Gift Tag Holders

Hope you had a spooky but safe Halloween!!  We have friends in town and to celebrate Halloween and also Sonny's birthday, we went out to dinner at a great little restaurant in Lincolnton and then went to a Haunted House!!  I don't think I've ever been to a haunted house before.  It was fun!  We were definitely the oldest people there plus we stood in line for about an hour!!  It was done at an old mill in Vale, North Carolina and done pretty good with people jumping out at you and guys chasing us with chain saws!  Doesn't that sound great???

My daughter has been off all last week doing some serious house hunting in San Antonio.  She will close on her Bethesda condo November 9!  She narrowed her Texas houses down to about 8 on Saturday and went out with her realtor and good friend, Lisa, to make her final decision.  She made an offer last night so we are hoping it goes through and she will able to buy and get moved in before Christmas.  The house she is making an offer on actually has a swimming pool which will be great for the Texas heat, BUT .... the pool has the Texas A&M symbol in the tile on the bottom of the pool!  It will definitely make for a conversation piece.  If you know anything about Texas, you know that people there are divided in 2 camps - UT or A&M (kind of like NC State & UNC).)  Ashley went to Trinity and has friends from UT & A&M so it's no biggie to her!! 

At Christmas, we all need gift tags to attach to all those presents we spend too much money on!  I have made a couple of holders for gift tags.  These would make a nice little hostess gift.

This one is a little folder/card.  It is made similar to a gift card holder but it holds tags!

I used Kraft cardstock that I cut 5 x 8 1/2".   Score it at 2 1/2" and 5 1/2".  With the Word Window punch, punch 2 slots for your tags (side by side) at 1 1/2" up from folded edge.  Tape down and decorage.

This one is a little box that is shaped like a tag.  Below are the tags that go in the holder.