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DIY Bee Tags

Hello, Graphics Fairy friends! I’m Diana from Dreams Factory and I’m happy to share another DIY project with you – today we are making some gorgeous vintage DIY Bee Tags! I will walk you through all the steps for making these unique tags, that are the perfect combination between a few mixed media processes and a classy touch of gold that really takes them to a whole new level of chicness.

While creating this summery printable for this project, I had no idea how I would further decorate it. I knew I wanted something that would instantly make me (and you) think of dripping honey and bright summer days … and gold foil was the first thing that came into my mind! I would say it was THE PERFECT choice, because now I can’t stop admiring these glowing beauties!

The 3D ‘flying’ wings of the bees were inspired by another one of my projects – The DIY Mixed Media Bee Tags , a lovely project that you can also try, if you haven’t already.

The printable that I created for you is a beautiful starting point for experimenting and letting your creativity flow. It includes this beautiful black and white bumblebee and a few honeycomb elements that I designed. It has a vintage French flair and of course, it’s highly adaptable to your needs … so feel free to use it in any of your other projects too! I included the 3D wings as separate elements on the sides, along with 4 hexagons and 4 circles that can be used as reinforced holes on your tags. How cool is that?!

Free Printable for DIY Bee Tags

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NOTE: If you are not familiar with gold foil (which is different than gold leaf), I would suggest checking these projects first: DIY Gold French Rose Tags and Easy Gold Foil Decor You will find more valuable information about what to take into consideration while working with this type of foil.

Supplies for DIY Bee Tags:

• the lovely honeycomb & bee printable
• cardstock paper
• home printer
• corner rounder punch
• ink sprays –  I used yellow, magenta and brown
• gold acrylic paint and a small brush
• gold metallic nail polish
• a stamp pad (I used dark gold) or a distress ink pad
• gold foil glue
• fineline glue applicator
• sealer – I used a water based polyurethane varnish with a matte finish
• a plastic sheet or a non absorbent surface (to protect your working area)

Full Tutorial:

 Paper staining

I started by printing the lovely free printable on cardstock paper and placing a plastic sheet on my table, to protect my working surface. I used my ink sprays to give the paper a beautiful watercolor-y effect, but you can also use regular watercolors, highly diluted acrylic paint, coffee, tea or this cool avocado dye . Even distress inks would work! Choose the colors  that make you happy in general or the colors that you feel inspired by in that particular moment! I love using my ink sprays lately – especially the yellow & magenta ones – and  I enjoyed every mist I put on that paper! I didn’t want my tags to be too colorful, but rather give them a soft and intriguing starting point, one that would perfectly complement the gold foil afterwards.

I chose the lighter color and gradually went towards the edges with the darker colors, because I wanted to create some sort of a vignette effect. I love using ink sprays in this way, before actually cutting each individual tag because you get to create a lovely ‘flower power’ surprising effect that allows you to get excited each and every single time!

1. I went with yellow first (the lighter color) and sprayed some ink here and there – but mostly on the inside of the tags. 2. My second color was magenta and I lightly sprayed it towards the edges of each tag. 3. For some final touches I used a little bit of brown on the edges and then again with more of the two colors used before, to brighten some of the areas. Don’t forget to spray some ink on the additional elements too. 4. The final dried paper  will get somehow crispier and a little bit wavy, just put it between the pages of a book if you want to flatten it (I didn’t).

Paper cutting

1. Use your scissors to cut each tag and each additional wing. As for the reinforced holes, I thought it would be easier to paint them first, while still being ‘attached’ to the page. 2. As an optional step, you can use a corner puncher to round the edges, if you want. You could also use scissors and try to evenly round the edges, I really love a nicely rounded edge! P.S. I actually followed the cutting corners step later on this project, but now it would be the ideal time do it.

Acrylic paint and nail polish painting

At this stage I had fun with metallic acrylic paint and metallic nail polish and painted some of the honeycomb’s hexagons, along with a few of the other additional elements. The whole painting idea was to add a little bit more interest and depth to the tags. You can use other metallic ‘paints’ like calligraphy ink or liquid gold leaf, even metallic watercolors. I painted the hexagons in unpaired numbers  (3, 5, etc.) because human eye is more visually attracted to these kind of numbers.

