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GIFT IDEAS, Gift WRAP | November 11, 2009

Enhance Your Holiday Packages with Festive Tapes

A simple way to enhance mailing boxes or solid color bags during the Holiday is by adding a decorative tape. Envelop wrap around labels could be used as gift tags or to send your Holiday cards. TapeSwell proposes 27 decorative packing tapes, including 7 Holiday patterns. The red and blue Pod Envelop Wrap Around tape harmoniously [...]

HOME + GARDEN, HOME decor | September 2, 2009

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Scotties Introduces Umbra Designer Series

This is a first! I never imagined that a box of facial tissues would fit into the scope on my blog until I saw the print design on those boxes. It is another proof that great packaging can win customers. It is about time that facial tissue maker acknowledged that a large number of people lives [...]

DINING, FOOD + drinks | August 21, 2009

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Cute and Fun Packaging for Food and Drinks

For the cream de la cream in packaging, I often refer to Lovely Package. This is the blog to discover cool packaging from around the World. Tonight, I concentrate in food and drinks. These people with their facial expressions talk to me. The packaging conveys a message of happiness that is contagious. I want to try [...]

GIFT IDEAS, HOSTESS gifts | June 11, 2009

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Ninutik: The Modern Side of Maple Syrup

Canada is the premier producer of maple syrup. Although the number of producers is impressive, if there is a constant is the packaging. In fact, neither the producers or the distributors make an effort to distinguish their product through packaging. The maple leaf is used as much as possible. Some have even developed complex bottle like [...]

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | February 14, 2009

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Happy Valentine!

I wish you all the love in this day. I wanted all week to show the free bag template from Twig & Thistle. Kathleen suggests baking a batch of brownies. Cut them with a heart cookie cutter. Customize your packaging with her adorable DIY Sweetheart Brownie Valentine. This is something you can easily do this afternoon. [...]

BABY showers, ENTERTAINING, KIDS party | January 2, 2009

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Milk Bottles as You Never Seen Before

Through their form, function and aesthetics, packaging influences consumption. These are cute food packaging. Design-oriented bottles also make our life easy when we entertain. I found those marvels on Lovely Package, a blog dedicated to the very best package design has to offer. The Arla bottles of milk were designed to fit the lifestyle [...]

ALL occasions, ENTERTAINING, GIFT IDEAS, TABLESCAPE | December 3, 2007

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Gender neutral schemes| 3 blogs and a mood board – 2007.12.03 edition

I am pleased to feature two blogs I never spoke of. And it seems that brown is the color of my weekly mood board. 1 | Design Crush In her resourceful blog, Kelly talked about Garnish, a great source to make your own gift packaging for food. Garnish supplies the basic materials and you [...]