Frugal thank-you notes

Planning is in full swing for two baby showers for me, and I'm pretty excited. One thing that I've been looking for is cute thank-you notes for the showers and for various people who have already been giving us things for the little one. However, I'm finding that most of the baby-specific thank you notes are expensive! Since we're all about living frugally here, I've been trying to find a way to give cute, unique thank-you notes without breaking the bank.

After playing on Pinterest, I came up with the above for some of them. I limited myself to what supplies I had and a package of safety pins from the Dollar Tree, and I made about 20 of these darling thank-you notes. The "diapers" work as envelopes...and, while they aren't practical for any thank-you notes I have to mail, they'll be great for those I can hand deliver.

To make them, I used the idea behind this template. I actually sketched it because I don't have a printer, so it took some trial and error to find the size I want. Then, I went through all of my scrapbook paper and chose a variety of girly patterned papers and matching cardstock. I would trace the diaper pattern on the patterned paper and cut out a coordinating square from the cardstock. I stamped "thank you" on the top and used a punch to make it more feminine, and then I put the "diaper" around the note. I used scrapbook tape to secure the sides and then used the safety pin to actually close it. The card slips in and out of the "envelope" just fine.