Once you start looking, there are delicious ideas for making things everywhere. I found this hand made gift tag at a favorite classic/vintage home shop, Pimpernel & Partners at 596 King's Road here in London. www.pimpernelandpartners.co.uk

Filled with old painted pieces, beautifully recycled in a shabby chic mood (which I love) and newly made classic furniture, there is a great mix of quirky vintage accessories and also a few special things created just for the store. This is just one.

Made out of a basic brown card parcel tag with a tiny, doll house sized whisk, scraps of checked and flowered cotton and an embroidered bit of marking tape saying"Thank you for dinner" what could be sweeter? Don't you just love it?

And so many little gift tags could be made using the same charming theme.