When I ship something, I love to make the packaging (you know, boxes, bubble mailers, etc...). I always try to challenge myself to see what I can come up with using recycled/repurposed materials. I made these bubble mailers out of brown paper grocery bags, an old lighting catalog and some bits of a beautiful sheet of art paper. I also added some ink and rubber stamping, as well as using contrasting thread to sew them up. The bubble wrap I used for the inside was 'trash' my Mom and I saved from the landfill. She works in industrial food services and great big pieces of it were used for lining boxes... used just once and then chucked in the trash! Well, we fixed that!
This stack of twelve mailers was a custom order for a girl who wanted to send out her graduation announcements with a CD of pictures. She was looking for a cool, unique way to package/present the CD and the envelope. I chose the paper from the lighting catalog because she had a background in theater. I provided the manila shipping tags for addressing the envelopes.
Wouldn't you just be so excited to find one of these in your mailbox? It could happen, skip on over to the shop and pick out something pretty for yourself. I guarantee it will arrive wrapped in eco-conscious style! In fact, I have as much fun packaging items and I do making them!
1 comment:
Oh My Goodness, There's so much to look at and it's all so beautiful. I wish I had your talent, somehow that skipped me and was given to you.
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