1. I used a small brush and a little bit of acrylic paint on some of the tags following a somehow random unpaired numbers pattern. 2. I followed the same unpaired numbers pattern and I painted other tags using my gold nail polish. I thought that the brush that came with the nail polish bottle was OK-sh for actually applying the ‘paint’ and I loved the almost raised effect I was able to create. The nail polish has the tendency to dry quickly on paper, so don’t worry if it looks gloopy in some areas, it will nicely complement the whole vintage final look. 3. I went with diluted acrylic paint over the additional wings and the reinforced holes. When diluted, acrylic paint is more transparent than nail polish and I wanted to still be able to see the original design. 4. I really loved how my tags started to look!

Distressing the edges

At this stage you could also add more of that beautiful vintage vibe to the tags by distressing the edges. Use your favorite distress inks or a regular ink pad (I used a mini cute one) and go all over the edges, insisting on the corners. I always say that the level of distressing is a personal choice and I actually had  this part in mind while designing the tags. So you’ll have plenty of room on the edges to experiment and go as crazy as you want!

P.S. (again) I actually completed the distressing of the edges step later on this project, but now it would be the ideal time do it.

Applying the gold foil

To apply the gold foil you will need a  fineline glue applicator and a  gold foil glue . These two little things (along with gold foil, obviously) are some of my all time favorite tools, because they can give you so much room for experimenting with gold foil in your own terms! You can draw any design that you want, let it dry, then apply the gold foil. How amazing is that?!

For this project I decided to create a gold foil edge all around each hexagon, while also completely or partially filling some of the hexagons with gold. Fine straight lines are usually more difficult to achieve when using this fineline applicator, but I didn’t mind the small curvy lines or all the other small imperfections.

1. Start from the left and gradually go all over the edges of each hexagon with your glue applicator while also partially or completely filling with glue some of them, as you go. You will basically ‘paint’ with glue on top of each line of the honeycomb and fill the honeycomb design as you want. I created on some of the inside areas of the hexagons a dripping effect, so they would look like dripping liquid honey gold afterwards! 2. Carefully tilt the tag and check if  all your lines are filled. Let the glue dry (as for the manufacturer’s instructions) – the glue will be white when you will apply it and will turn transparent and tacky after drying.

3. Cut a piece of gold foil, a little bit larger than your design and carefully place it on top. Press the foil with your index finger on top of each element that you ‘painted’ earlier with glue, then carefully lift the foil starting from one of its corners. Prepare to be mesmerized, this gold foil stuff is really stunning!

Follow the same step for al the tags and let yourself be surprised each and every single time!

The small details:

4. As for our final touches, you know you need to let your bees fly! Glue the additional wings on top of each bee. 5. You can also use a colored pencil  (I used a dark brown) to draw and highlight the contour of the original wings on the tags. 6. You can choose to use (or not) the reinforced holes – I thought that the hexagon shapes really complemented the whole honeycomb concept so I used paper glue to attach them to the tags. 7. And speaking of paper glue – even some paper glues will work with applying the gold foil, creating an irregular, almost vintage effect. So far I had success with Staedtler and UHU sticks, you just apply a small amount of glue on the paper, press the gold foil on top, then unpeel it. I had the idea of using this trick on top of the wings and on top of the reinforced holes after applying them on the tags, but it would be ideal to do it before applying them. It will make your life so much easier!

I’m really loving the final, simply gorgeous look of my Gold Foil Honeycomb & Bee Tags! You can punch the reinforced holes at this stage … if you don’t have a problem (like I did) in actually locating your puncher in the first place. My ‘well organized’ craft supplies might need a little bit of TLC!

The tags can be used in so many different ways, I’m sure you are already contemplating millions of ideas! Use them as classy gift tags, embellishments on your presents or find unique ways of incorporating them into your home decor – use them to decorate recycled jars or bottles, hang them on your drawers or use them as mini signs along with a grungy stash of vintage books.

The thing with metallic gold foil is that it ALWAYS manages to fascinate you with its shimmering beauty! It captures the light in so many beautiful ways, while creating different and unexpected gorgeous effects. It ALWAYS manages to spark my creativity, I hope it will have the same sparkling effect on you too!

I hope you enjoyed learning this DIY Bee Tags. You may also like DIY Blue Delft Journal Tags HERE.

Happy crafting, Diana / Dreams Factory

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May 28, 2021 at 12:42 pm

Just gorgeous.

