to help me make my own some day ;) This is really nice work!!
What a great idea! Thanks Nicky; these will make much lovelier gift tags than what I usually use.
Great! I think I'll choose the red ones. Thank you somuch
thanks a lot, it is so cute!
Wow! Great gift tags! They're really beautiful. What printer do you use? The cards look so professional, the quality on my ink jet is quite spotty.
Those are so pretty and it is sweet of you to share them with us!
Oh my goodness, these labels look fantastic, what a nice gesture to share them with us! My printer is printing them while I type, can't wait to use them! Thank you sooooooooooo much!
wow, thanks so much. these are beautiful! merry christmas to you!
How lovely you are! Thank you so much for share your creativity with us. I'll use them with much joy and im sure that people who will received them will enjoy too.
Congratulations once more!
You made a brazilian girl very happy!
How kind it is! I hope you don't mind if I insert a link to your post on my blog.
Many thanks
Very nice — thank you!
You are so talented, but I guess we don't have to tell you that! My girlfriend will be thrilled to find these attached to her present - from the guy who never cares for packaging, as she likes to claim :) Thank you!
I love the ones with the dotted trees, so cute! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Oh très jolies !
Thanks for sharing your xmas tags! I had an idea for anyone using these tags...you might try using a star shaped hole punch to make the ribbon hole. That way you can keep more of the star shape in the design. If your lucky you might find a star whole punch the same size. Otherwise a smaller star would work well because it would sort of echo the bigger star. Although these tags are so pretty the shape of the ribbon hole could easily go completely unnoticed!
Thank You! Just the thing to make my day
Die Anhänger sind ja wunderhübsch, die werden hier wohl an diversen Päckchen baumeln! Die roten habe ich erfolgreich ausgedruckt - 1000 Dank für das schöne (Vor-)Weihnachtsgeschenk :-)
Hi Nicky,
these look so sweet.
What a great idea!
- fanny
Wow, these are gorgeous! Thank you so much for allowing us to use them!
They are simply beautiful - thank you so much! Now I'll just have to decide which one I like best - blue or red...
What a lovely idea! They look so pretty! You rock! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Beautiful tags! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us!
I already tagged my gifts with the red labels, they look so cool in combination with my silver wrapping paper! Thank you so much!!!
what a generous and lovely gift to share with your readers! thanks so much!
Cool tags: now THIS is why I need a color printer! I adore tags, labels, stamping tags and labels, labeling and stamping tags, you get the idea.
Happy Holidays!
OHMYGOD These are AWESOME!!!
Thank you so much!
You've done such an incredible job with these tags. The designs are fanastic. I love them! Thank you. :)
These look great! I wish I had a printer that was up to the challenge!
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Hi June, Thanks for the nice idea! I actually have bought a star shaped hole punch some time ago, the only question is where did I put it? Let's see if I can dig it up!
Thank you all for your kind feedback, I'm so glad you enjoy the little labels and hope you are more successful in finding the right presents - which I'm still struggeling with! Every year the same old story ;)
I just had to come back and tell you how pretty my presents look with your labels! As I couldn't decide which color to use, I printed out both the blue collection and the gold/silver and gave the unused ones to my best friend. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
What a lovely gift to us all! Thank you.
What great tags. Reading your website always gives me such a warm feeling - you have such a cozy space here on the web. Reading your blog also gets me in the kitchen more often. I've never baked so much in my life, thanks to you! My German husband is very happy. :)
Holly
Thank you , thanky you, thank you! I love them!
Trés joli, merci beaucoup! Joyeux Noël pour toi!
I printed these out and will definitely use them. Thank You for being so generous.
Thank you so much! These are stunning! What a great gift for your readers! Have a wonderful holiday!
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how do i download these tags??
Hi, I can't seem to see the link to download the gift tags?? Can someone help please??
thanks, c king
I'm sorry I missed these. I hope you make them available again.
these are beautiful!