#Wedding Invitation Boxes Wholesale

[theccrafttree]

Are you looking for Wedding Gift Boxes? Yes, then you are at perfect place for wedding gifts & wedding gift hamper. Wedding Boxes Wholesale & Wedding Gift Boxes For Guests.

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Enhance Your Gifting Experience with Custom Gift Boxes Wholesale

When it comes to making gifts, presentation is one of the most important things, and the wholesale gift boxes can give you a quick fix of class and thoughtfulness. Regardless of whether you are a business that attempts to attract the attention of your clients who wish to leave a lasting impression, chances are that you are looking for new and innovative ways of how wholesale gift boxes can help you achieve this. In the article, we will focus on the range and advantages of the personalized products gatherer, which includes gift boxes with oldies, wholesale, customized gift box models, and tailored jewelry gift boxes.

The Allure of  Wholesale Gift Boxes:

Tailored for Any Occasion

 Wholesale custom gift boxes provide multi-purpose utility for any celebration. From birthdays to weddings corporate events to seasonal associations, customized packaging is adapted to enhance the overall gifting experience.

Branding Beyond Basics 

Brands have the possibility of telling their story to their clients not only via their products but also through an entire shopping experience. By printing the logos wholesale and using gift boxes, companies effectively convey their branding to the packaging as well, maintaining their brand identity and ensuring the brand is in the minds of the recipients.

Jewelry Gift Boxes Wholesale

 Jewelry is a very close and cherished present. Therefore, it needs to have packaging that is as valuable as the present. Jewelry gift boxes wholesale protect and create a unique good experience while letting the giftee see the gifts. Attracting passersby can be ensured by adding attractions like velvet lining, prints, and sizing.

The Personal Touch

Uniqueness in Every Box

This eases the financial pressures on a family when they are emotionally vulnerable, helping them to focus on their loved one's well-being.

Customization 

Customization allows an opportunity to create exclusive designs and individual gifts. Any material, color, or lettering can supplement the invitation design for the desired effect. The sky's the limit! Therefore, these little details elegantly make a simple article a warm reminder.

Eco-Friendly Options

The introduction of global sustainable standards has impacted the packaging segment in other ways. Achieve this by seeking eco-friendly materials, recyclable alternatives, and minimalist designs to position your brand with green ISO values.

Easy Storage and Assembly

Buyers want convenience, and most wholesale gift box suppliers make it easy to store and set up ready-to-deliver gift boxes. It is especially advantageous to companies with vast quantities of merchandise in the market or shoppers just looking for something to give to their families, friends, or colleagues.

Exploring Design Elements:

Creative Printing Options 

Wholesale gift boxes provide customers with endless possibilities for print design. Features like embossing or debossing can add an aesthetic look to your products' packaging. Such methods can also be used for strong emotions, leaving one with a sensation of luxury.

Window Cutouts for Intrigue

Accounts of former battlefields teach us never to take peace for granted, while refugee stories safeguard our empathy and compassion towards those in need. Accordingly, personalize your gift boxes with window cutouts. So, this invites the peek into the secretive box, developing a hint of wonder and thrill in the receiver's mind. Therefore, it is a simple yet brilliant mode of strengthening the craving for opening.

Benefits for Businesses:

Marketing Through Packaging

Market gifting boxes explicitly developed for customers are an efficient marketing tool for businesses. Integrating a logo, brand colors, and taglines in the packaging creates a cohesive brand message that communicates through the product and ultimately shapes the complete unboxing experience. Therefore, it makes an overall impression that endures.

Client and Employee Gifting

 Businesses may view custom gift boxes as a way to enrich their client and employee gifting programs. Moreover, having the brand differentiators put on these present gifts implies vital care for the brands.

Customization for Special Events:

Weddings and Celebrations

Creative and personalized details express the electricity and shine of special occasions, including weddings. The wholesale gift boxes relate to the event theme, each gift package truly representing and cohesively matching the event.

Corporate Events and Promotions

 Custom packaging is an excellent choice for any company that runs events or marketing campaigns. Branded boxes of gifts increase the professional appearance of the event. It also serves as a marketing tool if it involves product information and brand promotions.

The Unboxing Experience:

Emotional Impact

 Unboxing is more than tearing the papers; it's an emotional ride that carries you on a journey. The wholesale gift boxes add some fun elements to the whole process of uncovering the gift. Therefore, enticing the recipient with a look of surprise, delight, and anticipation helps to make them feel special.

