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God
is good. We have been having such perfect days after many hot and humid ones
- the air has cleared into something close to perfection. The breeze gently
touches our skin, and we are reminded that our Creator is indeed present
everywhere. I was reminded of this passage:
"The wind blows where it
wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and
where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
John 3:8
Our summer is definitely in full
gear. Bustling along even. I have to make an ongoing effort to simplify and
slow things down. When we were little I can remember thinking that our long
summer days lasted forever. Endless daylight hours lasting well past our
bedtime. Now that we are old(er) and have the knowledge of when summer
officially starts - on June 21st - our days then begin to shorten and as
adults, our minds can be tricked into thinking that summer is nearing its
end. I think that I like being naive to the calendar much more than being a
slave to it.
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I promised to post the template
for the dishcloth care instruction hang tag. This is a simple guide to
creating them. Many of you will not need these steps written out - as I am
sure that there are more than a few scrap bookers artists and computer
experts out there, but here it is... I will be posting many more styles in
the days and weeks to come, as well as other packaging ideas too. I would
love to hear any of your ideas. There are lots of great wording variations -
this is only a start.
Supplies needed: Heavy weight
card stock - 64 or 110lb. (White will feel crisp and clean, ivory will have
a vintage or "earthy" feel, scissors or a paper cutter, small hole punch,
corner trimmer (optional), hemp, ribbon or yarn strips of a coordinating
color to tie on to your cloth.
Step one:
Print out page 1. Turn your page
to appropriately feed your printer - and print page 2 on the back. Page 1 will have margins or guides
where you will trim your tags while page 2 will be printed over most of the
entire page. This allows room for error when you trim them.
Step 2:
After your pages are printed,
trim on the borders on page one (this is the front of your tags). Use a
scissors - or even better use a paper cutter. Start by trimming the complete
outside border, then trim vertically into 3 strips. Lastly cut each tag
apart individually.
Step 3:
After your tags are cut apart,
punch the hole where the graphic is located.
Step 4:
If you desire you can cut the
corners of these tags. Rounded corners give it a professional look!
Step 5:
Take a coordinating color of
yarn, ribbon or hemp, double it up and thread it through the hole of your
tag.
Step 6:
Voila! Attach it to your cloth
and enjoy gifting it!
*Download this file
below
Dishcloth Care Tag Page 1
Dishcloth Care Tag Page 2
Update: this is a very large
file - You can right
click: save as on your computer - OR - open each page
individually in your browser. Since the file is large, your browser may take
several moments to open this, depending on your connection.
please let me know if you
have any problems with this file. I will try to work with your special needs!
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