Tutorial: Making Presents Look Costlier Than They Actually Were

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Sometimes, you find someone receiving a gift, and you see their face of disapproval, even if they are trying to fake it as much as they can. It is something natural, presents build up such a level of expectancy that is rarely matched with the real gift. Sometimes, this failure lies in how simple the present are, even if the intentions were the best.

An excellent way to work around this issue is to make an expensive present only look costlier than it was. Baskets are a great way to start since they are easy to make and easy to fake. Decoration and attention to detail are the key principles of creating a basket that looks expensive.

This kind of procedure can also be used to make candy boxes, as we receive tons of requests to talk about them.

Sometimes, you have to make something that stands out, even if you’re on a budget. The person might be extremely special to you, or you own that person big time. Maybe it’s more than a person, but a group of individuals that you want to gift. Maybe it’s a couple, and you are congratulating them.

Whatever is the reason, this is how you start.

Some important steps need to be carefully analyzed to make present baskets or Candy Boxes that have a lot of attention to detail. Think about large boxes or baskets, because bigger means more expensive. Large present boxes, tall jars and multi-decorated baskets are the first steps to making a gift look much more expensive than it actually was.

First, you have to plan the Basket that you are going to use, or, in the case of the box, the container or jar. You can use stuffing or shred as well. You can use your own shred if you have the time to cut out the strips with a scissor, but they can be bought otherwise. You can even use tissue paper, as well as an old newspaper or a glossy colored paper.

Then, you’ll need cellophane or a transparent wrap to use later.

Lastly, the decorations, ornaments, gift cards and other personal items can be added at the end and should be. Flowers, decorative pins, painting, ribbons, anything that speaks loud about your intentions.

Of course, let’s not forget the presents that are going to be inserted inside the basket. This part is the most important one, and it gives a great impression if done right.

Wrap the basket in a cellophane wrap. When you do, make sure you’ve left a gather on top for it to look much bigger than it is.

There should be some theme attached to the present, and your decorations should all fit that theme you’ve chosen. This creates a pattern, and patterns mean a lot of attention to details.

Although the decoration is optional and dependent on each person, it’s highly advisable to use a colored ribbon to tie the cellophane and also decorate other parts of the basket with ribbons. It creates a very friendly atmosphere for the gift.

There are many options to choose from, and they can all be searched online. There are great gift baskets to be inspired from on the internet, and they all fit the most used themes: Christmas, Valentine, Birthday, and the list goes on.

For the presents, you can include food, candies, candy boxes (A box inside a box!) or anything that you know your gifted person or group will relate to.

If you practice enough, these pieces of art can even be sold, as there are many women that like buying customized baskets to gift their relatives and loved ones.

What are you waiting for? Go do it yourself!

Packaging Adaptability to Different Situations

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Transportation of goods is a discipline that many people take like lightly. What they fail to understand is that there are many dynamics in place with transportation and logistics. Today might be a change in route while tomorrow I might face the challenge of transporting fragile items. In either case, I have to get the job done. It is, therefore, my responsibility to come up with a methodology that will safely transport items from one location to the other and deliver them safely regardless of the obstacles I might encounter along the way. Trailer vibration is my biggest challenge since different road surfaces make the vehicle shake in varying degrees.

Hence, any standard test methods on wave sequence that we use do not occur to bear much fruit. Since technology favors us to a large extent, we have resulted to using sensors and other computer devices to monitor products closely during transportation. Plans are already underway to introduce driverless trucks on our roads. With the trailers being operated by computers, they can react to different terrain with efficiency. Thus, product damage during transportation might become a thing of the past. Also, platooning is another concept that will be introduced very soon to the logistics department.

Platooning helps reduce drag thus increasing on fuel economy. Since future trailers have great sensor fittings, a motorcade of trucks will be able to move back to back without compromising on road safety. In so doing, road swaying will be averted thus reducing chances of product destruction. In this new form of technology, trailers will travel through designated routes. Thus, the dynamics of a particular road or highway much prominent to truck use will be known making packaging and transport of items an easy task.

