This is a short blog as promised (last year!), to tell how I made the little price tags for the antique shop. The photo below pretty much shows it all but here are the main points:
- Start with cream or off-white paper (looks more aged). Draw a line with pencil 3/8” along one edge. Clip into the line, crossing over it, to make little tabs about 3/16th inch wide each. You can use a little aging stamp ("Shadow Ink") around the corners if desired.
- Rivets – Put a silver dot at the top of each tab (I used a silver metallic Sharpie pen). Then poke a thick needle in the center of the silver dot to finish the rivet.
- Clip off the flaps. On each flap, clip two corners at an angle as shown by the rivet. Mark the price with a very fine pen (I used Sharpie PEN - not marker - fine point).
- With red sewing thread tie the tag onto an item. I make a small loose knot then stick a needle in the knot to slide it close to the item before I remove the needle and tighten the knot. Trim threads close to the knot.
- I didn't put a price tag on every item because it would be time consuming.
