The most beautiful packaging/labels I've seen

[lenarenee]

Those are pretty, but I feel cheated by not seeing the soap. And Spenny....yours are MUCH better!!

 

[Maplesoaps]

Hello everyone.

My name is Jenna and I am the sole owner of Maple soaps. I have had a lot of traffic from this thread directed to my site so I though it was best to comment here on a few things for you all. Thank you firstly for posting my soaps and appreciating my packaging. Just a bit of background from my end...
Im 29 years of age, have a degree in Graphic Design (specialising in packaging design) am also a fulling qualified florist (lover of all things botanical) and now a part time soap maker. I 100% design all the packaging myself, including the handwritten script 'font' which is actually my handwriting - I have no staff, no designers, no accountants, no photographers (I use an Iphone6 for all my instagram photos) so run this all on my own. The reason my soap is so 'plain' is because I believe in firstly having quality ingredients, so my soaps are made from only Coconut, Olive and Caster oil, with the additive of Shea Butter, and I only use 100% essential oils - no synthetic fragrance oils ever. I believe that if you are going to put this product on your skin, it better be good for it! I do not use palm oil ever.
I believe that the extra money spent on quality ingredients far outweighs any fancy swirls or coloured dyes/ logo stamping that may make the soap look slightly more exciting. The number one rule of selling a GIFT product is the packaging.
While I would tend to buy quite simple products for myself, as a GIFT, I want something that looks a bit special - this is where quality packaging comes in.

I choose to use a paper wraps (EcoStar partially recycled paper) because any customer that picks up my soap can immediately smell the great essential oils that make them smell so great, I find that plastics (while not great for the environment) also tend to hold back the scent.
I've made a lot of soap wedding favors, and many brides have commented that their whole room smelt of Rose Geranium!

A few people questioned if my soap was up to regulations, and I can assure you that all the ingredients are on the back, along with contact details, branding, and origin of where my soap has been made, aswell as the weight (on the front)

Thank you for taking the time to check out my page - as mentioned, I've had so much traffic from here - I hope this helps to clarify some topics which have been mentioned.

Have a lovely day!:wave:
Kindest,
Jenna

 

[not_ally]

Jenna, I think you do what you do v. well. I hope you were not upset by any of the comments here, including mine. As I said at one point on this thread, everyone's aesthetic is so different. Mine is not yours, but I still think you do *yours* extremely well (better than I do mine ) Thank you for joining us and saying hello.

 

[maya]

Thanks for coming here. It must be disconcerting to have so many hits from a site. I like your packaging, I think its loverly, and you have loverly handwriting. Thanks for introducing your self and telling about your process. Nice to meet you.

 

[Maplesoaps]

Hi Maya and not_ally (sorry i don't know how to use these forum posts very well)
Not upset from your comments, just wanted to make a post from myself as the whole thread was started initially because of my products.
I though it was best to have a voice on this!
I think as a creative person its great to have a different style and opinion than everyone else- this is what makes the world such a beautiful place.. so many different takes on things.
I would like to say that no one's product is 'better' or 'worse' than anyone else, no one's labels are 'better or worse either, just a different creative approach!
I haven't been able to view anyone else's soaps as I don't know how this site works but I'm sure all your soaps are wonderful creations too

Many thanks,
Jenna

 

[spenny92]

Awesome to hear from you, Jenna! I really hope you don't mind me sharing your photos on this website - I just fell in love with your packaging, and had to share it. If I saw your products in a store, I'd definitely buy one as a display soap and keep it in its packaging!

I don't recall reading any negative comments thankfully, just different strokes for different folks. It's lovely to hear about your background, too - the fact that you're a florist is great, I can really understand where your inspiration for your packaging/products comes from now.

You should take a look around this forum if you want to, there's so much really great information and great people here. I, for one, would love to see you stick around! Lots of us here do love "fancy" swirls and colours and fragrances, and some prefer a more simple soap - that's fine, if we all liked/made the same thing, I think it would get pretty boring pretty quickly.

Keep up the great work!

 

[not_ally]

I love fanciful, well-designed (or gorgeously serendipitious) swirls. But I am coming to like simple, beautiful soaps more and more. I think I will probably end up more on your end, Jenna. Although I will always love a good wispy, swirly swirl

Spenny is right, this is a good place. I hope you stay and enjoy the soapy fellowship too.

 

[jules92207]

Thanks for popping in Jenna, I'm definitely a fan and obviously I love your handwriting too. I wish you were a font.

I hope you stick around a bit, it's a great site that can always use more great soapers.

 

[jblaney]

Jenna - Thanks for posting on this site and thank you for sharing where you get some of your packaging. It really is lovely and you have a great eye.

 

[Aline]

Hi Jenna! And congratulations on having soaps worthy of a discussion on the forum

I love your packaging - the font and the paper are gorgeous. Not that you are asking for feedback but....I think it would be even better if you could get the images to correspond to the scent

 

[Aline]

Ah so I had to follow up that I just saw Maple Soaps in a store in Makawao (Maui). Ha - that's amazing!

 

[Soapsavvy]

I like them also. I found something I really like but a lot a people here stated they wouldn't but a product they couldn't see. I thought just open the box. Here's a photo.