My packaging for the longest time has been wrapping each bar of soap one by one with white dry wax paper, colorful ribbon then sticker tags front and back. It is very economical but very time consuming. I've always been searching for a more exciting, professional look new packaging idea.
I could order a whole bunch of custom made boxes from suppliers, but that needs a rather LARGE minimum order to get the price economical. I do like the idea of soap in a box. That would give the soap a more uniform look. But as restless as me, I probably change my design way too often to make the pre-order worth awhile.
One day one of my soaping friends introduced me to this crafting machine that connects to any computer to design, print from any printer then send it back to cut. It is a little pricey but I totally got excited by the flexibility this will give to my packaging need. I can change my design anytime I want with no minimum order to worry about!
I started sketching my first box idea:
Using a graphic program to draw and print, cut with plain old pair of scissors for prototype study #1:
Yes, it is very colorful, LOL, doing it so I can see how different planes come together.
I sent the design to cut with my new toy to test prototype #2: text choice is not good for cutouts... sigh.
Testing more fonts for cutouts and found the one that works pretty well:
I could order a whole bunch of custom made boxes from suppliers, but that needs a rather LARGE minimum order to get the price economical. I do like the idea of soap in a box. That would give the soap a more uniform look. But as restless as me, I probably change my design way too often to make the pre-order worth awhile.
One day one of my soaping friends introduced me to this crafting machine that connects to any computer to design, print from any printer then send it back to cut. It is a little pricey but I totally got excited by the flexibility this will give to my packaging need. I can change my design anytime I want with no minimum order to worry about!
I started sketching my first box idea:
Yes, it is very colorful, LOL, doing it so I can see how different planes come together.
I sent the design to cut with my new toy to test prototype #2: text choice is not good for cutouts... sigh.
Testing more fonts for cutouts and found the one that works pretty well:
Now thanks to my honey, I got some professional looking product photos!