Social Media Worthy

 In the modern social media era, what stands out visually in gifts is commonly shared online. Therefore, the well-designed gift packaging is Instagram-worthy. It creates an impactful impression that can cause a chain reaction. People want to flaunt their thoughtful gifts, becoming your secret agents.

Future Trends and Innovations:

Smart Packaging Integration

Integrating innovative packaging technologies could become a habit for wholesale gift boxes. Suppose each QR code is made specifically for you, leading to unique messages or interactive features using augmented reality. Thus, unboxing is no longer only visual; it becomes a multi-sensory experience.

Sustainable and Reusable Solutions

 Sustainability has become an essential global factor, and green packaging solutions are the current trend. Future gift box manufacturers could make the substrates of their products from sustainable materials that are also biodegradable, and they may design them to encourage a culture of reuse and environmental sensitivity.

Final Thoughts

Custom wholesale gift boxes have the power to ensure "brand image" and "lasting impact" in the minds of the consumers. With the progress in packaging, these boxes remain indispensable, from birthday gifts to the usual surprise packages. Through the integration of out-of-the-box ideas into crafting processes and the adoption of sustainable practices, the journey to make the perfect gift box is ongoing. So, be experimental and let your personality flow through each box package. Your gifts will be objects and lifelong marks of thoughtfulness and memories.

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Invitations Boxes For Your Events

Duallush Designs is a well-known brand that specializes in crafting elegant and sophisticated invitation cards for various occasions. Their latest creation, the Box Invitations, is an innovative concept that is quickly gaining popularity among those looking for a unique and unforgettable way to invite their guests.

Box Invitations are a departure from traditional paper invitations. They come in a small, tastefully designed box that contains all the information your guests need to know about your event. These boxes are made from high-quality materials, such as cardboard, silk, or velvet, and are available in a variety of colors, sizes, and designs. They can be personalized to match the theme of your event, making them a perfect fit for any occasion.

One of the standout features of Box Invitations is their versatility. They can be used for weddings, birthdays, baby showers, or any other event that requires an invitation. The boxes can be customized with your guests' names and addresses, making them an excellent choice for formal events where you want to create a lasting impression.

Another advantage of Box Invitations is that they are durable and can be kept as a keepsake by your guests. Unlike traditional paper invitations, these boxes are designed to be reused and repurposed, adding to their practicality and value.

Duallush Designs has taken great care to ensure that the Box Invitations are easy to use and assemble. They come with clear instructions that make it simple to put them together and add any additional information, such as maps or RSVP cards.

In conclusion, Box Invitations from Duallush Designs are a unique and innovative way to invite your guests to your event. They are versatile, durable, and easy to use, making them an excellent choice for anyone looking to make a lasting impression on their guests. Whether you're planning a wedding, a birthday party, or any other event, Box Invitations are an elegant and practical choice that is sure to impress. 

[iamdanielpaul]

There is a lot you can do in terms of custom wedding card boxes and play around with the design and customization. For the start, most weddings have certain elements of vintage so one can go safely with the vintage theme and use lots of embellishments such as old rustic charms, shabby printing, bespoke borders, etc and give the wholesale made boxes a handmade impact.

[ameliaprivatetcb]

Are you looking for better packaging designs that can help you to make wedding favors special for your loved ones? Wedding boxes can be best as the potentials are endless.

[didigarme]

Make your wedding a completely stress-free event by considering some basic and important things in your checklist as your main priority.

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Torn Ch 4 --- John Wick x OC fic

A/N: Remember my long neglected John Wick x OC fic? No? Well, finally got around to another chapter. Need a refresh? 

Ch 1 --- Ch2 --- Ch 3 

“Hmm. I’m really not sure! I’m leaning towards the textured blush paper with gold envelopes but I---I really don’t know.” The indecisive bride-to-be ran her hands over the paper options laid out before her on the large wooden table. She fixed her eyes on Kristen with a look that spoke volumes of just how overwhelmed she was. “What do you think?” She asked hesitantly. Kristen smiled warmly and set down her pen. “Personally, I really like the combination of the sage green envelope lined with gold and the blush pink paper for the card. It works all of your colours into it and I think it will look soft and elegant---but it’s really all up to you. Trust your taste!” The woman across from her lit up with excitement. “Oh my gosh! I love that idea SO MUCH! Yes. You know what? Let’s do that.” She said. “Ok, sage green, gold and pink it is! I’ll need a list of full names and addresses to do the hand lettering---as soon as you can get them to me.” Kristen said. “Of course! We just finalized the guestlist so I can have that to you by the end of the week.” She let out a sigh and visibly relaxed. “Thank you so much for everything Kristen. You’re a dream to work with!” 

