3 Ways To Use Gift Notes!

August 19, 2020 Becky Woolley

(Updated in 2026, first written in August 2020)

I came up with the idea for the gift notes after being asked to write wonderful messages and letters to send with a little gift to people’s family and friends. I was writing these messages of love, support and joy on a plain piece of A6 luxury white writing paper.

It was lovely paper but I thought it looked a bit boring and that such lovely messages needed some extra colourful paper instead. So the idea for Gift Notes was born!

Bluetits gift note close up

Initially, I was just going to use them exclusively myself to send your messages but I thought that actually you might like them too so I’ve made them into packs of four. Some have four different designs per pack and some are four of the same design.

Each sheet is printed in England on a lovely thick 160gsm, premium 100% recycled bright white paper which feels lovely to write on as well as receive. They are A6 size (10.5cm x 15cm) and all are original designs by myself, Becky Woolley - Daffodowndilly

Here are 3 ways you can use your gift notes

1. They are perfect for adding a little message to your parcel if postage weight is an issue, as despite being a lovely thick 160gsm paper, they only weigh around 3 grams each sheet as opposed to a heavier greeting card and envelope.

This means you can slip them into an envelope with perhaps a note about a newspaper clipping or photo you’re sending and still send as a normal letter rather than having to go to large letter size.

2. If a card is too much but you do want to send a little message or note with a parcel. Perfect for explaining about something you’re sending someone, a little message with a treat or for sharing your favourite moment in a book you’re lending to them and that they can then use as a bookmark.

These are for those little notes that make all the difference to a parcel from a friend.

3. As a pretty and personalised equivalent to a stick-on mini gift tag that leaves glitter everywhere! They look lovely on a wrapped present (perhaps with a similar themed wrapping paper) and give you lots of room to write a message to the recipient without having to resort to tiny writing! I would love to see your in-use photos of the gift notes with your presents, I am always in awe of beautifully wrapped gifts!

I also did a little reel on Instagram about the gift notes that you can watch here. I’m sure you can come up with more but those 3 are my favourite ways to use them.

I started with 7 sets in 2020 and 6 years later we now have over 70 different sets to choose from. Here are some of my favourite sets:

Butterflies Gift Note Set - With comma and common blue butterflies on purple and white buddleia. This set would be lovely to put with gifts for Spring and Summer birthdays. Or for adding a little note to a get well soon treat.

Occasion Gift Note Set - You can use this set to cover 4 different occasions such as:

Hope you feel better and brighter soon - attach to a bunch of flowers or chocolates as a little treat with a little get well soon message.
Happy Birthday Cake - write your message and put it with a gift to post to use like a gift tag.

Houseplants gift note set - A ode to houseplants and featuring pilea peperomiodes (the Chinese money plant), a spotty haworthia and some bright red geraniums. This set contains 4 sheets of the same design. Lovely to send with a gift for a plant lover.

Fossil Beach gift note set - Inspired by fossil hunting at Charmouth, this set consists of the same design with four different background colours - golden, coral, pale blue and deep blue. The design features ammonites, crinoids pieces and sea urchins. This set contains 4 sheets of the same design but with different background colours.

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