Safe shipping

[menty666]

Sorry if this has been asked 10 times over, but searching for "shipping" turns up a lot of junk results.....

I made some small ornaments for family this past holiday and happily all but one made it through the post in one piece.

To the one unfortunate soul, I thought I'd make him a marble instead since we're past the holiday. My question is, how do you guys ship those? Is lots of bubble wrap and a padded mailer sufficient or do you go all out with a box and peanuts/foam/other?


I could see doing a nice box or something if it was something paid for, but this isn't that sort of situation.

[ech]

I save the peanuts and bubble wrap that my glass is packed in when it comes from the supplier and reuse it when I have to ship finished product.

[Ann Mills]

For me, this is what works, and I very rarely (if at all) have any break.
I always wrap each ornament individually in tissue paper, then in bubble wrap (individually).
I layer them in the box using peanuts at the bottom first, then as a buffer between each layer and I ALWAYS (and this is important) double box before shipping.

[Ro's Glass World]

to pack your work, use pillow fiber fill available at michaels or any craft supply, For small work surround piece with fiberfill then with one layer of bubble then peanuts. bubble stops piece from traveling through the fill. fill CUBE box so it doesnt move and at least 2" of fill on all sides if not more for delicates, dont fill so tight piece is pressed in box. seal. place styrofaom corners on cube and slide it into next cube size up ON ITS SIDE. seal box. I use post office usually. packing info from dad who ran a packaging business for 20 years. its the SAFEST packing you can do. the air between the boxes creates the safety zone. if it was full of peanuts between and impact hit it it would crush in and push against your work. space allows for impact without transfering to the work. so i use 8 cube inside a 10 cube, 10 inside a 12" etc. turning the inside box on its side makes for double walled cardboard on almost all sides as folds go all the way across on 4 sides now. just thought id share the tip. I use U-LINE for my packing supplies. they have cube boxes and corners and peanuts. Important NOT to fill between the boxes with peanuts. the air is what protects the inner box from pressure.
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