Kristen smiled widely and gathered up the requested items and tucked them into a thin box. “That’s so kind. I’m happy to be a small part of your big day.” She said. “We just got in some really gorgeous planners if you need one to keep track of everything.” She said as she gestured to the display at the front of the shop. “Actually, I could use one---planning this wedding is a beast of a task. I mean, I’m excited and all---but it’s a lot!” Kristen smiled knowingly. “It is---but you’ll get it done. Just make sure to take some time to yourselves and recharge too. Thanks again for trusting me with your invites. If you have any questions about planners Steph can help you.” Kristen said, gesturing towards Steph behind the counter before heading to her office. She loved these client meetings but always needed a few moments to herself afterwards. Weddings were the bread and butter of her business---so she always put so much pressure on herself. She sank into her office chair and sighed, closing her eyes for a moment. 

The gentle knock on the door startled her. “Boss?” Steph asked as she peeked into the office. “Someone is asking about a supply order.” “Oh. Thanks Steph. I’ll be right there.” Kristen sighed again and stood up. Drumming her fingertips on the smooth surface of her desk. Collecting her thoughts. She checked her appearance in the mirror by the door and tucked an errant strand of hair behind her ear before striding to the shop counter. “Hello madam. You must be Kristen, yes?” She was taken aback at the formality of the persons speech. “Yes, that’s me. How can I help you?” “Pleased to meet you Kristen, I’m James. I’ve been sent on behalf of my employer---we’re looking for a supplier of fine paper goods for our boutique hotel.” “You’d be my first corporate client---I’ve never done wholesale before.” “We’ve heard good things about you---and we always deal locally when we can.” He said. “Well, shall we get started?” She asked. “Yes, please. Thank you for accommodating me, it’s most appreciated---and apologies for not setting up an advance appointment.” “There’s no need for apologies.” She said with a warm smile. “So you’re a new boutique hotel in town?” “We’ve been in Buffalo for a long time but the city has changed so much. We feel it’s the right time to reopen.” James said. “We do value discretion. The plans haven’t been announced yet.” He added pointedly. “Understood.” She said with a sly smile. “Your secret is safe with me.” They worked together to put together the initial order for the hotel. Planners, stationary, pens, pencils. Plain black leather bound notebooks. “Do you need the name of a printer to have the items branded with your logo? I have a great one I work with.” “No, thank you. We like to keep things very minimal. Exclusive.” He said. That struck Kristen as odd. What kind of hotel didn’t want or need branded stationary? It must be a very expensive hotel---but in Buffalo? How would that work out she wondered. They worked together efficiently to get everything sorted. James followed her to the register. “Do you accept coin or shall I pay by card?” “Coin?” She asked with a small polite laugh. James immediately brought out his black company card and left the gold coins in his pocket. “Card is fine.” She said as she rang up the order. “Here’s my business card. Please do call when everything arrives. It’s been a real pleasure, Kristen.” “Likewise. Thank you for coming in. I’ll be in touch when everything is ready.” She said, taking his very elegant business card from him. “Have a pleasant evening.” He said as he left the store. “You too.” She called out distractedly as she examined the exquisitely designed business card. The Continental. Buffalo, New York. It read in elegant gold script. She recognized the address. It was a beautiful old building downtown. It had been empty for decades and she always hoped it would be saved from the wrecking ball. “What what that guy’s deal?” Steph asked loudly, causing Kristen to jump. She looked out the door and then at Steph with a puzzled look on her face. “I honestly have no idea. He was kind of...odd. Wasn’t he?” Steph laughed. “He’s definitely not from here. I know that for sure. He seemed, British?” Kristen hummed in agreement. 

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John was at the kitchen island with the crossword and a cup of coffee, his pen in hand, brows furrowed, when she came in with the groceries. Kristen put the bags down in front of the fridge before she wrapped her arms around his waist and placed a kiss on his temple. “Crossword, huh?” She said as she peered over his shoulder. “Mmm.” “You know I have many comfortable chairs to sit on, right?” She said with a laugh. He turned to meet her eyes and smirked. “I like your kitchen. It’s comfortable. It’s better with you here, though.” Kristen’s face scrunched up as a blush crept across her cheeks. “You absolute sap.” She said as she swatted his shoulder playfully. He smiled and shrugged. “Oh---I read that there’s a meteor shower tonight. I was thinking we could drive out somewhere near my place and see what we can spot?” He said. She smiled and shook her head. 

