How I ensure your fused glass art arrives in one piece.

Have you had a browse through my website and thought ‘sure it looks nice, but there’s no way it’ll arrive in one piece’? Or wanted to ask how I package my items but not quite got round to it? Well this is the blog post for you. 

First off all items are wrapped in newspaper and butchers twine. If there is more than one item in your order this stops the glass rattling together as well as functioning as gift wrap. Next I choose the perfect size box for your order; this needs to be big enough to accommodate the next layer of protective packaging but not too big so the items move around. Almost all orders go out in repurposed packaging and I have quite a stash of boxes as I keep all boxes from deliveries and friends save me some too. 

Next I usually line the box with the air wrap my supplier sends my glass in as I know it’s super protective and I’m giving that plastic a second lease of life. If it’s a small item and the box isn’t big enough for air wrap I’ll use saved bubble wrap or brown paper. I pop in a business card and a little note and give it a shake before taping it all up; if I can hear things moving I’ll adjust the packaging accordingly.

Finally I pop an address label on before trotting off to the local post office. 

Most of the time this means you’ll receive a boring brown box with label remnants or mismatched tape on. Occasionally you’ll get something a bit more fancy. But reusing packaging not only does a little to help the planet it also helps keep costs down as I only charge you what the post office charges me to send your parcels.

I hope you’ll agree that while receiving beautifully co-ordinating parcels is exciting it is what’s inside that counts.