Presentation Tuesday - LemonVerbena1

These Victorian photo album pages came from LemonVerbena1 on Etsy. The packaging was exquisite.


I opened up the box and this is what I saw:





Very simple, yet elegant.  Here's the card:





The lovely card and heart were extras.


The reveal:




And the other side:




She included a note referencing The Vintage Moth.  The Vintage Moth is a wonderful source of free antique and vintage images for artists. 


Since I started getting wonderfully wrapped packages like this I've tried to improve my packaging and presentation. It's so much fun unwrapping "presents."

Presentation Tuesday - Vintage1955

Presentation Tuesday, for those who missed my first post, deals with the art of presentation and packaging.  

I ordered some vintage typewriter keys from Vintage1955 on Etsy.  Here's the envelope:

I love the collaged envelope!  I don't know if she puts the typewriter on all her envelopes, or if this was coordinated with the keys I ordered. It's a fun piece of mail art.


The keys were nicely wrapped in a handmade sewn envelope:




Note the "thank you" tag complete with bow and brad. 


Here are all the items unwrapped.  Vintage1955 also added the commercial "L" and "T" letters as a freebie.  My initials!  How thoughtful.




It's so much fun to get an order wrapped like this. 

Presentation Tuesday

I've been thinking about doing a series on artful presentation for some time.  I've got a little collection of photos of things I've ordered from Etsy and elsewhere that had special little touches, beautiful wrapping, or some other artful presentation.  This is the first post. 

I received these little brainless frozen Charlottes from RetroStash a couple of days ago. They're "brainless" because the top of the head is missing by design.  I have something seriously twisted in "mind" --all puns intended--for them. 


The stamped designs on the envelope are a special touch that I appreciate.  Even the Fragile stamp has been used artistically by repeating it. I love her return address stamp. I do this sometimes myself by stamping a thank you stamp on the back of the envelope, and room permitting, a large hand stamp on the front. It's a quick and inexpensive way to make your packages stand out.  The Charlottes (Charlies?) were each wrapped in rolls of bubble wrap about 2.5 inches in diameter so the envelope was quite fat. They were well protected on their journey to me. RetroStash also used a plaid packing tape on the back (not shown) and inside on the bubble wrap that matched the ink color of the stamp designs.  The coordination of color shows that thought went into the packaging. 


Getting a package with some artistry or special touches in the packaging is like getting a present.   And who doesn't like presents?


I'll post Presentation Tuesday when I have something to post on.  I've got a little backlog, so I know I'll have a few more.