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Ribbons Are Not Just for Bows

February 17, 2012

I have a ribbon addiction. I can hardly wait to see what new ribbons Nashville Wraps comes up with each season. I want to share some of my tricks for using different types of ribbon. Let’s start with curling ribbon. Our curly bows are quick and easy, but may not always come in the color [...]

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The competitor within

February 10, 2012

It used to be that business owners slept with one eye open, watching their competitors. However, over time that has changed a bit. When you look across the field of your competitors today, often you’ll find that they have already gone out of business. If you are left wondering why you are still standing, then [...]

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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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Made in the USA: It Matters!

January 20, 2012

An elevator door (at left) at Atlanta’s big Americasmart January 2012 gift show said a lot about just how important “Made in America” is becoming. This year the show opened up with a dedicated section of made in America products. There was a surprising array of high-quality gifts and apparel represented there, and the aisles [...]

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Where are you, Christmas?

December 20, 2011

Watching the movie “How the Grinch stole Christmas”, I was reminded of how many Christmases past could be summed up in the lyrics of the song sung by Faith Hill: “Where are you Christmas, why can’t I find you?” With all the issues and challenges we face in our fast-paced lives, due in varying degrees [...]

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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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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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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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A Yuan for American Jobs

October 21, 2011

Regardless of our politics, we all have a yen for more American jobs (I couldn’t resist the pun). That is really what the bi-partisan China Currency Bill could help accomplish. For those of you who have been reading my posts you know that they promote more American products and manufacturing, but we have lots of [...]

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