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May 29, 2021 at 3:26 pm

Sherlene Mats says

May 28, 2021 at 12:34 pm

So darn cute!

May 28, 2021 at 11:05 am

These are beautiful! Thank you for the smile you put on my heart this morning.

We’re glad you liked this one Laura! 🐝

Nancy Wethington says

May 28, 2021 at 6:17 am

May 29, 2021 at 3:25 pm

Cynthia Murphy says

May 27, 2021 at 6:56 pm

I really love all your ideas. I have tried many of them and have fun making them.

We’re so glad you have been enjoying Diana’s beautiful projects Cynthia!

peggy gatto says

May 27, 2021 at 1:19 pm

What a great idea!!! Thanks

May 27, 2021 at 3:25 pm

I’m glad you liked Diana’s cute Tags Peggy!🐝

Free Printable Ephemera – Bee Tags & Tickets

By: Author Tara Jacobsen

Posted on Last updated: April 18, 2023

Categories Adult Crafts , Free Bee Printables , Free Printables

These bee tags and tickets are wicked cool and super fun to use in your junk journals or mixed media! I wanted some pretty graphics that I could print out and use in my artwork and figured why not share them with my peeps! You can use these in your personal art AND in finished pieces for sale.

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Okay, no one “needs” bee tags, but bees are my absolute favorite animal (the are the only tattoo I have!)

I love to use them in my artwork and was having a trouble finding a unique blend so that they weren't all so plain jane all the time.

Then I remembered that I am a graphic artist and decided to make myself an array of bee tags!

Here is my bee flip pages junk journal in all it's bee-y glory!

I thought you might like to see how I used all the bee tags and free printable faux stamps in this junk journal!

I tried printing these tags onto regular copy paper first but they are super saturated with color and that did not work well at all

Instead I went and got some presentation paper from Office Depot which is good for printing AND is a little heavier weight of paper so the tags can stand on their own without any backing.

The little pink bee tag is just the paper with no backing. That said, on most of the “real” journalling tags I went ahead and used some art glitter glue to glue colored index cards to back.

Here are the tags and tickets printed out!

You get three different printable pages of bee tags and tickets. These are for printing on at home printers using 8.5″ X11″ standard letter sized paper.

These are a cross between vintage ephemera a modern new look! I call this my Modern Steampunk style! I KNOW there are a bunch of free vintage images out there, but but I like mine to be a bit more edgy!

I had a gal use some of the tags and tickets in her bee journal and she shared it with me… how cute is this? You can see how she has bee tickets sticking out here and there!

Additional Resource : Check out all the free bee ephemera and journal pages!

I used a variety of sources for the bees in these tags including Graphics Fairy (pictures in the public domain) and Big Stock Photo. All images were purchased and the designs are my own.

You can use these for any of your own personal artwork or for finished products that you sell on Etsy or any other online store.

You can not distribute or sell the collage sheets for any reason.

The bee tags are part of my resource library which has LOTS of free printables and worksheets to use in your crafting!

Free Printables Included In This Project

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• Printable Grunge Numbers

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Thankyou so much. Looove them.

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Western bumble bee’s nest discovered

By Jan Peterson, for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region

With its numbers on the decline, the Western bumble bee is elusive. Its nests even more so.

Very few Western bumble bee nests have ever been recorded or collected.

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So last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region Science Applications team convened a group of partners at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, in Oregon, to explore the best methods to find bumble bee nests.

The hope was to better understand bee behavior so they could eventually find a nest to learn more about the bee. What they didn’t expect was to find one so quickly.

Alan Yanahan, a conservation biologist with the Service’s Science Applications program, says spotting any bee’s nest often boils down to luck.

But shortly after the training session, a trio of researchers – with the support of many volunteers, interns and representatives of other agencies – made the discovery of their dreams.

Yanahan; Lincoln Best, a bee specialist at Oregon State University; and Jeff Everett, a biologist at the Service’s Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, discovered the underground nest in an Alpine meadow high in the Cascade Mountains of north central Oregon

“Finding the nest was pure luck. It was one in a million,” says Everett.

It was Best’s idea to scout that location. He knew quite a few bumble bees buzzed around that area, so it was a calculated risk. “A lot of scientists haven’t had the opportunity to go to a site with a lot of these critters flying around. I have a few sites where they’re quite abundant. So I said, let’s get out there and do some basic training and data collection and then who knows?” Best says.

