Last week pretty much epitomized my month of November, with
an orchid show and sale all day every day, theatre performances every
night, and not much sleep. The last month of the day-job marathon begins again tomorrow morning, so I’m not sure how much
I’ll be able to post between now and December.
The one bright spot in it all is the new bottles. I packed
my first wholesale order of new bottles last week, and it was a wonderful
experience to be able to take bottles from the box and fill them without having
to print, cut, and apply labels. The boxes are as wonderful as the bottles, a
perfect fit, with labels already printed on them. I just have to pop them open
and put the bottle in! I’m beginning to think that the extra expense is offset
by the fact that it’s less work to prepare stock and fill orders. Customers
will also have a nice label that isn’t affected by liquids, and a good box to
keep their perfume in.
In the process of filling and boxing perfumes, I discovered
that the outside of the boxes can be cleaned with alcohol if needed. I was able
to remove some stray glue completely by rubbing the box with alcohol. The box
looked perfect afterwards, so it seems that the finish is resistant to liquids
as well as mechanical damage.
I never thought I’d do it, but I’ll probably end up
eventually going to screen-printed labels and custom boxes for everything 30 ml
or larger.
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They look FANTASTIC!! Now i'll have to use up all my current stuff so I can get the new bottles. Good one Ellen,
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Portia, Thanks for the comment. I've been having issues with Blogger and with too much going on generally, but will get back to posting soon.
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