It was one of those moments where what he had done for a living and who he really was stood in such contrast that she couldn’t help but laugh. “What?” He asked as he bumped his shoulder against hers. “You got a date idea from an actual newspaper. It's funny---and very sweet and sounds like fun.” She playfully pushed him off of her and crossed her arms. A small smirk on her lips. “Yeah, yeah I’m an old man.” He said with a laugh as Kristen turned and started putting the groceries away. “I’d help you but -- my aching bones and all.” He shot her a pointed look before he turned back to the crossword with a huge grin on his face. 

He lasted all of 30 seconds before he was at her side helping put things away. “How did your bridal consult go?” He asked, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her in against his chest. She felt herself relax, letting go of tension she didn’t even know she was carrying. “It went really well.” She said. “No bridezilla action? I don’t have to get involved?” He teased. “No, she was great actually---just the usual deer-in-the-headlights look that most people who plan their own wedding have.” He squeezed her a bit tighter in his arms and kissed her forehead. He thought about his own wedding. It seemed so long ago now but not nearly long enough to stop his heart from feeling that familiar tug of grief. The edges of it had dulled a bit---and even more since he’d finally been able to open up to Kristen about it. His very next thought was of her. What she’d look like walking towards him. Toward a life together. “John, you’re squishing me.” She said, snapping him out of his thoughts. He loosed his grip on her and ran his hands down her arms. Taking her hands in his. “I’m in love with you, Kristen.” He said quietly. Almost to himself. “I love you.” He said loudly, his eyes filled with warmth and hope as he gazed down at her, a smile playing on the edges of his lips. Her breath hitched in her throat. John watched her expression carefully. Taking in how her lips parted and her eyes went wide as she registered what he’d said. She squeezed his hands tightly. “I love you too. So much.” She looked radiant. Her smile crinkling the corners of her eyes softly. He leaned down and kissed her, one hand splayed on her lower back as he slid the other into her hair. He leaned back against the kitchen island and pulled her tighter against him. He hadn’t meant to blurt out his feelings for her like this---but it felt right. This moment. In her kitchen. She was his home---and maybe he could be hers. 

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They leaned back against the bumper of the car, watching the meteors track across the sky. Steam rose from their thermoses of hot chocolate, dissipating into the cold autumn night as Dog and Gremlin sat at their feet. They’d become fast friends---much to the relief and delight of John and Kristen. Dog never minded when Gremlin would lean on or even sleep on him. He’d give the occasional sigh of resignation and that would be it. “It’s beautiful out here. How’d you find this place?” She asked. John shifted and pulled her in closer to his side. “When I first moved here I was alone a lot. Restless. I think I took Dog to every park, every hiking trail all around the area.” He said. “Oh! That reminds me---there may be a new place we can explore together soon.” She said. “Where’s that?” He asked before taking a sip of his drink and staring up into the sky. “A new boutique hotel is opening up---or supposedly, reopening downtown. They came to my shop for a huge stationary supply order---but here’s the thing, the guy was really kind of weird. So...formal? I’m not sure how well it’s going to go over here.” “You said reopening?” John asked. Dread crystalizing in the pit of his stomach. “Steph thought it was weird too. I mean, he asked if he could pay by coin or card. What a dad joke.” She said. “What did you just say?” He asked. Kristen noticed that John’s whole demeanor had suddenly changed. “Coin or card.” She repeated. John pulled away from her. “It wasn’t a joke, Kristen.” John said harshly. “Why didn’t you tell me about this sooner. You have NO IDEA what you’ve gotten yourself into.” “John---I was about to tell you when I got home but then the conversation we were having seemed more important. Kristen, I love you. That’s nice but this weird guy came into the shop today. Would have been better for you?” She said, throwing her hands up, her lips drawn into a hard line. John exhaled and shut his eyes, taking a minute to calm down. “No, you’re right. You had no idea that this meant anything and I’m sorry. Did he tell you what the name of the hotel was?” He asked. “Shit, I think it started with a C. The Centennial? No. That’s not right.” She said. “The Continental?” John asked flatly. “Yeah, that’s it. How did you know?” “It means they know about us.” “Who’s they?” She asked “The High Table. The people I used to...work for.”

