And so it begins… Christmas crafts!! I had just about given up on posting Christmas DIYs this year, but I miraculously had the past two days off from work. I made a huge mess in the living room, but no regrets! I crossed some things off of my list and I’m very excited to share them.

A few days ago, I made a bunch of holiday gift tags! Working at Paper Source has really awakened my love for paper crafts. I had been a little apathetic about paper. Thankfully, that is over. Paper forever. :) Here are a few ideas for making your gift tags personal and special this year!

1. Instagrams! I printed mine through PostalPix a while ago, and I have been using them projects here and there. This season, I am going a little Instagram crazy. This is a really fun way to make a gift tag memorable. All you need is a paint pen or sharpie to add a note! Any color would probably look pretty.

2. For this tag, I used the Martha Stewart set of Christmas stamps and I embossed the border stamp. Heat embossing is one of my very favorite things to do. We’re all about heat embossing at Paper Source. I think it is the most exciting way to make a paper craft look fancy. You can find a full tutorial here! I’ll probably write my own one of these days. It’s all just kind of magical.

3. Rifle Paper Co. has the most amazing holiday paper ever! I bought some from Paper Source and Anthropologie recently and I plan on using them for anything and everything I can think of.

4. More heat embossing! I also used gold glitter Stickles on this one. I can’t really get over the word “stickles”.

5. This one was made with textured gold paper from Paper Source and red and white craft straws. Kinda like candy canes. :)

6. Heat embossing! Again. I seriously love these stamps.

7. Here is another tag using that pretty gold paper and Rifle Paper Co. paper.

8. Target has the most amazing, cheap wrapping paper. I bought a roll of this pinecone wrap, some gold wrap, and another roll that is silver with glittery silver trees. On this tag, I also heat embossed. This is my favorite gold embossing powder called Queen’s Gold.

9. I made this tag while I was working at Paper Source, so I all of the supplies I used are Paper Source brand tools that I don’t actually own. :)

10. And lastly, washi tape! This has to be the most simple way to decorate anything ever. Love!

I had so much fun making each of these! I’m not sure all (or any) of my gifts will be handmade this year, so it will be nice to add a little crafty touch to them.

Have you been decorating tags or gift wrap this season? Send links to your projects!

I’ll be back tomorrow with a tasty holiday recipe. :)