Temporary dog ID tag, Martha-style
In an earlier post, I suggested that you make a temporary ID tag for your dog and add it to her collar, so that if she is lost while you’re traveling, the person who finds her will have a local address and telephone number for you. I offered a couple of ideas for making inexpensive tags, but true to form, Martha Stewart has a much nicer idea.
In the current issue of Martha Stewart Living (July 2009, with a couple of red, white and blue sundaes on the front), Martha suggests making a temporary tag by printing your information on card stock and cutting the card stock and two pieces of clear adhesive into tag-sized circles with a circular craft punch. For the details, see page 42 of the July 2009 issue.
Martha has another pet ID tag idea, which involves slightly more effort but would also work as a temporary tag (though the results are nice enough to be permanent): Type your dog’s info into Martha’s tag template and print the resulting tag on a Shrinky Dinks sheet, then bake the tag until it shrinks to the correct size.
Both projects take a bit of shopping and trouble, but the resulting tags are very attractive (and very legible), and the supplies can be used for future trips.
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