This personalised stamp by Firefly Stamps is on its way to Amanda of Ruby Doo Dah.
Ruby Doo Dah the place to visit for handcrafted greeting cards.
Find a link for Ruby Doo Dah now listed in the Customer Gallery.
Nov19
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Nov15
Sweet Pirouette – the latest addition to our customer gallery
Sweet Pirouette using a logo stamp made by Firefly Stamps, is the latest addition to our customer gallery.
With gorgeous handmade tutus for babies, children and adults and cute handmade dolls wearing tutus too!
We are currently unable to upload photos to our facebook album at Crafty Firefly so please view our full range of stamps via our madeit store if you have questions or would like to order a stamp email us at: fireflystamps@gmail.com
Nov1
Special delivery stamp – would you like one personalised?
There are so many ways you can use this stamp:
– stamp envelopes and packaging
– create tags
– make your own Christmas gift or greeting cards
– stamp your own wrapping paper
– use for scrapbooking or photo album embellishment
We can personalise these stamps too! We’ll remove North Pole and 25 December and replace them with your name or business name eg. From Sarah & Patrick, From the Smiths, From Grandma & Grandpa or Firefly Stamps.
Personalised version of this stamp 5 x 7.5cm timber handle – $27.95 plus $6.90 trackable postage within AUS
Stamp as is (Special delivery,North Pole, 25 December) 5 x 7.5 cm – $12.00 plus $6.90 trackable postage within AUS
If you’re interested send us an email to fireflystamps@gmail.com or visit our online stores madeit.com.au/fireflystamps or craftumi.com.au/fireflystamps
Cheers,
The Crafty Firefly
Sep28
Personalised Chrissy Stamps – for small business packaging, wrapping handmade gifts or general gift giving
Personalised Christmas stamps by Firefly Stamps.
Was hoping to have these up earlier in the week – better late than never!
These personalised stamps are ideal for small business packaging giving your current or special festive packaging a personalised Christmas message and a place to attach further product or business details. Some ‘handmade’ business owners offer gift wrapping at Christmas time just add a ‘To:’ and ‘From:’ to the back of your stamped tag for your customers to add a special message to their friend or loved one. If you choose to have your stamp made as a transparent stamp on a clear acrylic block I will provide small ‘To:’ and ‘From:’ stamps in a matching font so that you can create your gift tags quickly and easily. (I am unable to provide these extra stamps free of charge with a wood mounted stamp).
Choose your favourite graphic and font from the options provided, add your own greeting and name and you have a truly personalised stamp you can use for many years to come. Price $24.90 plus $6.90 trackable postage (AUD).
Available through my madeit or craftumi stores or alternatively send me a message through facebook.
Less than 3 months to Christmas!!!
Cheers,
The Crafty Firefly
Sep20
Thinking about Christmas wrapping? Firefly’s Personalised Christmas Stamps
Is anyone starting to think about how to add a festive touch to their Christmas orders, or considering offering free gift wrapping with their products this year? Use a personalised Christmas stamp to create your own Christmas tags and wrapping paper.
Add your business name and they will be perfect for wrapping business orders, or choose a stamp and personalise it for home use.
Here are a few cheap and cheerful ways to utilse a personalised Christmas stamp:
1) Tags, tags, tags – add a Christmas tag and incorporate your business contact details on the reverse side, alternatively provide a To: and From: on the reverse side, so your customer can write a message to their gift recipient.
Red ink stamped on white card, then attached to a larger red background.
Go all out with a Christmas theme, or alternatively keep it low key by adding a tag in colours that complement your business colours and/or logo.
2) Stamp and wrap it – stamp brown paper in an organised or random pattern. Once wrapped in the stamped paper you can leave your package as is, or add a matching ribbon depending on your budget.
Red ink stamped on brown paper.
3) After wrapping your product in tissue paper, stamp a strip of contrasting paper with your stamp and place this around your package. I’ve used brown paper in this example. I love the look of brown paper and it is so cheap and versatile!
4) I’ve recycled the cardboard backing of a notebook to create this rustic looking tag. The box has been wrapped in plain dark green paper, wrapped multiple times with natural jute string and finally the tag was attached.
Firefly Stamp’s Christmas range will be a mix and match set of Christmas graphics and fonts. I hope to have them listed in our craftumi & madeit stores as well as on facebook by the beginning of next week, please stop back to take a look.
Cheers,
Crafty Firefly
Sep13
Perfect paper packaging – a book with inspiration!
Paper perfect – 25 bright ideas for paper Author: Labeena Ishaque (Lark Books)
I was attracted to this book because of its bright colours and gorgeous photos. Even though the book is 2 dimensional you sense the tactile three dimensional nature of the paper through the pictures in this book. This book is bright and vibrant without being over crowded.
It offers a range of projects made from paper, everything from household items such as storage boxes to a cute paper blind, handmade cards and lovely packaging ideas.
