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gift & gourmet business

Why Vegan Baker Anita Shepherd Loves Our Packaging

February 3, 2012

This week we are featuring our customer Anita Shepard, owner of Electric Blue, a Brooklyn, New York baking company. Anita is a chef and food writer for Bon Appetit Magazine and various food blogs. She is also a menu consultant for vegan and gluten-free options and has recently started a cooking video series. We are very [...]

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How to Make a Big Beautiful Bow

January 27, 2012

Our “go-to” girl for making spectacular bows here at Nashville Wraps is Laura in our Customer Care Group. Anytime we need a big, pretty bow for a package or craft, we seek out Laura’s help. Before moving to Nashville and coming to work for Nashville Wraps, Laura worked in the floral business for 21 years. [...]

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How to Make Valentine Takeout Favors

January 13, 2012

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, I’ve made an easy Valentine Takeout Favor project using our mini Take Out Boxes, our 4″ metallic twist ties, and a few sheets of colorful felt. They would make cute “Valentines” for retail customers – perhaps with a 10% off coupon tucked inside. Wedding planners or candy shops might offer them [...]

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Gift Wrap Like a Professional with Arona Khan

December 16, 2011

One of the first things I received when I began my current job here at Nashville Wraps was an Arona Khan DVD on wrapping tricks. According to Harpers & Queen (Harper’s Bazaar UK), Arona was the first gift wrapping consultant. I’ve been a fan of hers ever since. Now that the biggest gift-wrapping season of [...]

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Charity Begins in the Breakroom

December 2, 2011

As the holidays approach with laser-like speed, we Americans are thinking, “What should I give my friends and co-workers this year? What kind of gift card or gift would they like to receive?” First, if you are still in business in today’s economic climate, take a moment to say “thanks”. Now, if you have a business [...]

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Shirley George Frazier – Building Her Business One Gift Basket at a Time

November 11, 2011

Shirley George Frazier is the queen of gift basket design and even refers to herself as a “basketologist”. She’s the author of the best-selling books How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book. Shirley came from a long line of entrepreneurs, so the drive to start a business in [...]

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USA Packaging Plant Keeps It Green

October 27, 2011

Recently a few of us at Nashville Wraps had the opportunity to visit one of our manufacturing partners in Portland, Oregon. They have found their niche and are supplying high quality, competitively priced, 100% recycled paper packaging products all across the United States and Canada. So what does it take to compete against the imports? [...]

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Encouraging Breast Cancer Patients One Gift Basket at a Time

October 14, 2011

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So it’s only fitting to feature one of our customers who is not only a breast cancer survivor herself, but who is also doing something positive to help women who are walking in her shoes.

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Candy Corn Love – How to Make Candy Corn Cones and Poms!

October 7, 2011

Recently I saw candy corn cones made from yarn on the visual bookmarking site Pinterest. Immediately, I thought these could be made using our raffia ribbon. They turned out as cute as can be. They are perfect for counter displays, centerpieces, mantles or store window displays. They look great with candy-corn tissue poms (shown at [...]

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How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers

September 30, 2011

Looking for a fun, easy and inexpensive way to dress up a package or your store window display? Look no further than tissue paper flowers. They resemble a cross between a carnation or peony when the ends are rounded. If you make pointed ends, you can create a chrysanthemum or dahlia look. Learn how to [...]

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