Gift Idea - And How-To

It's hard to believe, but I've already finished pulling together holiday gifts for our clients.

{I'm almost done with the Hayley's Christmas gifts as well, but that's another story.}

Just like in my private life, I'm always looking to save a penny when it comes to how the company spends money. It's not that I don't want to spend money - I just don't want to waste money. There's only so much to go around, after all.

So this year, instead of paying a supplier to create customized wine gifts for our clients, one of our owners challenged me to find a way to DIY the same type of elegant gift.

Step 1: Purchase wine. Silently cheer when a great vintage is found on sale.

Step 2: Work in your favorite graphic design program to create a custom label. For our holiday-themed label, I used a variety of digital scrapbooking papers and embellishments to work up a 3x4" label in Photoshop. I then printed the labels onto full-sized (8.5x11") label sheets. After printing four sheets to a page, I trimmed the labels to size.

Step 3: Remove the protective sheet from the label to expose the adhesive. Working carefully, place the label over the wine bottle's back label. Smooth out any air bubbles and press firmly to adhere.

Step 4: Admire your work! Doesn't this look great?

This is a great way to personalize anything that comes in a bottle, like infused vinegars, olive oils, homemade lemonades, and the like.

Now I'm inspired to work on some other crafty-fun gift ideas!