Hang Tag By Hand.

'Mr.Ray' is a strong believer in doing what it takes to get it done. He follows the ol' pioneer saying of "fix it up, wear it out, make do or do without." Being a small 'mom n' pop' start up apparel company, when it comes to the labels and hang tag for 'The Littlecrow Collection' he takes the approach of making do. Instead of spending heaps of unavailable funds on developing labels and hang tags for our garments, not to mention the time and hassle of finding a reliable and cheep vendor to make them, he instead has figured out ways to make do with what he has at hand. keeping with the handmade aesthetics these too are all hand made or hand finished. We hope that it is the extra care in focusing on the little touches and small details that will set 'Littlecrow' apart from others.

We start with cutting 'oak tag' (manila card stock paper used in pattern making) into us letter size (8 1/2"x11") With the tag layout already drawn and worked over on the computer we then printing both sides out on our simple little ink jet printer. After we hand cut each piece. Then when each piece is cut it is individually hand punched to allow for a piece of tea dyed string (yep, a cup of black tea and soak the string for a while then set in the sun to dry) to loop through that is used for the 'hanging' part of a hang tag... get it? hang tag, it hangs and is a tag...

Anyway. after that it is 'distressed and ruffed up for that nice 'aged' look that is part of the feel of littlecrow. Here is the back view of the tag. And as you can also see, we use a paper clip witch is used to attach the tag to the garment or item.

Yes each paperclip is hand made as well. I know a little over the top... 'Mr.Ray' has purchased large quantities of paperclips and tags from the office supply shop but he just does not feel it is the right look, too clean, too perfect, missing caricature. So he makes his own.


There you have it. We hope that in some way this might be an inspiration to you to make do with what you have and look at how simple things around you can become so much more with a little imagination and a drop or two of elbow grease to make it happen. Remember 'make it fun'.

Cheers,
Mr. Ray &
The Littlecrow Family