Nashville Wraps Blog

The How and Why of Organic Extracts

If you follow Nashville Wraps on Twitter, you’ve seen our Tweets about Organic Extracts. You may have been wondering why a packaging company was selling extracts. Recently I spoke with Debbie Carr from Pente 5 (Greek for five) about the wonderful extracts she and her four sisters make and sell under the name Natia Botani. Here are some of the questions I had for her. Debbie gave me the recipe for her Lavender Chocolate pie too! Trust me, it’s yummy.

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Keeping your retail packaging designs fresh…

I’m a guy… so what do I know about grocery shopping? Maybe more than I give myself credit for. When I want produce or a good selection of meat, I’ll go to the market where I know it will be freshest. So where groceries are concerned, freshness matters, and those who have fresh goods will get my (and other more astute shoppers’) business.

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Coconut Shell Accessories

I am so excited about these Distant Village Coconut Shell Accessories! They are a unique way to dress up a package and the recipient too. In today’s post I want to show you some of our ideas for using these fashionable little works of art. When you tie them on your package, they not only serve as the nametag but the lucky person who gets the gift can use them as a fashion statement. Talk about sustainable!

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Seeking a Higher Ground

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. I put this 5-gallon bucket outside my driveway on Friday evening. It was bone dry. This is a picture of it on Sunday afternoon.

It is ironic how when water is everywhere, the one thing that you think you have plenty of is the one thing that you don’t… pure water. That is one of the issues which the Nashville/Middle Tennessee community is dealing with. Several of our utilities including Metro Nashville have pumping and processing stations still under water. Electrical equipment doesn’t work well when submerged 10′ deep.

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This is the second of a two-part series on creative uses for cello. Click here for Cello Bags & Gift Basket Tips (Part 1).

Pictured at left are a few creative uses for cello bags. You’ll think of many additional ways to use these handy cello bags. Notice how I made use of crinkle paper and fine cut paper in the bottom of some of my bags for support and add a touch of color. Don’t forget your custom labels when using any cello product. Never miss an opportunity to put your name and logo out for all to see.

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Versatile Cellophane

Cello is available in prints, solids and clear in bag, roll and sheet form. We also carry cello shreds that look great in baskets and other containers as filler for texture and color. See how pretty this Iridescent Cello Shred looks in the basket in our video below. I think it would make a spectacular wedding gift basket.

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100% Recycled, Beautiful and Economical Packaging

Everything in this picture is either 100% recycled or made from 100% natural fibers. Who says eco-friendly has to be boring?

You can create a colorful packaging presentation as simply as adding bright colored tissue to inexpensive brown kraft paper shopping bags. Our 100% recycled shopping bags are still our most popular. I chose 100% recycled gift paper to coordinate with my Kraft bags and used 100% recycled tissue in matching colors to bring my look together.

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I am a gardener and a farmer in my life away from Nashville Wraps. My dad was an organic gardener back when the Mother Earth News was still printed on newspaper. So in 1975 he purchased a Troy-Bilt “horse” rear tine tiller. It was a beauty and would leave a garden feeling as smooth as a double chocolate milkshake. We have enjoyed that tiller in our family for the past 35 years.

This tiller has stood the test of time and has a great lesson for all of us in business today.

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Nashville, Tennessee has successfully branded itself as the Country Music Entertainment capital of the world. The sounds of a steel guitar or the aroma of country ham frying in an iron skillet have become an essential part of the true country music lover’s Nashville experience. When you’re listening to the country music radio stations around town, hoping to spot that country music star who has been a lifelong idol, or tapping your foot along with a love ballad or a honky tonk rendition, many aspects of that Nashville experience began with the branding of a product.

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Expo West is the largest trade show we attend. While other shows may cover more real estate, it is hard to describe 50,000 people in one venue but that is exactly what happened this March in Anaheim.

You may not be in the natural products business but your business is affected by it. It is everywhere: food, beverages, housewares, giftware, apparel, cosmetics and skin care, vitamins and supplements, pet products, building products and packaging to name a few.

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