Saturday, August 25, 2012

Pretty Packages All In A Row...

Yesterday, I (finally) took pictures of my packaging. I even started to add them to my listings. :-)

When going through my packaging, I realized that I have several tags and ribbons that do not match with my shop and packaging... hmmm... what's a girl to do? I've decided that I am going to start adding a few extras to packages going to other shop owners and with packages of supplies. That should work right? It's a win-win situation. I pass on something that I'm not likely to use (and is cluttering my work area - which doesn't need any help, but that's another story) to someone who hopefully CAN use it. Yay!

Here is how the photo shoot came out:












The beautiful butterfly note cards are from

The cute scalloped Thank You cards are from

How do you package your items for customers? 
Leave a comment and let us know.

xo ~ Mad

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Back To School!

Woohoo!! Today is the 1st day of 4th grade for my daughter. To celebrate, I'm bringing you some of my favorite school supplies on Etsy. Enjoy!

Backpacks:



Reusable Sandwich Bags:



Lunch Bags:
 by JBworld


Pencils:



Do you have a favorite back to school supply on Etsy? Please share!

xo ~ Mad

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Packaging For Success

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, I thought I'd address the subject of packaging... 

As many have said before me, people buy from Etsy shops for the personal touch of getting a special item directly from the maker. I recently read "Packaging That Packs A Punch Article: Call for Responses!" in the Etsy Success forum. They've set up a Flickr account with loads of examples of packaging to help your packaging to stand out in a crowd: etsypackaging. I thought I'd share a few of my favorites:

1:2Guinea

 Trio of totes by Nicola Rowlands

Noa Sharon Designs // Packaging

2009-12-31 23.00.00-73

GreenRibbonGemsPackaging

Arketypes Packaging 3

How do you package for success?

xo ~ Mad