Inspired by the book cover of Sara Midda’s South of France ~ A Sketchbook, I created a few one of a kind gift tags. Now for true artists, this may seem rather mundane, but with just a few school supplies like simple water colors, a brush and a piece of cream colored construction paper I made cards much like the cover of the book. We are going to France next month and I have been reading and cooking and studying up for the trip. I normally remove the dust jackets from my books…but not this one, how could I? 
I mounted the paper to a piece of thick water color paper and then cut them using a Fiskar’s paper cutter. Add a piece of twine and attach it to gift.
Love these!!! I was going to do some painted gift tags of my own, but might have to rethink my plan since these are so awesome
Oh they are absolutely wonderful. Love them!!
Wow! These are so cute. You never run out of good ideas! Would look good tied on a bottle of wine…… or just about anything.
You have such a way with creating the most lovely things.
I think I need to hire you.
pve
LOVE!
Wait did you say France? Now those will be some pictures!
xo jane
So great ideia!
Love! Thank you for the creative inspiration….I am going to try this and make book marks for my text books! Enjoy today!
Always, Jennifer
I love this idea—before I realized that you made the striped paper I was admiring it and wondering where it came from. The stripes are so pretty, I have a ‘thing’ for stripes, I even have a Pinterest board devoted to them, which this idea is now going right on!
Annie those are adorable. You are so clever. How cool that you’re going to France! Looking forward to your photos!
How pretty…really makes a gift special. So exciting about your trip.
Annie, Darling idea. I’m going to steal it. You make everything so cute.
Wow, I am excited to hear about your trip! And see France through your lovely eye!
xx
Kim
Your beautiful gift tags look as colorful as Easter eggs! So bright and happy! Annie, I love how you are always inspired to try many new things!
Pour s’amuser in France!
XO
Wish I was going with you on your trip! Sounds like heaven. I see you’ve added a few things to your header. Are you starting an etsy shop? Hope so. xo
I featured your project here: http://shiftctrlart.com/BlogPost/ujn1
I am here from the BYW class and am including you as one of my new faves. I love this post! It’s such a great idea!
these are incredible… thank you so much for your comment and kind words… your blog is pretty divine as well ;)… ox
These are so simple yet so striking! Love the colors and how you also used the idea to make a book cover as well. I can see this design translating to a whole bunch of paper products. The photos are really evocative as well. -Emily from BYW class (and thank you for coming to have a look and leaving such a nice comment on my blog!)
These are great! A lot of impact and a reasonable amount of work, which I like:)
Amalia from BYW
Hi, I’m also in the BlogBoss class and am really enjoying your blog! I’m in New York and hope we can all do a meet up soon. I look forward to reading more…:-)
These are darling!
Just a quick little note to say hello and that I listed your blog as one of the eight that rock as part of our Blog Boss homework this week. I love your design and layout, your pics and your fab DIY posts – keep up the good work!
See this is what I mean about you Annie. You always have the best and most beautiful ideas and tips to share and what I love most is that they are realistic things that anyone can do. You’re such an artist. I love that you can look at a book cover and then come up with an idea to make gift tags. That is just how your creative brain works and I love it! You have given me such great ideas that I can’t wait to share with my kids this summer, as were going to have craft days where we do art and make crafts. I also think this would make beautiful cards as well. Keep the ideas coming Annie!
xoxo, Jackie
Super cute idea! I’ll remember this next time I need a tag and don’t have any!
annie- i was wondering if you would show us your kitchen, i remember loving your kitchen in california.
when you moved was there anything you packed first or decided to let go of? please share.
pve