Shredded paper is yummy

Because of all the notepads I've been trimming I'm left with lots of shredded paper which I've been using to package some of my orders, its not really to protect it but sometimes the item looks all lonely in their bags (I mean in the tracing paper bag not loose in the mailing envelope btw) so I thought this was a good filler and kind of makes a little colourful paper nest for the item, maybe I am weird but I really like the crispness of shredded paper, to scrunch it up and see it move back and the little shadows etc but then I've always been into paper and pens more than barbies as a kid so maybe I am weird :D

the power of the internet (it is very powerful)

So this morning I googled Littleclouds in the image section to see if any of my stuff would show up instead of photos of little clouds and it did! My airplane posties did twice, the first was from a blog (suburbanpenpal) that had featured them which I didn't know about (yeah good job Google Analytics, nice one) which lead me to find some really cool stuff like this

Owlyshadowpuppets

Which took me a while to figure out because I forget that Americans have to buy health insurance (crazy!) but what really struck me was the packaging! I use this type of tracing style paper myself to wrap stuff up but never thought to do anything pretty to it, I think its so clever!
Its cheap, simple, recyclable, easy to biodegrade & easy to change & customise, this is my kind of packaging.

lightbulb moments!

I know how we're all environmentalists now and that but I still think customers prefer new packaging materials for their retail orders (I think I do, it seems part of the branding to me, unless your specifically an eco brand) so I love it when I get to reuse envelopes for things I'm sending home to friends & family. The above is just a bubble envelope turned inside out so no need for covering old markings, I think it looks spiffy ! <--- a word I've been trying to get popular to no success so far.
For the postally experienced you may immediately think 'ahh but where do you put the stamps because it won't stick to plastic' because that is what I thought until I realised you can turn the flap over to use hurrah!

As a buyer from any shop, does the packaging/branding of your order make a difference to you?

HSH paper rings 2

More colours and look how cute the boxes are!

I've cushioned the boxes with scraps of fabric I was only going to throw away and it presents them nicely so pretty win win.

Listed up here in $USD and here in Euros.

via air

I love love love love my new airmail envelopes !

Handmade boxes

I've been looking for simple kraft boxes but haven't seen them anywhere, unless I buy 1000 boxes of a million trillion etc etc.

So yesterday I submitted and made my own from an Etsy tutorial which looked decent so I've taken it to the next geek level !

To save time and to minimise unneeded creases I made myself a guide on Illustrator so that I just print it out and know where to cut & fold !

I made some modifications to the pattern to make for a rectangular shaped box too.

You can't see it very well in the photo but the boxes are made out of index cards and the 'Littleclouds' is made from the new stamp. I think only in Hong Kong would you find A4 sized index cards !

stamps are fun ll

I collected my stamps yesterday and am so happy with them, the quality of the lines are really good and they are quite inexpensive for the quality.

I think I will use these to decorate packages and randomly at pleasure !