{"id":1701,"date":"2010-10-07T13:21:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T20:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2010-10-07T13:21:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T20:21:39","slug":"5-gifts-under-10-artists-can-give-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/bookmarks-packaging-and-adornments\/5-gifts-under-10-artists-can-give-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Gifts Under $10 Artists Can Give for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em>by Nancy Haberman<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once the excitement and frenzy of the new school season has calmed, artists know that it&#8217;s time to get going on holiday gift and\u00a0card making.\u00a0Regardless of the medium in which you work, you&#8217;ll get more satisfaction throughout the season if you begin early and put your energy into what you love to do, and that is to make art.<\/p>\n<p>You probably can&#8217;t give everyone an original, especially if you&#8217;re in the business of selling your art, but whether you sell your art, give it away, or fill every nook and cranny of your home with it, you can still share your art. These are gifts you can make at home with your computer, printer, and professional packaging. Our resource guide may also be helpful. Create a high resolution digital image of your art and then try any of the following five ideas for artists who want to give gifts under $10.<\/p>\n<p>1.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/card-making-c-13.html\">Greeting card<\/a> &#8211; a2, a6, a7<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1750 alignnone\" title=\"tinyflowers-nc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-nc-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Note Card\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-nc-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-nc.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For resource information on card sizes, image sizing, envelope sizes and protective bag sizes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/greeting-card-note-cards-announcements-invitations\/resource-guide-to-greeting-card-sizing\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2. Enlarge, crop and and print your art on bookmarks in two different sizes. Enclose in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/bookmark-vinyl-sleeves-p-34.html\">bookmark sleeve<\/a> and add a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/tassels-c-7.html\">tassel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1747\" title=\"tinyflowers-bmcrop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-bmcrop-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"note card image  cropped\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-bmcrop-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-bmcrop.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1748 alignnone\" title=\"tinyflowers-bookmark\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-bookmark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-bookmark.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-bookmark-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1749 alignright\" title=\"tinyflowers-mbbcombo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-mbbcombo-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-mbbcombo-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/tinyflowers-mbbcombo.jpg 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/mats-c-14.html\">Mat<\/a> cut to order with 1\/8&#8243; foam core back and crystal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/clear-bags-sleeves-c-10.html\">clear bag<\/a>, ready display or frame<\/p>\n<p>4. 28-page Journal with your art on the cover<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/photography\/personalized-calendars-%E2%80%93-easy-to-make-perfect-for-gifts\/\">CD Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Nancy Haberman Once the excitement and frenzy of the new school season has calmed, artists know that it&#8217;s time to get going on holiday gift and\u00a0card making.\u00a0Regardless of the medium in which you work, you&#8217;ll get more satisfaction throughout the season if you begin early and put your energy into what you love to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7,8,411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-bookmarks-packaging-and-adornments","category-creativity","category-gifts-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}