Making my own packaging.

If anything the lockdowns have brought on a wave of creativity and the newfound ability of pulling rabbits out of hats. They have affected my business in a lot (A LOT) of ways but today I will focus on one, my packaging manufacturing.

The issue:

I use a lovely British company to make my little pico. pouches but during the first lockdown I had an influx of orders and my stash almost disappeared. Their factory was also affected by the lockdown and the lead times were understandably very long so I had to figure out another way to package my orders until I could get my hands on some more.  The pouches below are the ones I have been using (and you have been loving) so far!

My solution:

Sewing machine: have. Endless fabrics: (lordy lord do I) have. I just put two and two together and had my very own eureka moment, I'll just make my own little pouches! I hope by now you know how much I adore sitting on my sewing machine, sewing away for hours on end so you can only imagine how happy I was to be able to have an excuse to use it more and more. After a couple of trials I arrived to the below result which I was very pleased with. 

One step further:

After I had a go and saw that it's an enjoyable and very doable task to take on I decided to take it one step further and figure out a way to brand my little handmade pouches. I contacted one of my favorite screen printing studios: tind. extraordinaire. and asked them if they could make me a custom screen with my logo and they said YES! They are absolutely amazing, please check their shop out!

Currently:

Today is the day I finally can focus on this project. I unboxed the beautiful package and it honestly felt like opening a Christmas present. They stuck handwritten labels on everything, made me the world's tiniest and cutest squeegee and included loads of beautifully screen printed merch as well as stickers. 

The future:

My goal is to have as small a footprint as possible as a business. By taking packaging manufacturing in house I can produce my pouches as and when I need them instead of ordering a large amount in advance.