Holiday Project – Gift Card Holder

I tend to think that gift cards feel too impersonal for Christmas. But, for some people, a gift card is exactly the right gift so, for those occasions, I try to make it more personal by putting the card in a handmade gift card holder. For this one, I just took a plain manila tag from an office supply store and covered it with this beautiful paper from the Holly Jolly line. I then used the other side of the paper to create a small pocked on the tag, which I stitched on. I embellished my tag with chipboard pieces from Holly Jolly and even added a little baker’s twine which is easy to move out of the way so I can put the card in there.

Here it is with the card inside:

and here it is with the card sticking out:

If you want to make it even more elegant, you can put it in a brown box with some tissue paper. A big ribbon and you have a beautiful, hand-made gift.

This was originally posted at My Mind’s Eye’s blog.