| LITTLE GIFTS AND TOKENS OF APPRECIATION | | | | Like a golf ball in a custom box, bath salts or potpourri |
| We all sometimes need a "little something" gift. | | | | in a pretty packet and candy in a cone.o Something |
| To congratulate, to say thank you, as a small token of | | | | drinkable like cocoa in a printed packet, or a few |
| acknowledgment, to wish someone luck or hope, or to | | | | special teabags or coffee pods in little printable |
| say get well soon. Or to acknowledge the birthday or | | | | envelopes are great too.o Lollipops can have little |
| other special day of someone you may not know | | | | personalized covers and these can be inserted into a |
| very well, like a co-worker or neighbour. | | | | bunch of flowers, or can be tied together with a ribbon |
| Printable crafts can make a modest item special, by | | | | as a lolli bouquet.o Candles are another versatile and |
| customizing and personalizing it and thereby creating a | | | | inexpensive gift. Add a printable wrapper around two |
| new item especially for the recipient. | | | | candles or around a pillar candle and add a |
| Besides a printer, computer and suitable graphic | | | | coordinating tag. A votive candle in a glass container |
| software, you only need a few basics for printable | | | | can also be dressed up with a wrap label.o Add a |
| crafts. These include scissors, a craft knife, a | | | | printable topper to a packet of home baked cookies. |
| steel-edged ruler or guillotine, glue, downloadable | | | | Add a custom label or a tag. |
| printables and suitable paper or cardstock to print on.o | | | | Tip: Wrap any food that can spill or stain in food-safe |
| A favourite all-occasion winner that is easy and quick | | | | plastic or cellophane first.o Nice artisan soap is another |
| to make, is a printed wrapper with personalized text | | | | item that can be wrapped and beautifully presented |
| for a bar of chocolate. A wrapped chocolate is one of | | | | with the help of printable crafts. Wrap the soap in plain |
| the most versatile quick gifts - and the chocolate bar | | | | or printed paper. Then add a printed border design |
| itself can be a budget bar or a luxurious and | | | | around the bar and glue a label on top over the |
| expensive one. Two of the most widely available and | | | | border.o Any bath product - like bath oil, bubble bath or |
| suitable sizes are 1.55 oz Hershey bars and various | | | | bath salts - can be personalized with a printable label. |
| European 100g chocolate slabs. | | | | Tie a matching tag around the neck of the bottle with |
| There are ready-to-print wrappers available online if | | | | a pretty ribbon. |
| you want a quick and ready solution. Or you can use a | | | | Again, I would leave back labels intact so that the |
| printable motif and put it in a repeat pattern in a | | | | recipient can read the ingredients in case of an allergy. |
| graphics program. A printable vignette picture can also | | | | Printable crafts can also be combined with store |
| be glued to colored card or paper in a coordinating | | | | bought items to round out a gift. Why not make up |
| color. Then you could still add a matching printable tag | | | | coordinated combinations of many of the above for |
| and a printable border design as ribbon around the | | | | unique personalized gifts? Coordinate printable craft |
| middle of the bar. | | | | motifs and colors and put the items in a basket, pretty |
| Tip: Unless you buy special made-for-wrapping bars, | | | | bag or gallon can for a pamper hamper or gift |
| add your personalized wrapping over the original | | | | basket.o You can combine drinking chocolate in a |
| wrapping so that the recipient can check ingredients in | | | | printable packet with marshmallows in a bought mug. |
| case of allergies.o A bottle of wine can be | | | | And the teabags or coffee pods can be combined |
| personalized with a custom printable label too. Cut your | | | | with a mug, tea-cup or even a pretty spoon.o A small |
| label slightly bigger than the one on the bottle, but leave | | | | toy or activity book can be combined with a bouquet |
| the small back label visible. You can also soak the label | | | | of customized lollipops for a sick child.o And book can |
| off first (which would remove the back label too) or | | | | be combined with a printed bookmark and wrapped |
| scratch it off gently with a craft knife. | | | | chocolate or a personalized bottle of wine.o Combine |
| The same goes for a cooldrink bottle, beer bottle or a | | | | a map or journal with a sewing kit and luggage tag for |
| health drink - even a bottle of water. Add your own | | | | a useful travel gift. |
| customized and printed label and you have a nifty little | | | | Use any of these versatile budget-friendly ideas to |
| gift.o Items like luggage tags and small sewing kits or a | | | | solve those "little gift" dilemmas for many occasions. |
| shower cap in a packet are useful little gifts for | | | | The personal note achieved with the printable element |
| someone going on a journey. The luggage tag can be | | | | has an effect that is more than the actual value of the |
| laminated in plastic if you have inserted or typed the | | | | gift. Printable crafts help to create items that are |
| recipient's address already.o A pretty printable box or | | | | thoughtful and distinguished. |
| packet will elevate a small gift into something special. | | | | |