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Christmas – Made in America

December 8, 2011

It has been said that if our $465 billion dollar holiday spending spree was spent on goods made in the USA, it would create 4.6 million jobs or about 1 job per each $100,000 of sales. As of last week (December 2nd, 2011) the number of unemployed Americas (being counted) was 13.3 million or 8.6%. [...]

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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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Timber Green Woods Makes Sustainable Products a Work of Art

November 25, 2011

Timber Green Woods in Spring Green, Wisconsin started their little wood-working shop three years ago. With just a laser cutter, they began cutting and engraving wooden snowflake ornaments out of wood scraps left over from their sustainable wood flooring business. Eventually, Matt Van Susteren and his wife Amie ventured into the online world of Etsy [...]

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Norton’s USA – A Uniquely American General Store

November 18, 2011

In support of the Small Business Saturday “Shop Small” campaign on November 26th, we have asked one of our great customers, Norton’s USA, to tell their story. I was asked to write for the Nashville Wraps blog because I buy from this great company. I have a retail store that sells only American-made products – [...]

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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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Another Nashville Wraps Wedding

November 4, 2011

Working for Nashville Wraps has many perks. One of which is getting to see all the great products up close and personal. For the past several months, I have been planning my summer wedding. I was pleased to be able to use so many Nashville Wraps product groups for my bridal shower, rehearsal dinner and [...]

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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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