Happy Canada Day + Free Printables!

Hey, hey hey! Happy monday and Happy Canada Day (fellow Canadians)! What are you up to? We're planning on taking in a bit of the sun (hasn't it been amazing)? And hopefully catch the fireworks display later in the evening!  I created some summer-themed wrapping paper and gift tags for you (from my instagram feed) for a fun Canada Day treat (west coast-style)! I thought the west coast theme might be fun for this special day and made some black and white and others colour so you could mix and match!  Click HERE for the wrapping papers and HERE for the tags!  (Related: I posted a round-up of 25 Instagram DIYs today over at Babble if you're looking to be inspired! Click here to visit)!  Happy Canada Day!

All gift wrap and tag photos ©Jan Halvarson | Poppytalk (use for personal use only)

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5 Minute Gift Tag DIY + Wrap Inspiration

This DIY post is sponsored by Elmer's and X-ACTO

Yesterday I mentioned I was going to show you how I made these gift tags - and well here it is as promised. It's super easy and really not a DIY but maybe more on the idea/inspiration side of things? Making a gift tag is fairly simple, in fact I've been known to just freehand cut one when I'm in a pinch, but if you'd like to make one that looks a little more special –grabbing a template and some nice card stock is a good little trick and one I used for my Mom's gift this year. I never really thought about templates until recently and now I'm wondering what I did without them.

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