Crafty Gifting: Episode III
by prispixie,
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There are those who would say giving a gift card demonstrates thoughtlessness. Personally, I enjoy receiving gift cards. However, I do understand where our anti-gift card friends are coming from. Gift cards can lack that personal touch. Therefore, I thought I would suggest three ways that you can get crafty and dress up gift cards, adding a unique flare that is sure to impress your recipient.
1. Make a greeting card. With all of the nifty new tools specifically designed for paper crafting, creating a one-of-a-kind card has never been easier. Slipping your gift card into a hand-crafted greeting card amounts to a relatively small amount of muscle needed for big impact potential.

2. Fabricate a gift card wallet. People that receive a lot of gift cards, or like saving their cards (like I do), will probably need a place to keep them all safe and organized. Plus, in the event that you lose your daily wallet, you don’t want to lose all of your gift cards along with it (I’ve seen it happen), so a wallet designed exclusively for gift cards is a great idea. For my mother’s most recent birthday I created an Emergency Gift Card Pouch (to be used in case of shopping emergencies, of course) and included a couple of gift cards to her favorite stores inside.
3. Get wacky! For you über-creative people, gift card pockets can be added to just about anything. Glue them on, sew them on—endless possibilities! When celebrating a coworker’s kidney-themed birthday (yes, a birthday themed around a vital organ) last year, I gave him a custom kidney plushy (based on the I Heart Guts! kidney) complete with a stuffed gift card pocket on the backside.
From the simple to the strange, I hope that I have succeeded in demonstrating that gift cards can indeed be dressed to impress. With a little bit of elbow grease and a healthy dose of imagination, you too can endow a mass-produced piece of plastic with a dazzling personality.