With a predictable highway system, I will be able to come up with an efficient packaging mechanism that will safeguard the safety of your goods. Before packaging, we always test our Cardboard Boxes in our company. When we analyze our findings and find that there are slight variations, we make it our mission to change these discrepancies before shipment. If it so happens that the transportation route to be made use of appears to be rugged, we offer additional cushioning to our Cardboard Boxes.
With each passing day, there is a change in packaging technology. To this end, we are looking forward to a time when products will move from one location to the other without experiencing any damage. By the use of highly advanced computer systems, we will be better placed to help reduce chances of human error. Human error has been associated with item damage since a truck driver might from time to time opt to use an alternative route, a road that might be rough and rugged thus increasing chances of particular goods getting destroyed in the process. Cases of poor breaking will be at a minimum thus most if not all commodities will arrive at their destinations safely.

Due to the factors mentioned above, losses will be at a minimum and packaging institutions will be able to thrive in an already competitive market. Customers will be pleased by the levels of service they receive from packaging companies like the one I am in, thus giving us many active referrals per given day. Thus, the future is bright regarding safe product shipment.

Preparing For Your Move with These Simple Tips

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Moving is stressful. Whether your things are going to a storage unit or moving to your new home, there are plenty of points to consider before you do, such as how you are going to transport your supplies. Picking the right packaging supplies for your items is one of the single most important things to do to protect your belongings and ensure a safe and smooth move wherever you need to be.

What Moving Supplies You May Need

Boxes: A staple to any move is putting your things into boxes. A sturdy cardboard box will guard your items and prevent valuable, fragile belongings from getting banged up and broken. Ensure that you have plenty of different sizes from which to choose. There are also specialized boxes that allow you to quickly and easily pack things like dishes and clothes to save time and money later. Remember to use new boxes, as old boxes may have suffered from the last move, becoming flimsy and susceptible to splitting.

Packing Paper/Peanuts: Once you have your boxes filled, you should focus on filling them with paper or peanuts. These are designed to fill out any unused space left in the box and absorb shock from bumps during transport. If anything shifts while in storage, the items won’t have anywhere to fall.

Bubble/Shrink Wrap: More than just a stress relief, bubble wrap can be used to wrap up large, fragile items such as televisions and computers. For mirrors and other large, flat items, you can use shrink wrap to protect them from scrapes and scratches.

Packing Tape: Tape is a necessity if you plan on sealing your newly filled boxes at all. Add stability to your boxes by doubling up on tape to the bottom and sides, as well as any weak points. If your items are heavy, definitely ensure that your boxes are well sealed so that the bottoms do not fall out.

Markers: Now that you have packed, protected, and sealed your boxes, you should mark them with a marker to remember what exactly is inside. You can write a broad term such as ‘kitchen,’ or you can be very specific and list the types of items that are packed within. Unpacking then becomes a very simple process.

Mattress Covers: These handy wraps are akin to big, thick, plastic bags that you slide over your bed to defend against dirt, grease, and scraping. They are also a necessity for when you are keeping mattresses in storage, and it protects against the build-up of dust and mites.

Furniture Covers: Similar to mattress covers, furniture covers are designed to prevent dust and bugs from making their way into your expensive furniture. It also allows the cloth to breathe, meaning humidity doesn’t get trapped against your couch cushions and get moldy. When retrieving your furniture from storage, it’s as simple as taking off the covers and enjoying your couch as fresh as when you put it away.

Estimate How Many Packaging Supplies You Need

Save yourself some money and a trip to the supply store by planning out roughly how many materials you will need to complete your move. There are numerous websites online that can do this for you, but it is all dependent on the size of your home and the amount of stuff you want to move. A three bedroom home can take as many as 16 large and extra-large boxes, 18 medium boxes, 20 small boxes, six rolls of tape, and bubble wrap to fill it all out. Knowing what to have and an estimate of the packaging supplies you will need can save you time, money, and stress in the long haul.

How to Build Moving Boxes for Packing

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There are many different handy skills that people can learn over a period of time. These skills can be very useful in a lot of situations, including learning how to build moving cardboard boxes for a relocation. Even though the initial building may take a little time to complete accurately, people tend to get a lot swifter when they have completed quite a few. Whatever the case, it is very important that people learn how to build them quickly so that they can help to speed up the packing process.

