A simplified version of @cynd11’s gift tags is sinfully easy to make and looks great, without any painting:
Only problem is… I hesitate to use them, because I don’t want to upstage the actual gift!
BTW, if you don’t want to “shell out” the bucks for the mother-of-pearl veneer, a cheap alternative is to print out a photo of it and use that.
Excellent idea! I didn’t make any special tags this year—everybody gives them back to me to re-use and I have more than I need.
I want to let you know I appreciate the pun. 
Wow these are really pretty!
The photo idea is great. Very classy looking tags.
Engrave the year on the back, and use paper to put the recipients’ name and you’ve got a 2nd gift as an ornament!
Those are beautiful 
These are so pretty! I love them as ornaments as well! I love the idea of printing out the mother of pearl on paper. I actually have several “prints” that I plan on using as backgrounds - I just haven’t figured out for what yet. But the idea of using them as stained glass is fabulous!
This might be a great spot to use old cards you’ve received too!