“We were hiking around and within 20 minutes, Alan and I stumbled across a nest. We saw a worker bee fly down to the ground behind a rabbitbrush bush. Sure enough, it went down a little ground squirrel hole and that was it,” Best recalls of the Aug. 22, 2022, expedition.

Throughout the month of September 2022, scientists kept an eye on the nest for activity.

The concern was they didn’t want to excavate the nest too early. Western bumble bees don’t reuse a nest from year to year, so they wanted to excavate when the colony was winding down for the year but before worker bees had completely abandoned it.

“We got it at the perfect time,” Yanahan says. “The nest had done what it needed to do.”

Next came the fun part: Excavation.

The team wasn’t sure what they would run into, so they brought in everything: heavy tools, hand tools, paintbrushes, coolers of dry ice for preserving samples, even a generator and a shop vac, which turned out to be a crucial tool in the excavation.

It was hot, dirty, time-consuming work.

“This thing went all over the place,” Everett says of the abandoned rodent burrow. After several twists and turns and the discovery of a false cavity, the scientists finally got to the nest.

“The rodent-burrow tunnel was over 2 meters in length – longer than anyone expected. It was another meter vertically down to the nest,” Everett says.

Best took the nest back to the lab for dissection and discovered more than 300 cells, some of which were used to store honey, others for raising their young.

But there is so much more to discover from the nest.

“We want to learn as much from this as possible because there are many ways this will directly inform handling of the species,” Everett explains. “Through honey and pollen analysis, we can promote and protect those resources. We can encourage landowners and our partners to plant specific flowers."

“By understanding the orientation of the nest and the critter that dug all the holes, we can promote those specific habitats. Protecting and preserving can take many forms. It’s not putting up a fence. It’s limiting the threats and promoting well-being.

“There’s a lot about bumble bees that we fundamentally don’t know. There were literally hundreds of abandoned rodent burrows. What makes this one (created by the golden mantled ground squirrel) more attractive than all the others out there?”

Yanahan says, “What we learn from this species is transferable to other bee species. What we learn here as far as being able to find nests can lead to finding nests for other species.”

What scientists learn from the Western bumble bee’s nest may help other bumble bees whose populations are perilously low. Among them are Morrison’s bumble bee, Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee and Franklin’s bumble bee, the latter not seen in more than 15 years.

While environmental factors are cause for concern, scientists also suspect disease may be one of the reasons bees are on the decline.

“There are a bunch of different bumble bees that have measurably declined. While we have some smoking guns, we haven’t been able to pin it on any of the intuitive culprits. If we can find evidence of active disease, that might help inform management decisions.” OSU’s Best says.

Tests on the nest are expected to continue, with results rolling in throughout the course of the next year.

“It’s a cool adventure,” Best says.

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Coronado Beach in San Diego features a “1.75-mile stretch of golden sand sparkling with bits of the mineral mica,” Doherty wrote.

The beach has a dog-friendly section for those looking to enjoy the surf and sand with their furry friends.

Pope Beach, on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, is “a nearly mile-long stretch of sand bordered by towering pine trees,” Travel + Leisure said.

In addition to mountain views, the beach offers visitors opportunities to swim, picnic and participate in water sports.

A popular tourist destination, Santa Monica Beach combines a classic Southern California beach setting with a classic amusement park. The Santa Monica Pier features a roller coaster, a Ferris wheel and other carnival attractions.

“Nothing screams summer on the pier like funnel cake and a Ferris wheel,” Doherty wrote. “This vibrant stretch along the Pacific is also a prime spot for partaking in all the usual beach activities: sunbathing, swimming, surfing, volleyball and sunset viewing.”

Carmel Beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea “might be one of the most beautiful places in the U.S.,” Doherty wrote, due to its “lapis-colored waters and rocky shoreline.”

This white sand beach is a popular surfing spot with views of Pebble Beach and Point Lobos. It’s also dog friendly.

How did Travel + Leisure come up with its list?

Travel + Leisure looked at a variety of factors to coming up with its list, according to writer Patricia Doherty , who coversdestinations, resorts and cruises.

“Different criteria define the perfect beach for different people, such as the quality of the sand, the waves (or lack thereof), level of seclusion, public transportation and accessible parking, whether there’s a boardwalk, activities, and even the amount of shade,” Doherty wrote.

Travel & Leisure chose to simply list its favorite beaches rather than rank them numerically.

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