tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post6877552612792204020..comments2024-02-21T05:09:01.090-05:00Comments on Anya's Garden Perfumes + The Natural Perfumery Institute: Boxgasm - for perfumers, aromatherapists, bath and body manufacturers, chandlers. What the heck is a boxgasm? Well, read below and you may have one.anyasgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-398525386839511742011-12-16T08:55:39.294-05:002011-12-16T08:55:39.294-05:00I emailed your shop contact as I didn't see an...I emailed your shop contact as I didn't see an email here. Just checking to see if you got it?Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02011769071145033954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-84097882179806632932011-12-15T11:50:16.141-05:002011-12-15T11:50:16.141-05:00No, Andrea, really sharp, like 3 degrees, I'd ...No, Andrea, really sharp, like 3 degrees, I'd say, when the inner flap cut needs to make a sharp turn for an outside folding flap. Does that make sense? I can send you a file, if you write me privately with your email address.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-37013409093804116902011-12-15T10:16:49.760-05:002011-12-15T10:16:49.760-05:00Hi Anya, what do you mean by sharp turns exactly? ...Hi Anya, what do you mean by sharp turns exactly? Like a 45 degree angled corner? I know AI very well, I use it all the time, so making a svg file in AI should be no problem. If you want, I might be able to help with any file adjustments. I'd just really like to know that this machine really works before buying! This sort of thing, you just don't know if it'll work til you take it home...Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02011769071145033954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-90999025131246031662011-12-13T19:44:35.989-05:002011-12-13T19:44:35.989-05:00HI Andrea
Other than the canned software and Emi...HI Andrea <br /><br />Other than the canned software and Emily's mom's templates, I just had no luck with it. Elise quickly taught herself Adobe Illustrator and figured the sequence of placing the lines and the lack of sharp turns in the cuttings made the difference. Then she saves the AI file as an .svg and cuts away with no problem. Do you know AI or know someone who does? The student and graphic artist that were mentioned did, but they didn't have time or passion to analyze the line sequence or angle problem.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-85244663594261324052011-12-13T10:32:45.133-05:002011-12-13T10:32:45.133-05:00Hello Anya. Thanks for the great info. I am lookin...Hello Anya. Thanks for the great info. I am looking into the ecutter. There are a ton of bad reviews of it on Amazon. It looks like you got good results from it. A lot of complaints about it shredding their papers and not cutting accurately. Did you encounters problems like this? Is it a major learning curve to get it to work properly so that you can use it for production (aside from the box design itself, does it cut as it promises to)?Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02011769071145033954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-61256391475717575532011-12-11T15:34:58.138-05:002011-12-11T15:34:58.138-05:00Elise has a followup blog about the boxgasm moving...Elise has a followup blog about the boxgasm moving forward and there's a giveaway! http://bellyflowers.blogspot.com/2011/12/much-ado-about-boxes.htmlanyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-37632240742041293872011-10-28T15:04:36.767-04:002011-10-28T15:04:36.767-04:00Anonymouse, thanks for alerting me that blogger ha...Anonymouse, thanks for alerting me that blogger had removed the images due to some glitch. It was a lot of work reloading them, and so I've saved this blog as a .pdf in case it happens again. If it does, I don't want to waste over an hour reloading the photos, so I'll post a message at the top of the post telling readers to contact me for the .pdf that I can email tham.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br />Anyaanyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-34575203355814279482011-10-26T01:24:06.924-04:002011-10-26T01:24:06.924-04:00What happened to the images? All I see are grey tr...What happened to the images? All I see are grey triangles containing an exclamation point before a black background.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-28505391273558545052011-08-30T14:07:48.696-04:002011-08-30T14:07:48.696-04:00Just what I have been looking for! Thank you so mu...Just what I have been looking for! Thank you so much!Moonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737829090419474123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-10111432945964857452011-08-25T23:51:06.995-04:002011-08-25T23:51:06.995-04:00I'm happy to help, Sharryn, Please pass this ...I'm happy to help, Sharryn, Please pass this post on to others, if you frequent forums or blogs where this discovery might help others.