Repurposing packaging

Does anyone else reuse the lovely stuff our Sosltice products come in? The shredded paper is a great cushion for mailing gifts (much nicer than bubble wrap or newspaper). I also wash out used blue jars from scrubs/masques/ganaches and redeploy them as catch alls for cotton balls, paper clips etc. They are so pretty I can't put them in the recycle bin. It's a bit of a pain to get the label adhesive off, but rubbing alcohol usually does the trick.

Absolutely! I like your way of thinking :=)

I reuse the boxes and shredded paper. My daughter grabs my used jars... She uses them for her little beads/jewelry projects, etc....

I am not a hoarder, everything has about a 3 month life span for me. If it hasnt been used, it goes... I throw too much out actually :=( Just like everything in its place, simple and uncluttered but my Solstice packages are a different story! I also saved some just to use for traveling. I can put some lotion or shampoo in it and its one less thing to pack again to bring back home. That way it was also recycled at least once :=) and I can use my favorite things instead of travel size things...

What great ideas! I'm glad someone else does this, too.

I just remembered some more:
- The little ziplock baggies are handy for tucking frimps in a perfume swap package.
- The drawstring bags make a great presentation for gift cards or even just a small gesture of candy/tea to cheer someone up.

We ship stuff at work so I always take the boxes and packaging and re-use them.

I'm using the shredded paper to sloooowly fill up a box I'm mailing to my brother. The boxes themselves either get reused or recycled; same with the jars. It almost makes me wish I needed more jars--they are such a pretty blue.

deer4, I'm an anti-hoarder, too. I get rid of too much stuff sometimes, but I try to make sure it goes to a friend, to charity, or gets recycled unless it is truly trash.

I always save all the tissue and reuse for packages. I just mailed a package to a friend and covered it in the tissue shreds. I also use th boxes for mailing. He things are too pretty not to resue. I clean out the jars an reuse for things.

I posted a pic of how I re-used SS paper fill on my blog!

http://libervix.blogspot.com/2011/10/solstice-scents-i-feel-addiction-coming.html

I like my display so much I think I'm going to just swap out the Autumn poster for a Thanksgiving poster next month and keep everything else as is

The shredded paper and boxes are reused while the jars are recycled. The small ziplocs are used to forward perfume or other samples in a swap/sale.