That said, here are the 4 steps that people can follow to build cardboard boxes correctly.

Step #1 – Gather all of the supplies that will be needed to build the cardboard box. Fortunately, there are only 3 items that will be required to do this kind of job correctly, and they are listed as follows.

– Tape Gun
– Tape
– Flat Moving box

Step #2 – Pick up the flat moving box, and then begin to fold it into the shape of a cube. If the person has any difficulty with completing this step, the instructions for folding it in this manner is normally written on the box. In general, this process is usually very simple to do because it only requires standing the flat moving box in an upright position and then opening each of the corners of the box out as instructed.

– Once part of building a moving box is complete, the person will then fold each of the flaps across one another very carefully. The lower flaps of the moving box should be folded 1st and then the upper flaps should be folded 2nd.

– Based on how the boxes are designed, the person may be able to secure the flaps by simply tucking them at the end. This tucking process is great for making sure the flaps are secured in a manner that will make it difficult for them to open again.

Step #3 – After the flaps are in the correct position, the next step is to position the box upright. Simply stated, the base of the box (flaps that have been closed) should be positioned upwards toward the ceilings if the person is on the inside of a home or facility.

– The tape gun should be used to tape the bottom of the box so that it remains closed permanently.
– Make sure the tape covers the entire flap on each side of the box and then break off the excess tape accordingly. Most people can judge how far the tape needs to travel down before it i cut off.

-The actions provided above should be done over and over again until the bottom of the box is strong enough to handle small or large items to be placed in them for storage.

Step #4 – Pack Items in the Box for Moving day

Once all of the items have been placed in the box (books, tablets, ink pens, bowls, electronics, etc.), all the person has to do is to seal the top of the box. Sealing the top of the box will only require using the tape gun again to apply the tape. The tape can be applied liberal enough to cover the top of the box so that it will not open again without being cut.

Delivering candies the optimal way

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Have you ever wanted to send someone a package of chocolate, candies or edible and was scared of it melting inside the package or that it wouldn’t reach the person in a good state? It is very common to blow up a gift just by forgetting that chocolate can easily melt in hot weather.

There are also many options for packages that many people don’t account for besides the traditional chocolate box. You can send candies in buckets, jars, candy boxes and even treat bags, those famous plastic cones that they give at kids’ birthday parties.

As for the candies themselves, you have to think and research about the possible reactions your chosen edible can have on the weather, excessive movement and if it can spoil. Some types of candy can expire in a quick manner or get a bad taste if wet.

Types of Candies

Caramel, if too much time passes, can get extremely hard. What is called “hard candy,” like lollipops, for example, can last indefinitely but will get sticky and clumped together if humidity gets to it. Candy boxes are not the best option for caramel.

Chocolate lasts for months, only having a bit of discoloration and softening after too much time has passed, but candies with nuts in them can get spoiled very quickly.

Lastly, a good practice is to account for five months the time you should start doubting the quality of your candies. Besides that, they are still edible as they are primarily made of sugar, so they’ll just get softer as a result.

For hard candy, because they can last longer, will not need too much attention spent on their package, just make sure it can’t get easily wet, so a glass bottle or a tin is the way to go with them.

As for chocolate, those old, classic candy boxes are still a good alternative for them, as you can’t fight back against hot weather. Chocolate boxes usually have a pre-made template for you to put chocolates there and they won’t move around the box. That is important if your candy can break into pieces or if there is a decoration in it.

Shipping

While shipping, keeping the nature of the candy in mind is as important as when deciding the package. Chocolate and caramel, for example, can melt while shipping during hot days.

In the case of fragile candies, it is a good practice to use what is called overnight or one-day shipping. These have better chances of delivering your products in a much better state than other means of transportation.

It is important to keep in mind that candies can get into a bad state if kept inside a hot truck in the weekend. Because of that, remember to always ship them early in the week. That way they won’t get stuck during the weekend, and you’ll also secure that the delivery was fast.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises to put them in the refrigerator or places with a cold temperature for them to return to the optimal state, especially if shipping to hot places.

For packaging, they advise to place a cold source inside an insulated container and place the candy on top. After that, close the container, and you’re ready to ship it.