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[theccrafttree]

Looking for the perfect way to add a personal touch to your wedding day? Consider creating a custom wedding box design. Here are some tips to get you started. Shop now at The C Craft Tree. 

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FRESCOES

If you are in the business of sweets, cakes, chocolates, brownies or dryfruits and looking for an affordable yet attractive box packaging solution for your Food items or gifts, FRESCOES, Kolkata (Designer/ Manufacturer) is THE SOURCE FOR Ready-to-deliver CREATIVE PACKAGING.

Navayug Creations specialises in designing and production of gourmet gift boxes to suit any corporate or personal gift giving occasion. Choose from chocolate only boxes, decorative dry-fruit/ sweets trays, or try our hamper style options which will delight even the most discerning of connoisseurs. Beautifully styled with embossing and printing on paper, cardboard or wood, these gift boxes are a pleasure to give or receive.

PRODUCTS

Gift Boxes, cases, trays and platters, folding and rigid bakery confectionery packaging, cake cakesicles brownie macaron boxes, cupcake boxes, chocolate boxes, candy & sweets boxes, punch boxes, rigid boxes, paperboard boxes, plastic clear boxes, Dry Fruit Boxes, Dates Boxes, Festive Boxes, Food trays, Hamper Boxes, trays baskets Jewellery Boxes, Wedding boxes, Invitation Boxes, Gift Bags, Chocolates, wedding INVITATION cards, gift packaging, dryfruits, gift boxes, wine boxes, transparent window boxes, paper bags

DESIGN

Traditional, Modern, Classic, Trendy, Elegant, Vintage, Unique

MATERIALS

Imported high-gsm papers, fancy boards, handmade papers, cardboard, wood, acrylic, leather, fancy leather, silk, velvet fabrics, brocade, embellishments and laser-cut motifs.

APPLICATIONS

The Gift boxes are suitable for day-to-day sales, take-away, take-out, WEDDINGS, Engagement, Baby Announcement, Baby shower, Birth Ceremonies, Rakshabandhan, Eid, Diwali, Christmas, New Year, Valentine's, Birthdays, Corporate Gifting, Festivals and other functions.

PERSONALIZATION

We work with you to customise our beautiful boxes with your branding, logo and messages.

INDIA_WIDE SHIPPING

Manufactured in Kolkata, India, the boxes are high quality and durable to be shipped all over India.

TOP QUALITY

Best food grade biodegradable eco-friendly PAPERS and Cardboard is used with latest printing technology and skilled labour of West Bengal.

CLIENTS

Resellers, Sweet shops, Dry-Fruits Vendors, bakery, Caterers, Home bakers, Home-made Chocolate stores, Corporate Houses, Wedding Planners, Cakery, Patisserie, Boulangerie, Cafe, Trousseau Packers, Restaurant, premium Hotels, Retailers, Export Houses, Food consultants, Tea houses

PRICES

Affordable and Wholesale Factory Rates.

CUSTOM-MADE

For large quantity orders, design, colors and papers can be customized to suit your requirement.

STOCKS

Huge stocks of attractive bakery and gift packaging are maintained for instant delivery at your doorstep so that you can deliver your gourmet goodies safely to your customers.

DEALERS

All over india. Whatsapp for details.

CONTACT

Get in touch with us for a review of your packaging and assistance in finding the best packaging solution for your business.

To contact us call 09230088873 or email frescoes.boxes@gmail.com

[ameliaprivatetcb]

A wedding is a special event for everyone. Using attractively designed wedding boxes makes a perfect gift for guests, making them feel more awaited for the event.

[didigarme]

Having wonderfully designed favor boxes given to guests on weddings is an exciting way to thank guests in a creative way.

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How To Design And Print An Awesome Gable Box Which Mostly Attract Customers

S Packaging boxes come in many different shapes, designs and types. Custom Gable Boxes are some of the most popular for certain types of products in the retail industry. These are perfect packaging boxes that successfully combine the best features of a box and a bag. Having a distinctive gable handle on their topside, these also have a regular bottom tray cutout from the same materials piece. This one material piece construction adds strength to their overall profile making them perfect for gifts, foods and many other products.

