Great packaging idea...

[swirlyarts]

....if you like recycling as much as me!! Think I'm going to be making some of these!
http://eco-artware.com/crafts/crafts_11_02.shtml#boxes

[Poppy4lee]

What a brilliant idea!!

[zebra]

Top idea ...think you could make them look very funky.

My problem is my big canvases....It costs me a fortune in bubble wrap.

Small canvases are ok as my local supermarket keep the squares of bubble wrap for me that they use in packing.

I can use a full roll £3 on one canvas and then I need to wrap in foam too...so I reckon average of £5 per canvas at least.

Would love to find a eco way of packaging them.

[Seahorse]

Would love to find a eco way of packaging them.

We recently got a huuuge shredder at work so we shred all envelopes, junk mail etc, great as packaging.

Where do you get your foam from and how much for what size?

[handmadeheaven.biz]

i'm the same as Debs (Zebra) and use a lot of bubblewrap. I do re-use the wrap I get when my raw glass is sent to me, along with cardboard and sometimes boxes. The 'packaging peanuts' I use are the biodegradeable kind (a little more than normal ones but I thought it was worth a little extra to feel more 'green'!) and I print my invoices on recycled paper. I also recycle my old printer cartridges. I thought I didn't do much but reading that list I am quite impressed with myself!! Every little helps

[swirlyarts]

I love supermarkets for bubble wrap - although you do get odd looks for picking it all up - not as odd as when you pick up a whole bag of onion skins but that's another story!
I use my old magazine pages to make envelopes too - makes nice bright packaging in the post and I do use old cardboard for making them stronger - now I've got something else to try and make!!

[Tip Top]

I try and reuse all packaging we get - my husband deals in automotive magazines so they come with a lot of packaging sometimes - I'm never short of bubble wrap!

I also reuse the padded envelopes from 7dayshop - they insist on sending an order in 10 seperate envelopes - but all the better for me!!

Great link Swirly! I think I'm going to have to quit work to do all the ideas I have in my head!!

[beadsbydesign]

Top idea ...think you could make them look very funky.

My problem is my big canvases....It costs me a fortune in bubble wrap.

Small canvases are ok as my local supermarket keep the squares of bubble wrap for me that they use in packing.

I can use a full roll £3 on one canvas and then I need to wrap in foam too...so I reckon average of £5 per canvas at least.

Would love to find a eco way of packaging them.

The best place I've found for bubble wrap is staples and other online stationary stores. They have rolls about a meter wide by 75m long for about £18.00. The only down side is storing them!

Swirlyarts that's a really great recycling idea. The possibilities are endless.

[zebra]

Thank you Yeah, I have had them from staples too ~ they sometimes have offers on ~ BGOF

LIKE YOU SAY THOUGH ~ storage

I also use those air pillows and again storage!
Packaging all over the place.

[Samm]

These are fab, what a great idea!