Showing posts with label packaging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label packaging. Show all posts

Monday, January 6, 2014

Wine Bottle Wonderland


 

 



This was my Christmas 2013 gift wrap. A bigger version of my Etsy shop packaging




 
I LOVE Latin botanical names. (geek)


 
This is the back of the bag.


 
This was all well and good....simple and straight forward..... BUT then I had this thought..... How cool would it be if you took a  bottle of wine to a party and instead of being filled with spirits, it contained a little snowy scene and lights? Your host slides off the bag and WOW, a little glowing world. What a dramatic reveal!(Unless he REALLY likes wine and doesn't care for crafty kitch.... people, choose your giftee carefully. These take forever to make!) here's how it turned out....




 
You can stamp cork! 'Comfort and Joy to You'





 

Oohh. It really is kind of dramatic.....




 

The whole scene





 
1. Glitter floral branches from Michaels  2. Martha Stewart self hardening clay for snowy base  3. Tiny stamps  4. Heatless Mizzy Wheels and a tiny grinding bit for drilling the glass  5. Paper images from the net covered in Martha Stewart Decoupage and coarse glitter  6. Tiny silver wire lights -Amazon $6   7. A cheap (cheep) feather boa



 

The owls came out the best.



 

Everything has to fit thru the neck of the bottle so the animals are all paper -covered with decoupage and glitter. The owl has been given some depth with two layered wings and face and a tiny tuft of boa feather.


 
Hare.



 

Drilling the hole was surprisingly easy. I used 2 grinding wheels and a flex shaft.


 
I liked this quote. Something from the Peaceable Kingdom paintings would have been even better.




 
Finished!

































































Monday, September 16, 2013

Well Hello There.....


 
 
 Ribbon Dying Experiment #1

My poor little blog.....SO neglected.  It's busy season at the day job. When I last posted, dyed ribbon was the obsession du jour. This is how my first experiment played out.... The dying went fine -great color, even on the roll of rayon ribbon. The cotton fabric was slow to wick up the color. I think it needs a deeper bath and should be wrapped tighter on a spool. Easy enough.

My jubilation was short lived- when I rinsed the ribbon, all the color washed out! Bummer....My chemicals were quite old. Will try it again with a new batch.

 
 

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Packaging Pinboard.... Options, Materials and Ephemeral Ideas


This post is a haphazard compilation of pictures and materials that MAY lead in a new direction for my Etsy store 'branding'. I use the term loosely as it implies a deliberate and thoughtful editing process that I never fully commit to. I'm always pulling threads out of the air and they don't always belong to the same sweater. I like the nautical vibe that's popping up in some of my pieces. I like the random squid and whale graphic I bought as a digital image. I like the dip dyed silk ribbon-both process and product. So there you go.....a pin board of potential. 

Recycled Silk Sari Yarn from yarnyarnyarns.etsy.com

Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon From flowerseedpaper.etsy.com






Cool Graphic.....Whale Loves Squid? Stamped on dip dyed cotton?


I LIKE This!


Current Packaging and Graphics

Looking For The Threads To Tie It All Together...



Sunday, February 10, 2013

Stormy Weekend



Outside

Buddha in the February Blizzard




Inside

Messing Around With Torn and Stitched Cotton for Photo Prop

New Bags for my Etsy Store!