Free Printable | Geometric Holiday Gift Tags

Can you believe the holidays are just around the corner?  For me the season holds extra significance this year because we're expecting baby #2 just after New Years. I honestly feel like I should be due any day, but I'm trying to be patient and enjoy these final months as the mom of an only child... I've heard that the transition from 1 to 2 kids can be quite the adjustment! 

With everything else we have going on I'm keeping the holidays simple, so I was excited to team up again with The Tomkat Studio to plan ahead and design these festive geometric gift tags.  I'm in love with gold and emerald right now, so I'll definitely be using them for our family gifts- paired with kraft wrapping paper and red baking twine.  These printables are being featured along with many other designs, recipes and easy holiday ideas in Tomkat's 2013 Holiday Gift Guide.  I sure hope you'll check it out and enjoy all the fabulous inspiration.  Here's to another happy holiday season!

These tags will look their best printed on white letter-sized card stock.  Just download, print, cut and enjoy.

To see last year's confetti themed gift tags, click here.

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Gift tags and images are ©Merry Happy by CAKE. and are for personal use only. Please do not re-distribute. If sharing them on your site, credit CAKE. | events + design and link directly to this post.

Holiday Cheer | Free Printable Gift Tags

Hello friends & happy Thanksgiving week!  Before we blink it will be December.  Have you started your holiday shopping yet?  Now that I work near Union Square in San Francisco, I can tell it's going to be a dangerous season for my wallet.  The shiny objects are already beckoning me from their gorgeous window displays.

To enhance your gift-giving enjoyment this year, I've teamed up with The Tomkat Studio to design some fun & cheerful printable gift tags.  These tags are being featured with other great ideas in their 2012 Holiday Gift Guide.... it's a must read!  They've got options for everyone that will definitely inspire your shopping.

These tags will look their best printed on white letter-sized card stock.  Just download, print, cut and enjoy.... here's to a merry happy holiday season.

These tags and images are ©Merry Happy by CAKE. and are for personal use only. Please do not re-distribute. If sharing them on your site, please credit CAKE. | events + design and link directly to this post.

DiY Paper Clothespin Decoupage

Loving this DiY project from Amber of Giver's Log... decoupaged clothespins.  A darling way to embellish gift wrap + party favors, and just perfect for holding your cards along a length of ribbon.

 photos © the giver's log

gift tags galore: free holiday printables round up

Tis the season for generosity! I've been seeing loads of free printable holiday gift tags from designers, so I decided to round them up and pass them on to all of you last minute gift wrappers. Here are my faves...

Moving Reindeer via Eat Drink Chic:

Wine Bottles & Pattern Tags via Martha Stewart:

Indie Ornaments via Orange You Lucky:

Page of Pretties via Blush Printables:


Whimsical Woodland via Camilla Emgman:

Oh, and I almost forgot- there's the tags I created last year. :)

real parties: holiday gift wrap & winter treats

Wrapping holiday gifts can be a boring chore, often amounting to hours spent on the floor in a sprawl of presents, cursing from the paper cuts and somehow always running out of tape (or is that just me?). Now turn that chore into a party, and you've got something much more fun and festive. It's hard to feel frustrated when you're sipping a cup of hot cocoa, sharing supplies and creative wrapping ideas among friends.

Last weekend, myself and Michele of Cakewalk Baking joined forces in a collaborative effort to bring this idea to life. We put a new spin on the dessert table by creating a gift wrap buffet of papers, ribbons, tags and accessories... complete with a paper cake! We chose a fresh winter color palette of blue, green, rose and silver, and I purchased the paper goods from Paper Source to make sure the patterns complimented one another. Embellishments included baking twine, cupcake liner flowers, glitter letters, happy tape, antique keys, small mushrooms, metallic markers and a variety of colorful gift tags.
Michele did all the baking and outdid herself with a gorgeous selection of ginger cookies, fudge, white chocolate peppermint cupcakes, and melt in your mouth butter toffee. Be sure to check out her blog in the next few days for some of these delicious recipes. The cake stands and vintage holiday decorations are all part of her enviable personal collection too.

In addition to the sweet treats, we offered an assortment of seasonal beverages including hot apple cider, cocoa and a delicious champagne cocktail- guaranteed to get anyone in the holiday spirit.

I created the homemade sea salt & rosemary almonds, packaged in glass jars to take home as favors. The wreath on the tag was a free download from

In addition to the sweet treats, we offered an assortment of seasonal beverages including hot apple cider, cocoa and a delicious champagne cocktail- guaranteed to get anyone in the holiday spirit.
I created the homemade sea salt & rosemary almonds, packaged in glass jars to take home as favors. The wreath on the tag was a free download from Nonpareil, and I incorporated my own holiday layout and crafted the tags using a circle cutter. See the full tutorial here.

It was a perfect December afternoon, and aside from an unfortunate shortage of scissors, a good time was had by all. Perhaps more importantly, we all went home with an item checked off that big holiday to-do list!

images © cake. | events + design

paper monday: bee things

How cute are these lunch bags from bee things? Not only will they do your child's lunch proud, but they also make for ideal gift wrap on the go...

{images spotted at crow & canary}

packaging your holiday fun

I love these simple packaging ideas from garnish. The kraft paper boxes inspire me to host a holiday cookie swap.

{images via garnish}

paper monday: martha stewart paper crafts

Last week I attended a house party hosted by Vera of My Ten Thousand Wedding. She was lucky enough to receive a box of goodies from Martha Stewart crafts with instructions on how to create a birthday card and a gift box. Martha’s new craft punches were lots of fun to work with... there’s a new set with that allows you to punch all the way around the page for decorative edging and pretty gift tags. Truth be told, our creativity ended up getting the best of us... we each had our own take on the projects instead of following the instructions explicitly (shhh, don’t tell). It’s not often that I spend a weeknight crafting and meeting sweet new people, and I think it could be fun to turn this into something regular. Are any of you readers part of a craft group? If so, I’d love to hear about it...

{images by vera d}

i've died and gone to gift wrap heaven

Absolutely swooning over these new papers, ribbons and letterpressed gift tags from Purl Soho.

{images via the purl bee}