Printable Vintage Easter Tags and Tutorial

I think vintage holiday post cards and greeting cards are sweet and have made some of my favorites into sturdy tags so I can display and enjoy them year after year as holiday decorations. I started with Halloween and Christmas last year, and just finished some for Easter.

I display my tags in a silver bowl, but they would also be sweet hanging by ribbons from a spring branch, as gifts tucked into an Easter basket, with a name added for place cards, or as old fashioned Easter cards.

  

Instructions

To make your own vintage tags, begin by clicking on one of the tags below. When the tag opens in another window, right click it and save it to your computer. The tags may look grainy at this large size on your screen, but will print well at their actual size of 2.5 inches x 4 inches. Print the tags you've chosen onto card stock. 

           The sources for these vintage images are two beautiful CD's called  

Clickart: Celebrations & Holidays and  

Clickart: Fine Art by Broderbund

purchased about twelve years ago.

You can use the tags as they are, printed on card stock, but I like to make them stronger and sturdier by mounting them on mat board. 

Cut each tag out, trace its outline on a piece of stiff mat board, and cut that out too. Add a few drops of water to some white glue to thin it out and cover the entire piece of mat board with the glue. Make sure you cover the edges. Center the tag on top, smooth it out, and place under some books to dry flat. Repeat with the other tags. 

Optional 

Once the tags are completely dry, I embellish a few of the details on each tag with a little fine glitter. Put dots and thin lines of glue where you want one color of glitter at a time. Sprinkle only one color on the tag to cover those places and tap off the excess glitter onto a folded piece of paper. Return the excess glitter to the bottle. Repeat with more dots and lines of glue and the next color of glitter. There's no need to dry the glue between colors, just remember to glue and sprinkle only one color at a time. 

On the tag below, I added blue dots of glitter to the bouquet and red, yellow, and blue lines of glitter to the bunnies' bows. Choosing where and how much to embellish each tag is the fun part. After all the tags are done, punch holes at the top of each tag and tie with a piece of ribbon, string, or twine. 

Let the tags dry completely and display them as decorations or give them as gifts.

After each holiday, I just drop the tags into a Ziploc bag and pack them away with the other holiday decorations. I know they'll give me a smile when I unpack them year after year. I'll be sharing more vintage tags as the other holidays roll around, and I'd love to hear the new ways you think to use them, too. 

Have a great day! 

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