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How To Package Your Product

The products we sell need to be encased or wrapped in some way for several reasons: protection, branding, presentation and experience. How…

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08 Jan 10

How To Package Your Product

Why is it important?

For sellers of handmade items, packaging plays a dual role. First, the packaging brands your products and makes them unique. The second is that it can help play up the fact that you're not selling conveyer-belt products. As crafters and artists, you can add personal touches that big corporations can’t, so take advantage of that!

What you will need:

  • A brown paper bag
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • Buttons
  • An ink pad of your color choice
  • A sponge, or something to rub the ink with
  • A thin ribbon (thin enough to thread through button holes) of your color choice
  • 2-3 circles of cut out scrapbook paper


Posted by: Dionne Christiansen

Posted in: Setting Up Shop

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14 Comments

1 Catwalk Creative Vintage commented on 01/08/2010

This is a lovely idea. Thanks for sharing! :)

2 Amie McCracken commented on 01/08/2010

Every time I see an article on packaging it makes me wish I sold something that wasn’t flat. Anybody have tips on how to package photos and cards in a pretty way?

3 Erin commented on 01/08/2010

This is gorgeous, I love the idea, and so easy to personalize it to everyone’s individual tastes!

4 Kristin commented on 01/08/2010

Those are gorgeous little packages! I often hear people say they don’t want to pay the added expense of pretty packaging – but it’s so important! I get feedback all the time on the fact that the items I send are in gift boxes, with grosgrain ribbon. I’ve seen great stuff using vellum-y paper and baker’s twine too…maybe that would work for photos and cards, because it’s lighter? Such adorable stuff!

5 Namrata Wadhwa commented on 01/08/2010

I loved this read!!Can’t wait to get all the stuff and try it out myself!! Great read

6 Courtney commented on 01/08/2010

I love that you have taken common, everyday items lying around the house and turned them into something so cute. What a creative & affordable way to spice things up! (Amie – I saw on Dionne’s last post a store featured called Nice Package that sells baker’s twine, they feature it wrapped around photos & it looks great!)

7 Mechelle commented on 01/08/2010

You have made something very simple elegant!

8 tiara commented on 01/10/2010

Aww, lovely! I love the little extra touch! :D makes the ordinary package looks a lot prettier! :D

and well, what can I say? I always love anything when ribbon is involved, haha…

thank you for the great idea! :D keep sharing? :p

9 Bob commented on 01/11/2010

Love the step by step approach. You make it look so simple. I’m definitely going to try to spice up the way I give gifts!

10 Kella commented on 01/13/2010

Your creativity never ceases to amaze and INSPIRE me. I see things like this and wish I could make my packaging look as good… now that I know the steps – I CAN!!!!

11 Carissa Marsh commented on 01/14/2010

so pretty! I love the buttons idea!

12 Phyllis Crawley commented on 02/19/2010

Great Idea! Thanks so much… I am always at a loss at how to do these things.

13 Tasha Chawner commented on 02/20/2010

Another beautiful gift-wrapping suggestion.
Thank you so much.

14 Violette commented on 04/15/2010

Wow…......is this cool or what? I often don’t dress up my etsy packages…..well because i don’t really enjoy wrapping…..but i can see how it can help make a simple gift into something special! Thanks so much for the nudge.

Love, Violette xo

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