I am in love with making my own packaging and display. Now I am suppose to keep a consistent theme going, but I could not pass up FREE. 60 boards and they already have the holes. All it took was some stamps and ink and I have a DIY display.
back side
Front side
Here is what I did with them.
First, I picked the stamps I would use to decorate. I only needed a few. My favorite is the Sincerely and Live, Laugh and Love stamp.
The same goes for the inks I use. Just a few.
****Note, most of the inks I picked up from thrift shops, garage sale and as you can see 50 cents at Jo-Ann Fabrics*******
To make it interesting, I just repeated the same stamp on each card. I plan to use them to display my beaded bookmarks and key rings., which I will showing later.o I plan to add my business logo on the back side. Stay tune.
It is so good to have to the time to make things and get them together. I have not had this kind of freedom in a long time. I am having the time of my life. Since I have so many interest, I spread a lot of my post around. To see my one of card display projects, check out my other post. Now that I have the time, I might as well make use of it. My latest creations.
It did not bother me, that they had another company's name on them. That is what I like about them, plus the fact they were FREE.
These bags were FREE. I can always spot a winner. I will keep saying FREE. It feels good inside.
All I had to do was to add my label to the bag. Ownership.
They are perfect for holding my long necklaces. I like the hole at the top.
I can use it to hang on my peg board display, whenever I get it built.
You don't have to spend money on expensive displays and jewelry holders.
A little imagination goes a long way.
FREE(there is that word again) bags, labels from the dollar store and some ink.
More items for display. I had these boxes leftover. I like the gold colored boxes, but they are out of my price range at this moment. Why not decorate these boxes to add a little color to the table. I will be trying other methods as I go along.
Here are the color inks I used.
Now for the boxes. I have them in different sizes. I decided just to ink the edges. I think they turned out pretty nice.
I like to always find ways to make my business better. What business doesn't? I love making my own tags, bags, displays, anything to enhance my booth/table/site and increase sales. Since I am the frugal, crafty type, I am always on the hunt for items to use, reuse or recycle. The school where I work had a carnival on the last day. One of the booths that we have is the White Elephant. Donations of used goods are sold to fund our next years activities. I picked up a box of party favor bags. 8 bags to a pak, and I had 21 paks. I knew instantly what I could do with them.
I love the round center
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Opens up to fit earring, bracelets and small necklaces.
Look how deep the bag is!!
The ribbon is an added bonus. How pretty.
Someone must have ordered these for a party or wedding.
My first thought was to get some round labels, print my name and paste them on to the bag. I checked with Staples and they wanted 17.00 a package. I did not know whether I would have the need for round labels again, so crossed out that idea. My next thought was to use address labels. I had already purchased some from the dollar store.
Plain old boring white labels.
Since I had gotten them from the dollar, store(Thank you Dollar Tree), I saw that they compared to Avery 8160. If you know Avery Labels, they can be quite expensive. Inside the folder was instructions on how to print on the labels using MS-Word. Here is what I printed out. Simple and to the point.
Now at this stage of the game, I thought about add some other embellishment to the labels to give it some style. Here is what I did
Nothing at all. The only other thing I did was to paste them down at an angle.
Nothing more, nothing less. I just want my business name and the bag to stand out.
The same goes for the inks I use. Just a few.
