<p><a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f40b69e6970b-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DSC_0126" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f40b69e6970b" src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f40b69e6970b-500wi.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSC_0126" /></a> <br />Birthday party season is here. This means I&#39;m at the toy store weekly, buying toys and gifts for all the little people in our life.</p>
<p>Our local toy store offers complimentary gift wrapping, which is nice and one of the many reasons I like to shop locally, but I always found myself spending a couple of extra bucks on gift cards.</p>
<p>That annoyed me.</p>
<p>Paying that much for a little square of paper felt like a ripoff, but I usually paid up. It was that or scribble the birthday child&#39;s name unceremoniously on the wrapping paper.</p>
<p>Not very festive, I&#39;m afraid.</p>
<p>I considered <a href="http://felixdoolittle.com/web/product_pswp3.aspx" target="_blank">buying stickers for the gifts, but the ones I like were too expensive</a>. So I went to my favorite cheap printers looking for a way to make stickers when I saw how ridiculously <a href="http://www.overnightprints.com/bookmarks" target="_blank">inexpensive it was to make bookmarks</a>. And then it hit me: Bookmarks as gift tags! Perfect for kids who are sentimental (like one of mine is) because the birthday child can keep it as a memento. And if you&#39;re giving a book (which we often do) what could be more perfect?</p>
<p>Nothing, that&#39;s what.</p>
<p>So I made custom bookmarks with stock illustrations to represent our sons plus the inscription &quot;To: <em>(blank)</em> With Love, The <em>(your last name)</em> Family.&quot; You could use a family photo instead. We can&#39;t get a decent photo with all of us, but maybe your kids are more cooperative than mine.</p>
<p>The end result is super cute, and thanks to a coupon I spent about $8 for 100 bookmarks. They should last through the end of the school year.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f40b6baf970b-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DSC_0114" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f40b6baf970b" src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133f40b6baf970b-500wi.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSC_0114" /></a></p>
<p>I intended for these to be used for children&#39;s gifts, but I&#39;ve been known to tie these around the odd wine bottle. No one seems to mind.</p>
