Packaging on the Cheap

There are some days when you just want a deal. A really good deal on something you plan to buy more than 100 or 200 of. Head for the beeline to Uline – known for their shipping supplies offers packaging for gifts and favors on the most common items you see on the web. When you want to give candy or anything of the sort, check out their:

Clear Vinyl Boxes
They have these in sizes ranging from 2x2x2 to 8 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8". So, that little chocolate truffle you want to give out can probably fit into their smallest box.



Frosted Take-Out Boxes
Having an Asian themed party and want to give out something in these containers? Well, their frosted take-out boxes come in two sizes and 4 colors, including white. It’s great for holding treats such as fortune cookies. If you want them in the regular take-out boxes, Uline has them in plain white.



Gift Boxes
You’ve seen it – that pretty white box with a cute little ribbon tied around it? Yes, we all know them and have seen them in all sorts of sizes and colors. You can choose from white glossy, black, kraft, gold, and silver. Their sizes range from as small as a 2x2x2 to as large as a 15 x 7 x 7.



For additional packaging ideas, check out these links:

Decorating and packaging favors

Containers for favors

Weekends that end too soon

Fridays come too slowly; Sundays end too quickly. Right around 7pm, that blue sinking feeling creeps up - beckoning that Monday doom is back. Although the weekend was filled with a bit of fun and excitement, it really just ends too soon. The fun and excitement I'm talking about was a small Japanese tea party at my bestfriend's birthday dinner. She had lived in Japan for a while and gave us some pretty neat party favors by putting together a small bunch of Japanese tea cookies paired with green tea packets, and placed everything in a box tied in a product called an organza wrap from Bellenza.com, which offers some pretty unique wedding favors. Shelly is pretty creative and I must say that the wrap idea was quite a cool thing. Sigh, this is one weekend that I wished lasted longer.



- You can get them at Mitsuwa - a great Japanese grocery with branches also on the East Coast.



- You can get them online at Bellenza.