My life is crazy hectic (an understatement). My husband and I run two full time businesses (Le Vintage Photo Booth & John Arriola Films) and that keeps us extremely busy. If we aren’t filming or providing our photo booth services at a special celebration, we are occupied with the day to day responsibilities of the businesses. It is quite an undertaking, but luckily we’ve been at it long enough we have got a handle on it. It can take a toll, although the rewards give us the strength to keep going. And our hobbies also help get us through the chaos we call life.

For me, crafting has been my go to hobby and stress reliever. I don’t have a great deal of time to spend on it, so I love to find quick and easy projects I can immerse myself in. This Easy To Make Stamped Shipping Tag project was just what I needed last week after a very hectic couple of days. It only took me a few minutes to create 15 shipping tags.

Once I created the stamped tags I then went a step further and punched a couple of holes to hold some earrings I made for my mom. It makes for a nice presentation. It is such an easy and quick project you can make when you have a few minutes to spare.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED
1. Shipping tags  4 3/4″ X 2 3/8″ (I purchased mine from Office Depot)
2. Ink pad (in any color you’d prefer) (I purchased mine from Hobby Lobby)
3. Large Stamp about 4 1/2″ X 3″ (any stamp you’d prefer)(I purchased mine from Hobby Lobby)
4. 1/16″ Circle Hand Punch (optional- to create whole for the earrings) (I purchased mine from Hobby Lobby)

DIRECTIONS FOR STAMPING:    
1. Line up as many shipping tags as your space will allow, about one or two inches apart. Lining up the shipping tags in a row will make the stamping process go faster. An assembly line of shipping tags ready for stamping.
2. Ink up your stamp with a generous amount of ink. Start stamping. I re-inked after every tag, so that the color is more pronounced. However, if you’d like a more faded look re-ink after ever two tags. This will give it a more faded vintage look.
3. Let tag dry for a few seconds. Remove the dried tags and line up the next batch of shipping tags.
4. Proceed to stamp the next batch, repeat steps #1 and #2 until you have stamped all of your shipping tags.
5. When you’ve inked your last tag, you’re done!

I am always looking for new ways to package earrings I make and these lovely Easy To Make Stamped Shipping Tags are a beautiful and unique way to show off my handcrafted creations. The wonderful thing about this project is that you can stamp these tags with any stamp you’d like. You could use a stamp with a sweet sentiment, stamp the recipients name, use a stamp with a very cool texture, or use a vintage inspired stamp. Another option, use several smaller stamps to create a collage on the shipping tag. There are no rules when creating this Easy To Make Stamped Shipping Tag, so have fun crafting a collection of these lovelies.

DIRECTIONS FOR EARRING HOLES:
1. Lay the shipping tag on a table. Lay the earrings right on top of the shipping tag to get a view of where you would like the earrings to fall on the shipping tag.
2. Using the earrings on the tag as a guide, mark with a pencil where you plan to punch the holes. You don’t want the earrings too close to one another, so leave a sufficient amount of space between the holes. Once you have marked the holes you may remove the earrings.
3. With the shipping tag in your hand very carefully align the hole punch over the pencil mark and punch.
4. Once you have your holes punched out, slip the earrings in and place a plastic back to keep the earrings in place.

Voila, so simple!