When looking to design, process and print your perfect White Gable Boxes or fancy printed ones, there are many considerations you need to make. Whether you go with iconic Gold Gable Boxes or you select some basic colors, these need to look attractive for customers on shelves. Especially when required for gift, ornament and other fancy product packaging, your gable style boxes need to be beautifully attractive.

While there is a special with options like Black Gable Boxes and other solid colored dark options, prints make a difference for many product types. With printing, you will also get the option to print brand logos or product names on you boxes. Here are some very effective tips that can help you design and print your most beautiful Gable Boxes:

Right Design for the Right Product Types

Products come in many different shapes, sizes, dimensions and types with all of them requiring specific packaging designs. Gable style boxes are used efficiently for many different product types provided they are in the right designs and finishes. Some of the different styles and types of these special gable style-packaging boxes include:

Gable boxes for fancy gift products including favors

Gable packaging for food products making them easy to carry

Small sized Gold Gable Boxes for ornaments

Boxes in different colors and prints for various retail products

When designing your perfect gable style boxes, you need to select the right boxes for the right products. Their actual color and printed designs will make them suitable for certain specific products.

Attractive Surface Finish

Another feature that will always add authenticity to all gable style boxes regardless of what color or design you have for them is surface finish. The way your packaging box’s surfaces look and feel will make them look suitable for products packaged inside. Some of the different options include matte, gloss, spot UV or fancy multi-colored finish.

Depending on different product types, you can also vary your surface finish accordingly. If you are packaging Christmas ornaments or wedding favors in them, be sure to go with a high gloss finish. When designing them for shelf-sold retail products, you can choose between a matte or spot UV finish. For food products such as restaurant or takeaway food boxes, almost always, matte finishes work great.

Printing Makes Gable Boxes Look Good

Unless you want plain White Gable Boxes that can later be wrapped with paper, printing will play a huge role for how your boxes look. Printing offers a whole lot of designing features that you would otherwise not get with any sorts of packaging. With the right printing equipment and designs, you can:

Print your brand logos, names or product information on your boxes

Print attractive designs on your boxes making them look attractive for customers

Different printing finishes including metallic foil stamping and/or embossing add a vivid luxury appeal of their own

Make your boxes attractive on retail shelves to grab custom attention effectively

When printing you gable style boxes to make them look attractive for customers, you need to keep product features in mind as well. Packaging should be able to highlight product features and designs at all times.

Color Is a Major Head Turner, Even for Packaging

When designing any types of packaging, color can be that difference make indeed. Gold Gable Boxes are some of the most popular for certain types of gift, favor and ornament products. Different color combinations can make your gable style packaging boxes for any types of products look attractive and inviting.

When you choose right colors for your gable style boxes, your packaged products can have boosted customer attraction. With Black Gable Boxes or any other single darker colored ones, the minimalist designs can turn many heads. Going with attractive attention grabbing fast colors is a great option as well. You will have to find that right balance with colors making your boxes look suitable and attractive at the same time.

Attention to Detail Matters in All Designs

Packaging is a rather sensitive product feature that needs all the attention to detail that you can provide. Little details like color accuracy and printing preciseness will always play a major role in making your boxes attractive for customers. How well your boxes have brand logos and names printed on them will contribute a lot towards your brand identity.

How accurate are the sizes, shapes and designs of your boxes will also play a significant role in their attraction factor. The bottom line with simple Black Gable Boxes or the fanciest printed ones is that you need to provide high attention to detail in all designing features. Whether you are designing perfect gable style packaging for your foods, gifts and favors or other retail products, how well they are finished will decide how attractive they are in the end.

Printing Out Gable Boxes for Gifts and Ornaments

Once you have designed and are happy with your selected Gable Boxes designs, it is now all down to printing them correctly. This is a stage where it will all either make or break for your business or personal needs. When you need bulk wholesale gable packaging, making sure to have yours printed by an efficient packaging provider is significant.

High quality printing should be a feature your selected packaging provider is able to deliver. They should also be able to offer fancy finishes like foil stamping or embossing and raised ink printing. The thing that you need to keep in mind is that for fancy gifts, favors and ornaments, you will need some of the most attractively printed boxes. These will also need to have attractive attention grabbing colors as well. Only the very best quality printers and packaging designers will be able to get all done for you.

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REMINDER: Trump has relied on Rudy Giuliani as a "fixer" ever since Trump bribed Rudy to kill a mob-related money laundering investigation into him 30 years ago.