Although my interest is not in hand making paper I found the section covering the history of paper, methods of paper making and paper crafting techniques really interesting and came away with a greater appreciation for the processes involved in creating beautiful handmade paper – something to try down the track perhaps!
From my own point of view there are a number of projects in the book that are of particular interest providing inspiration for do it yourself gift wrapping and packaging:
“Funky Files” – are cute concertina envelope style folders which could be a perfect packaging for a set of handmade gift cards.
“Gift Glamour” – provides three gorgeous gift wrapping ideas using simple, cheap and easy to access materials. The examples provided look really striking.
“Bags for all” – are cute gift bags you could easily make yourself. Adjust the size of the template using the photocopier to create a bag to suit your gift exactly.
“Lime lozenges” – offer the perfect gift box for jewellery, sweets and other small items
“Bonbon boxes” – these are wedding style bonbonniere boxes, but create these out of bright colour, textured or patterned card and these boxes could package a whole range of gifts.
“Wacky wallets” – are a flatter style wallet compared to “Funky Files”. They would be perfect for flat art work, gift cards, note paper and other stationery.
The added bonus in this book is the section at the back with templates for all the projects including the envelopes and boxes.
If you are looking for gift wrapping ideas or inspiration for creating our own packaging this book will definitely provide you with a feast of options. If you’re interested in paper making, or paper crafts generally, you will be sure to find a project to create or a technique to use or adapt for use in your own projects.
Definitely worth a look!
Aug20
More tags and packaging ideas!
A couple of posts ago I provided some ideas about creating simple and professional looking tags for your packaging and wrapping. Today I’m back with more tags! Ways to enhance your tags further and incorporate them into your existing packaging with only one or two simple extra steps. Today’s examples also focus more on colour.
Create tag by stamping image on to thin card. Place a decorative strip of paper behind the tag and wrap around top of bag, box, parcel, envelope etc.
My first example tag (left) and packaging uses a square stamped cream tag and a background strip of complementary decorative paper. The colour scheme and style of this packaging creates a classic look. I can imagine you’d find a hand dyed scarf or handmade soaps inside this package. You can easily change the look and feel of your packaging by using your own business logo, stamping on coloured card/paper and selecting an appropriate background stripe.
Change the look of the square tag by turning on an angle and using it as a diamond shape. In the next example (below right) I have added a larger backing in
Using a coloured and/or textured backing card can add an extra dimension to your tag. Tie the colour or texture to your product style/type or brand.
bright green card which has an embossed 3D effect to it. With the matching ribbon this packaging looks energetic and fun.
Add a 3d element just as an adhesive pearl, crystal or button.
Next, this cute little noodle box (left) has a tag with a matching Asian feel. The white stamped tag is backed with a larger multi coloured flower designed circle. I’ve added an extra detail to this tag with a self adhesive black pearl.
This heart shaped tag (below left) is my attempt at a freehand shape. I stamped the stamp onto the card first and then cut the shape around the stamp. It’s simple, but quite effective.
My final tag today (below right) is a slightly different take on a tag – it’s more of a rosette and ribbon. I selected a gorgeous backing paper and placed a complementary coloured stamped centre on it. Then I folded the ribbon and stapled it to hold the fold in place and sticky taped it to the back of the circle.
Try a freehand shape and coloured card.
A simple thank you rosette would look cute attached to any packaging.
The hardest part of creating any of these tags and packaging ideas is going to be pulling the elements together in the first place. Once you have decided on the size, colour and shape of your tag and have your physical resources in place it might only take half an hour or so to create a batch of tags that you can have on hand ready to pack up your orders.
Some considerations:
– Do you have an existing logo? What is its style? Does it utilise any colours? Your packaging will look better if it works well with any existing elements of your brand.
– Try a coloured card for your tag or stamping with coloured ink for a quick packaging pick-me-up.
– Try attaching your tag with something interesting: string, bakers twine, wool, embroidery thread, ribbon etc. It’s these small extra little touches that customers love when they receive a handmade product.
Resource links & inspiration:
Noodle boxes
http://www.packagingproducts.com.au/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=169
Pearl adhesives
Lots of sizes and colours to browse here:
Paper bags – brown, coloured, with and without handles:
http://www.packagingproducts.com.au/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=167
http://www.packagingproducts.com.au/shopping/c-bags.asp
Cello bags:
http://www.packagingproducts.com.au/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?page=2
Pre-made tags & stickers etc:
Manilla hang tags
Natural cardboard hang tags
A range of paper trimmers:
http://www.createforless.com/search/results.aspx?txtSearch=x%20acto%20paper%20trimmer
Bracket style tags in autumn colours
Kraft traditional tag shape
Tags with patterns:
Scalloped edge:
Coloured:
Also see my last post which provides more tag creating ideas and links to resources, tools and inspiration.
Next week I’ll be back with a follow-up to last weeks post – more ideas for crafty business cards. Hope to catch you then.
Cheers,
The Crafty Firefly
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