Jewelry in a Can!
by Kari Anderson
(Muscatine, IA, USA)
Jewelry in a Can
Jewelry in a can is a nifty way to not only mail jewelry, but it also gives the receiver a lovely reusable container which will remind your customer/friend of your business in the days to come.
Ever since my daughter, Anna, brought home the new can opener, I knew it would open up worlds of possibilities for me.
The new safe-cut or sidecut can opener from "Good Cook" now opens cans without the dangerous sharp edges and also makes the cover replaceable, not in a sealing sort of way, but in a replace the cover sort of way.
Since I haven't graduated to sending my jewelry in boxes yet, I'm always looking for some practical way to protect them from danger when I mail them.
For anyone wanting to try this, first buy a "Good Cooks Safe-Cut or Sidecut" can opener. We bought ours at WalMart.
Print out a label. A regular soup can takes the width of a typing sheet, so if you print out two photos on a regular sheet of paper, with only a little trimming at the bottom, you have two labels.
Add a little note or a business card, maybe a nice pouch, place in a padded mailing bag and you're all set.
Recycling will always be in style and important for our world. The more we keep out of the landfills the better, right?
This also helps keep business costs down, which helps us all.
Larger cans, of course, could be used for large orders.
So, by using soup cans, I save money for both my customer and my business, remind people of my great business, recycle responsibly and have fun being creative!
Kari Anderson
Kari Pearls - Pearls in a Can
