Waylon Halsey
Thursday 31 October 2019
Are You Prepared for Your Next Trip?
Thursday 3 January 2019
Creating Great Christmas Cards
5 Secret Santa Ideas for Your Holiday Office Party
Monday 2 July 2018
2020 Was A Crazy Year
Unless you have been living under a rock over the past 12 months or so, then you will understand what I mean by the title of this article; now I am not a very old person, in fact I am in what most people consider the prime of my life. However, I have never experienced as crazy of a year as I have in 2020. Most people were completely caught off guard when this whole COVID pandemic thing started, myself included. I was still in college at the time, and I can remember back to when I first started hearing about the virus back in early 2020. I first heard about it being an issue in China and that they were watching it slowly spread to other parts of the world. I definitely thought it was going to be another H1N1 or Ebola virus type issue, where people were way too hysteric about something that did not have a huge impact on most of the world. However, I watched as COVID slowly made its way to the United States (I think the first case was in Seattle?), and before I knew it, things were shutting down one after the other. I realized it was serious when the NCAA canceled March Madness for the year, and various Universities were shutting down left and right.
I was sent home in mid March from my University, where we were forced to finish the semester online. It was such a crazy end to the year, and honestly not what I wanted for 2020 at all. But all things considered, I had a pretty good summer in 2020. I worked for the company called Shipt, where I made really good money going grocery shopping for rich people that were too scared of the virus to be seen in a Meijer - I don’t really blame them, I just didn’t really have a choice to not work and try to make money. I also got to hangout with a lot of my old highschool friends again (socially distanced of course) which was nice because a lot of us probably would have been spread out around the midwest if it had not been for COVID. So all in all, my summer wasn’t really negatively impacted by the pandemic, but it definitely made my summer look a lot different than what I was planning.
I spent a lot of time inside my house as well, playing video games and playing guitar. Those were basically my two main hobbies over the course of the COVID summer - those and reading. I spent a lot of time ordering products online as well. Since most stores were closed down for an extended period of time, it was hard to find some stuff in stores. Especially because people were panic-buying a lot of products, some things just could only be found online. Honestly, I really get annoyed with people that begin mass purchasing certain products, because this just creates problems for everyone else. We see it happen with gas all the time, especially a couple weeks ago.
Anyways, since I spent so much time ordering stuff online, I began to amass a large amount of packing supplies in my garage. So I had to take several trips to the recycling center to get rid of cardboard boxes, packages, and packing supplies that had accumulated on my property.
Thursday 2 November 2017
Trendy Holiday Packaging Designs
Want to stand out this holiday season? Why not use trendy packaging designs. The cool, trendy packaging that you do can be a great way to connect with customers. In fact, it builds a better, more immersive experience. Here, we’ll go over the best trendy types of packaging designs for you to enjoy, and ones that will really make your experience shine.
Incorporating Timeless colors
While the classic Christmas green and red are great places to start with designing, you can incorporate other dashes of colors in order to make a world of a difference. On the same side, black and gold types of boxes do make them pop. The black is elegant, but the gold is far more luxurious, and attracts the attention of customers.
Even using bolder and brighter colors other than green and red are trendy. Warmer colors including orange, red and pink also evoke happiness. Lilac is also a fun, uplifting color to check out.
Creative and New Patterns
Consider adding creative patterns to the boxes.
Unequal designs and packaging incorporating seasonal patterns are a great way to show to customers that you do care about the packaging during the season.
Get out those Scandinavian Sweaters!
Another way for you to fully embrace this holiday spirit is through the “Scandinavian Sweater” stye that you can put into holiday packaging.
This is a fun, unique style that features pine trees, snowflakes, reindeer, and even ornaments too. A great way to really show that the holiday spirit is the Holi-yay spirit!
Get Rustic
If reindeer and flashy designs don’t tickle the itches you have, then try to go simplistic with kraft boxes that are nice and rustic.
This rough edgy look with a natural brown that’s earthy allows for simple additives such as printed tape and custom ribbons to create a fun, festival pattern. The feature on this does make the boxes pop without needing colorful packaging.
Get monochromatic and Minimalistic
Another unique aspect is the opposite of the bold, and super flashy patterns. Sometimes, going monochromatic is what makes the design really pop. Simple black and white boxes with the log do make a really strong statement.
Try more elegant sorts of fonts, toned types of colors, and a white, natural type of cardboard to make a subtle, more festive sort of mood that’ll stand out from the other types of holiday packaging that’s out there.
Emboss away
Both embossing along with debossing are super trendy for brands that are more upscale. Creating these 3D effects on the surface parts of the package do make the visuals and logos pop out a whole lot more. embossing is a great way to add physical, along with visual depth to packages in a way customers will flock to!
Foil Stamping
Another fun way is foil stamping. This is a unique way for better visual effects. You can make this stand out with the name, a logo, or even some festive symbols to make it a classy flare added to the box.
The Little Extras
Customized ribbons, gift tags, and ornaments are little bells and whistles to add to these boxes. It makes the packaging look like it’s truly special. Customized packaging labels and tapes have that same, added effect that ribbons along with ornaments do, and these festive messages and designs really shine.
Don’t be afraid to get creative with these. Use more than one, and you’ll see the difference in how these stand out. You will not regret it, especially with the unique characteristics of these many boxes that you can get right now!
Thursday 10 August 2017
How the Shipping Crisis Will Impact your holiday Shopping
Did you know that there is a shipping crisis going on? This disruption of the current supply chain is going to impact the holiday shopping season. Companies all round are dealing with this, and currently, the industry for shipping also has a disruption that’ll impact your holiday shopping in many cases. With a ton of shipping rates going higher than ever, and the delaying of Christmas packaging, you’ll want to make sure that you start out early. You also might wonder just how this is going to be affected. Here, we’ll discuss how this can happen.
