Comments on: A New Wrinkle in Holiday Gift Wrap

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:45:04 +0000

Irene,
My sister and I have been making our own jewelry and giving them as gifts since we were little. When we couldn’t afford fancy wrappings or boxes to give them in our Mother would take us to a GoodWill and buy a sheet with a pattern we liked and cut it up to make little bags. A few stitches and a nice ribbon or cord and your set. I know you can purchase gauzy gift bags through jewelry supply companies as well if time is an issue. I have a few that I reuse all the time for everything from my GameBoy to keeping extra buttons.

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By: Irene

Irene — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:58:33 +0000

I am a jewelry manufacturer and shop owner. We recycle everything: we shred for packing, we save boxes for shipping, we recycle our metals and build our own products.
My problem is giftwrap! My customers love it (we don’t use bows). And bags for their purchases, they love them! We always ask if they need a bag or wrap and 90% of the time it is “yes”. How can I get my customers off the paper dependency and do something unusual in its place? Not to mention the amount of paper boxes we use…anyone have suggestions? I am only interested in thoughtful suggestions since I am a reputable store of long standing reputation.
Thank you!