The late Wayne Barrett wrote about their corrupt 30-year relationship in 2016:

Peas in a pod: The long and twisted relationship between Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani

By WAYNE Barrett | Published SEP 04, 2016 5:00 AM ET | NEW YORK DAILY News | Posted September 25, 2019 |

Let's start with the fact that Donald Trump's top surrogate, Rudy Giuliani, is on the payroll. In January, he joined a law firm, Greenberg Traurig, that represents Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Last year, the firm handled Trump's suit against the Florida city of Doral so his golf course could override noise regulations that barred him from bulldozing before sunrise. More recently, it handled Kushner's $340-million acquisition of the Watchtower properties in downtown Brooklyn.

When Trump paid a $250,000 fine in 2000 for secretly funding a million-dollar lobbying campaign against an Indian casino in upstate New York, he was represented by Greenberg.

Giuliani brought Marc Mukasey, the stepson of ex-U.S. Attorney General and lifelong Giuliani friend Michael Mukasey, with him to Greenberg; Mukasey is now representing legendary leg man Roger Ailes. Mukasey launched into a tirade recently against New York Magazine reporter Gabriel Sherman, calling the Ailes biographer "a virus" willing to "use any woman" to Weinerize the Trump debate adviser. His dad, who once branded Trump a "peril" to national security, delivered a Republican Convention speech the night after Rudy's screed.

This intertwine may or may not have something to do with why the Greenberg firm lets Rudy, one of its newest partners, hired early this year ostensibly to run a cybersecurity unit, travel the country with Trump, introducing him at rallies and fundraisers, challenging Hillary Clinton's health based on stuff he finds in corners of the internet, declaring her Clinton Foundation troubles worse than Watergate, wearing a "Make Mexico Great Again Also" cap, and helping draft policy speeches diagnosing African Americans for white audiences.

I even watched Rudy on TV, before one joint trip to Ohio, loading suitcases into the back of a Trump SUV in front of Trump Tower, the only baggage that slows him down.

Rudy has actually been more visible in his buddy's campaign than he was at times in his own $50 million presidential attempt in 2008, when he managed to convert the months-long top ranking in the polls into a single delegate. The imperial 2016 candidate who hates losers, especially ones who wind up in Vietnamese prisons, has instead embraced an epic dud, his solitary act of empathy in a campaign of callousness. He could've trashed Rudy like he did John McCain: "I like people who weren't caught with their command center down."

But the onetime comb-over twins just had too much in common. Though bombs-away hawks today, they got multiple draft deferments during the Vietnam War, with athlete Donald citing bad feet as his excuse and Rudy using an ear defect to sidestep his ROTC obligations.

Trump is now warning of a rigged election, invoking the image of Philadelphia blacks cheating at the ballot box and calling for voter suppression squads to "monitor" suspect precincts. Rudy said the 1989 mayoral election he lost was stolen and spent millions on suppression squads, dispatching off-duty white cops and firefighters to minority districts, when he won in 1993.

The two amigos also spark similar antipathy in Mexico, their latest joint destination — Donald for a mantra of insults, and Rudy for a multi-million-dollar anti-crime contract his consulting company won in Mexico City that flopped so badly the police chief declared he was "no fan" of Giuliani's. Rudy even tried to lend credence to the Trumpian fantasy that "thousands" of Muslims in Jersey City celebrated 9/11, quibbling only with the number.

Then there's the wife trifecta. No one in American public life, other than perhaps their kindred spirit Newt Gingrich, has ever mastered the art of a bad divorce like Rudy and Donald, carrying on as if spousal humiliation was the point.

Ask the kids. When Trump married mistress Marla Maples nearly four years after he walked out on Ivana, the three convention stars, Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric, didn't show up. Andrew and Caroline Giuliani made strained appearances at Rudy's 2003 wedding to Judi Nathan, but in 2007, both distanced themselves from their father's presidential pursuit, with Caroline Facebooking her preference for Obama, as close to the ex-mayor's heart as she could plunge the dagger.

Rudy's wife Donna found out he wanted a divorce when he announced it on TV, just as Marla had a couple of years before. Rudy then chose Mother's Day to alert the press that he would be having dinner with his new love and led the cameras on a 10-block walk with her after dinner, kissing her goodbye while his wife and kids simmered. His divorce lawyer declared "we're going to have to pry her off the chandeliers to get her out of" Gracie Mansion. Even Donald Trump was offended, writing an open letter to New York Magazine and urging Donna and Rudy "to sit down with each other in a room, without your lawyer, and see if you can settle this."