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-43845826540377485792011-08-25T22:07:11.461-04:002011-08-25T22:07:11.461-04:00Thank you so much for this post Anya, I have been ...Thank you so much for this post Anya, I have been looking for something this this for other packaging purposes. Fabulous.Sharryn Stormonthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-35357427873189506552011-08-25T18:43:37.348-04:002011-08-25T18:43:37.348-04:00Cindy, I googled the Duck tape and it seems they c...Cindy, I googled the Duck tape and it seems they changed the formula and people say it doesn't work well http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/reviews.jsp?pageName=&PRODID=prd23480&id=prd23480&resultsperpage=24anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-79662983727376726812011-08-25T15:14:28.446-04:002011-08-25T15:14:28.446-04:00Cindy, I looked at joanne.com online and this is a...Cindy, I looked at joanne.com online and this is all they showed, but I think it's very similar, right?<br />http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=search&flag=true&PRODID=zprd_10711745aanyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-56372315591639908162011-08-25T14:08:27.054-04:002011-08-25T14:08:27.054-04:00Wow, Cindy M., what great news! I'm going to ...Wow, Cindy M., what great news! I'm going to go get the tape you recommended, because you come with the knowledge of having observed the behavior of the tape over time. I was vaguely aware of scrapbooking before this, and I am absolutely amazed at the huge industry it is. I'm also amazed, as I wrote, that perfumers and B&B people in the USA didn't put 2 + 2 together before now. Wow. Well, every idea has its day, and the day has come for this!anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-1555759953056800252011-08-25T14:04:44.589-04:002011-08-25T14:04:44.589-04:00Hi Paul:
Thanks for sharing your experience with ...Hi Paul:<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your experience with boxcoop. I contacted them years ago but didn't have the sales to justify 1,250 identical boxes, especially since I have two size bottles of perfume. Others may benefit from your post, though, and hope right over there. I think members of IBN may get a discount.<br /><br />The other factor that makes this die-cut yourself idea so appealing is that as an artisan, I love being involved in the hands-on process. I think I could cut 100 boxes a month, or have my assistant do it, and that would suffice, heck, that's too many. I don't sell 1,200 bottles of each size a year. I sell a lot, but not that much. The machine can draw very beautiful, delicate lines on the boxes, and I may experiment with that. I will not have different colored boxes, at least I don't think I will, for each perfume. I just wanted to see what the different ones looked like. I still have to visit paper stores and I'm getting some samples online. I found some "suede" finish papers that intrigue me. As far as labels, well, I have a vintage box from Balmain with a green moiré pattern that is gorgeous, and a glued-on label. The label fell off, I have to re-glue it. I love the moiré finish. Suede. Silk. Oy, so many choices - and most of them recycled, "green" papers. Happy, happy. Again, thanks for stopping by and sharing your knowledge, you helped a lot of people, I'm sure.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-64553047427121265992011-08-25T13:51:14.836-04:002011-08-25T13:51:14.836-04:00Hi Cindy:
Oy, the scissors route. How time consu...Hi Cindy:<br /><br />Oy, the scissors route. How time consuming, but we artisans are sometimes so intent on the handmade, yes? You will be delighted with this new discovery and your creativity will soar because you'll have so many new opportunities for quickly trying new ideas.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-85368565615242581872011-08-25T11:17:25.895-04:002011-08-25T11:17:25.895-04:00Hey Anya! Cindy Morrison at this end. I have trad...Hey Anya! Cindy Morrison at this end. I have trademarked a soap and created my own boxes in Illustrator (am also a graphic designer). Since I print, cut, score, and everything else myself (checked Cricuit out, too) this discovery is WONDERFUL!! I have a hint for you. . . At JoAnn's, I purchase "Duck" brand Easy Stick double stick adhesive in a roller (in green and red box and is acid free). It comes in single or 4 pack - get the 4 pack with your 40% off coupon - GREAT SAVINGS. Tape is .31" by 9 yards. Tried the glue sticks and the pencils, but they didn't stay sealed and this is just much easier to use. Just press down (has ridges that actually fit your finger) and lift up at the end of your box. Stays sealed for over a year (have test box still on hand and still sealed)!! It's over in the scrapbooking tape sectionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-54305811743039226772011-08-25T11:07:49.122-04:002011-08-25T11:07:49.122-04:00Anya, your creativity is really shining here, and ...Anya, your creativity is really shining here, and your ingenuity is outstanding also. And if you have really low volume this probably works well. but for a little higher volume, and for a little bit more upfront outlay, the cost per box could be even lower than what I think you are realizing, and the time and labor would be reduced if toy buy a box...<br /><br />I just got an estimate for Boxes at http://www.boxcoop.com/ for my product launch.