Teach Soap

I was checking out your Etsy store and loved your tags (and your soaps too, they are beautiful) are those hand made?

Ido-
I'm flattered. Yes the tags are hand punched with a punch I own, my own hand writing up the side, and yes hand stamped with a variety of acrylic or rubber mounted stamps. On the back is the ingredient list with my etsy site and e-mail address.

My "other hobby" which will remain a hobby (although it's getting less attention these days) is scrapbooking/card making. I have a good selection of tools to work with and because of that aspect I really wanted to carry that over with the tag. I know it takes more time but I also find it very *cathartic* to be stamping the tags. I did try to buy merchandising tags (precut and with the hole) - yeah it saved time at some level but the tag was a bit oversized and it really did not look 'handmade' so back to punching !!

If you have read some of the other posts -- I've mentioned my challenge with my current packaging with the cello (biodegradable) bag and the tag with regards to setting up at a fair. I'm going to try and use cello sheets (biodegradable) and wrap like a present and see how I can include the tag. If you or anyone else has ideas or thoughts on that - I'm all ears.

I've been getting complimentary feedback on my tags that I feel I should ensure I figure out how to keep that unique aspect of the packaging. Thank you very much for your feedback. It means I'm doing something right with this :+}

Thanks again. And if you are on Twitter or Facebook - I'd love for you to follow or become a fan - www.twitter.com/asliceofdelight and www.facebook.com/asliceofdelight.

If you have other questions don't hesitate to ask
Hilary

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http://www.asliceofdelight.etsy.com

I'm so glad to hear that your tags are hand made, I've been doing some business cards with the ingredients, e-mail, phone etc. punched and attached to the cello bag with twist paper or raffia, but they don't look too appealing to me, I am going to consider doing hand made tags, yours are really pretty; I don't have any ideas on how to attach the tags to the soap wrapped like a present, the only thing that I can think of is attach them with some kind of ribbon or raffia just like you do with a present or just glue the tag to the front of the soap without punch and a cute trim, may be some corrugated cardboard and on top the tag (may be it's a lot of work) I tried putting the tag inside of the bag but it gets kind of greasy, sorry but that's all I can think of (not very helpful right?)