The sweetest vintage gift tag

 

 I recently came across this adorable angel gift tag that had originally been attached to a childhood gift of mine.  It is tiny -- about 2 1/4 inches by 2 3/4 inches.  And so sweet.  A curly-haired angel in pink, with lambs at her feet. and a starry background. 

I've mentioned before how I always loved to see the packages under the Christmas tree at my grandmother's farmhouse.  I didn't even care that most of them weren't for me; I just loved seeing those beautifully wrapped presents.  The tags always matched the wrapping paper exactly.  My grandmother had the soul of an artist -- and oh, how she loved Christmas!  She decorated for all of the holidays, really, but Christmas was the time she pulled out all the stops.  

As mentioned, this tag was on a package of mine.  I only know that because my name is inside it.  I'm sure whatever was in the package is long gone.  I'm also pretty sure that this tag was picked especially for my gift because I was a curly-headed toddler, as seen in the photo below.  

My natural curls were a source of great delight to my grandmother (as well as a source of great disappointment when my hair segued, a few years later, to being merely wavy).  

This angel gift tag was a Norcross tag, so it was very special.  Norcross is highly collectible.

 
What a delightful find!  I am selling on Etsy many of my vintage Christmas paper treasures.  But not this one.  It literally has my name on it.