<br />They have a really pretty low minimum order of 1250 boxes. And they are here in California, so you'd also pay for shipping to your business or home from Calif. Fortunately for me, they are 45 minutes away. I met them at two cosmetics packaging conventions that I have attended in Las Vegas.<br /><br />Granted I can do the graphic design personally, so that cost I won't bear, but the minimum run of 1250 boxes wasn't really that high, it was .78 each. for four color one side, white inside, light varnish on the printed side - like a cereal box, for a box .75" x 2.5" x 4.5". the total before shipping was under $1000.<br /><br />And your labels could be done both for your bottles and your boxes on the 1" Brother printer, maybe with the Gold and Black then you'd had a 1" by 1.5" (hypothetically) black label with gold words, (this can change according to the tape you buy, and the label could be any size length, as long as one dimension is the width of your tape, available in many widths, and you can even get a 1.5" wide printer, but research which tapes are available in each width before you decide...)<br /><br />you could run a set of boxes, and add labels to specify the perfume inside, and you could even run the exact same label for box and bottle, saving yourself time. and your cost for each bottle for label and packaging would be close to a dollar to a dollar and a half per item.<br /><br />Yes of course, this would lock you into using one box design, unlike the multitude of colors that Anya has shown, and you wouldn't get a second color inside which really makes the boxes shine, but the labor involved here for making each box seems high as well.<br /><br />Just an option for your ideas file...<br /><br />Paul KilerPaul Kilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668913569973248831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-1256820685883922632011-08-25T10:18:25.474-04:002011-08-25T10:18:25.474-04:00Hi Anya, I would like to join your group. I need t...Hi Anya, I would like to join your group. I need to make my own product boxes.Pat Baileyhttp://vontriesaromas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-45196684306441366462011-08-25T10:13:01.596-04:002011-08-25T10:13:01.596-04:00This is great Anya. I've made a few boxes befo...This is great Anya. I've made a few boxes before and the cutting with scissors is very time consuming. Using something like this is still time consuming although less so and neater. It will be great. Thanks for the info.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858752920919529540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-46232565014437423552011-08-25T09:25:30.798-04:002011-08-25T09:25:30.798-04:00Oh, wait. A closer reading - now I have to see the...Oh, wait. A closer reading - now I have to see the difference between bristol and index. How confusing. I'll look forward to some clarification at the paper store.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-32023591376462743602011-08-25T09:23:45.363-04:002011-08-25T09:23:45.363-04:00Liz, about your gsm recommendation of 400-500gsm p...Liz, about your gsm recommendation of 400-500gsm paper weight. GSM isn't the designation here in the States. We use "pound" or "lb". So I searched for conversion charts, and the first one didn't even go up to 400, but that's OK, I liked looking at the chart in a nerdy way http://www.paper-paper.com/weight.html<br /><br />Then I noticed the second chart didn't go that high either http://www.papermojo.com/paper_weight_conversion.html<br /><br />Even Wiki was shy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_density<br /><br />I'm supposing our 110lb weight is what you were indicating is good, thick stock. Today is rainy and relaxed here in Miami, so I'm staying in and working on my perfumes and box project, but tomorrow I will go to some McCoy paper stores and check it out. Thanks for your feedback, it helps a lot in understanding what works.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-69374612531507946582011-08-25T09:06:08.377-04:002011-08-25T09:06:08.377-04:00Hi Aba
Everything you say is so true. I feel ble...Hi Aba<br /><br />Everything you say is so true. I feel blessed at my position in the NP community. It allows me to interact with all the members of the Guild in an ongoing fashion, and several fortuitousness benefits have been the outcome. This one is probably the biggest, and I can't stop grinning at the serendipity and randomness of it.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-85177261769531830672011-08-25T09:03:56.201-04:002011-08-25T09:03:56.201-04:00Beth, I asked Katlyn to share this news on the inc...Beth, I asked Katlyn to share this news on the incense group because I thought it would be of interest to you folks also. Glad this new opportunity to make your own boxes will find its way into your art.anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-72847001441017255462011-08-25T09:02:25.745-04:002011-08-25T09:02:25.745-04:00Hi nellie
I'm happy you're happy with thi...Hi nellie<br /><br />I'm happy you're happy with this discovery I've shared :-) Is this EL from dollop, the Guild member?anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.com