Right now, there are three major shipping issues that are going on:
The companies have more demand
There are still snafus in the current global supply chain that are causing shipping delays
The retailers that are there don’t’ have the means in place to help shoppers get the help they need, and usually can’t get it till after Christmas
The coronavirus has exploded our world for over 18 months, and it's continued to ruin the supply chain. The consumer product shortage is there, while the costs are definitely going up for a lot of things.
There is also the delta variant, and a lot of other things that are causing disruptions that have been continuing, and the year-end period is definitely hard on everyone involved.
Probably the most recent issue is that there were parts in China where their terminals were closed for a wider period of time due to the employees testing positive for the coronavirus. This of course, impacted a lot of the shipping that does occur on an international level, and it's something that’s caused problems and delays for many.
The ports that shut down have impacted not only Chinese ports, but other major ports too, and it’s caused a lot of supply chain issues that have impacted other areas too.
The container shortages, closures of factories, and also the Suez canal situation that happened has still created a lot of impact. A lot of container shippers are definitely anticipating the crunch there to continue. The costs of the transport of freight can potentially exacerbate a lot of the prices.
Right now, we’re still wondering when the market will improve. Some are saying it’ll be after the 2022 fiscal year; others say it might be later. When it comes to the arrival of ships and their time period, right now, there is around a 40% chance that it’ll get there ahead of schedule, and that’s even different compared to the whopping 80% that they had last year.
There is also the fact that shipping costs are still high and are up almost 400% from even the previous year. It’s increased a ton, and these freight rates are climbing right now, due to the shortage of the supply. Right now, the capacity for this isn’t nearly what’s expected.
There is also the port congestion, which means that due to a lot of the docks shutting down, there are more and more being stopped up, and this congestion does carry to the other ports that are there too.
This has of course, changed the way that a lot of companies are trying to get their orders in. The factory and port closures are now even more sensitive too, as it’ll delay the shipments internationally during these peak seasons. Of course, we may see some changes, but right now, it’s still a shipping nightmare, and something to keep in mind when you’re shopping for the holiday season and looking into what to buy too.
Wednesday 9 August 2017
Everything One Should Understand Concerning Print Technology in Packing
Electronic stamping in packing is extensively utilized in the package production process to save money and effort. Due to the sheer poor exertion necessary to operate computerized printers, printers perform exceptionally well for shorter quantities, as lead time and expenses are drastically reduced. Additionally, because it produces maximum power production for much less intricate graphics, screen signage works very effectively for minimalism brands.
Measuring and shorter durations
Minimal quantities of printing technology are often less expensive than traditional publishing. Since you only need just a few hundred pieces, screen signage is the method to proceed! Whenever it concerns bespoke package prototypes, printing services yet again outperform those carried out by student publishing as well as other conventional production methods.
It is possible to gain packaging prototypes using electronic distribution channels and afterward select impression writing for the completed image because of the reduced prices and speedier production timeframes. In the above way, customers did not have to invest a surcharge for a prototype of the wrapping that might require adjustments and additional effort in the design step.
Restrictions
Its disadvantage of being able to print digital versions is the disadvantage of photo sharpness, which is hardly obtainable sometimes in rare situations in relatively small formats. This could publish in the Compliance monitoring Colour Combination System and can start competing with color reproduction of many other photocopiers, such as offset and lithographic able to print.
An additional downside is the substantial percentage of available stock options. Traditionally publishing can publish on the more complicated and distinctive platforms such as perforated, boards, greyish boards, as well as other heavier newspaper varieties, whereas printing services can only produce on a particular kind’s conventional scrap paper. Finally, using it judiciously, inkjet printers show good performance upon foldable cartons and may generate extremely elevated graphics.
How exactly are floppy electronic printers?
To recreate electronic pictures, floppy inkjet printers generally use an ink cartridge. Emulsion manufacturing is seen as the laser printer industry's future. When creating pictures and videos on smooth surfaces, infrared (Ultraviolet) reactive paints are used. The technology is critical although it could imprint on a variety of materials such as timber, aluminum, plastic, and tiling. This technique could also imprint on substances of varied thicknesses, rendering it much more adaptable in the flexible packing industries.
Some Advantages of Printed Technology
- Significantly
better value: Digitalized inkjet
innovation does indeed have a lower efficiency than its competitors, but
it prints with considerable clarity and precision, and repetition.
- Ecologically
beneficial: Flat-bed printing money
are ecologically responsible than traditional publishing since it
generates fewer trash consumables and causes reduced pollution levels. It
creates lesser co2 emissions.
- Versatile
and inexpensive: Flatbed print is ideal
for customized and industrial packing. Its reduced cost facilitates
customization and enables clients to produce their ideas at cheaper rates.
- Fast
and economical increase in efficiency: In
contrast to traditional printing, it makes life a lot easier because and
no requirement to dynamically adjust sheets because the technique somehow
doesn't utilize some sheets whatsoever.
Sheets are not required in inkjet photography, as they are in impression or conventional able to print. Solvent and aqueous print are typically used in the procedure. Despite traditional ink, digital print utilized in so many cases of screen imaging does not infiltrate the material getting written on. The paint produces a continuous coating just on glass material and attaches beyond by ultraviolet fixing or infrared warming. Even though there are other print processes available, floppy inkjet printers are particularly great for new firms wanting to save money on the bespoke package expenditure. Although electronic publishing is widely utilized across the world, it is rarely considered in connection to packing.