But Rudy was only following in the divorce-as-spectacle footsteps of Donald, who'd used the New York Post as his personal hammer a decade before, relishing in Marla's "best sex I ever had" headlines even as they horrified young Ivanka and Don. Trump told Newsweek the scandal was "great for business," and pushed Marla to seize on the opportunities it presented, including half a million to pose in "No Excuses" jeans.

He'd brought his mistress to the same Atlantic City boxing matches he brought his wife to, aboard the same helicopter, just as he'd set up Marla in a sparkling suite on the Aspen slopes while he was vacationing with his family. Young Don told his father then "you just love your money," a line he did not revive in his convention script. Ivanka, shocked by headlines on newsstands during her walk to school, just wept.

Rudy and Donald first got together in the late 1980s shortly before Donald became a co-chair of Giuliani's first fundraiser for his 1989 mayoral campaign, sitting on the Waldorf dais and steering $41,000 to the campaign. A year earlier, Tony Lombardi, the federal agent closest to then-U.S. Attorney Giuliani, opened a probe of Trump's role in the suspect sale of two Trump Tower apartments to Robert Hopkins, the mob-connected head of the city's largest gambling ring.

Trump attended the closing himself and Hopkins arrived with a briefcase loaded with up to $200,000 in cash, a deposit the soon-to-felon counted at the table. Despite Hopkins' wholesale lack of verifiable income or assets, he got a loan from a Jersey bank that did business with Trump's casino. A Trump limo delivered the cash to the bank.

The government subsequently nailed Hopkins' mortgage broker, Frank LaMagra, on an unrelated charge and he offered to give up Donald, claiming Trump "participated" in the money-laundering — and volunteering to wear a wire on him.

Instead, Lombardi, who discussed the case with Giuliani personally (and with me for a 1993 Village Voice piece called "The Case of the Missing Case"), went straight to Donald for two hour-long interviews with him. Within weeks of the interviews, Donald announced he'd raise $2 million in a half hour if Rudy ran for mayor. Lamagra got no deal and was convicted, as was his mob associate, Louis (Louie HaHa) Attanasio, who was later also nailed for seven underworld murders. Hopkins was convicted of running his gambling operation partly out of the Trump Tower apartment, where he was arrested.

Lombardi — who expected a top appointment in a Giuliani mayoralty, conducted several other probes directly tied to Giuliani political opponents, and testified later that "every day I came to work I went to Mr. Giuliani to seek out what duties I needed to perform" — closed the Trump investigation without even giving it a case number. That meant that New Jersey gaming authorities would never know it existed.

It's hard to watch Giuliani invoke his 14-year history as a federal prosecutor when he calls for Clinton's prosecution and square it with the seedy launch of his own relationship with Trump.

When Rudy was mayor, Trump hired the lobbying firm that included name partner Ray Harding, the head of the state's Liberal Party, whose ballot line had provided the margin of difference in Giuliani's 1993 election. Harding's firm quickly went from three lobbying clients to 92, and it steered the controversial, 90-story Trump World Tower, the tallest residential tower in city history, through three levels of Giuliani administration approvals despite loud opposition from community groups led by Walter Cronkite.

Both Harding and his son, a top Giuliani official, wound up felons. His other son, Robert Harding, a Giuliani deputy mayor, has long been a lobbyist at Rudy's current employer, Greenberg.

The Giuliani administration also wrote a 1995 letter of support to HUD for $365 million in mortgage insurance for Trump's Riverside South project, affirming that the Westside Yards site was in a blighted neighborhood, a contention so ludicrous that Donald had to eventually withdraw the application. A board of Giuliani appointees, pushed by Harding's firm, also approved renovations at Trump's 100 Central Park South, where Eric Trump now lives.

Rudy wound up a friend, speaking at Fred Trump's 1999 funeral, doing a grope scene with Donald in a 2000 Inner Circle skit, inviting Donald and Melania to his Gracie Mansion wedding and attending Trump's 2005 Mar-A-Lago wedding.

As aligned as Trump and Rudy appear, there are enough stark differences to make the embrace uncomfortable, at least if the blank-slate broadcast interviewers would do a search or two. When Mitt Romney ran against Giuliani, he said Rudy made New York a "sanctuary city," based on Giuliani's urging undocumented people to settle in the city. PoliFact found the assertion "true."

As mayor, Giuliani was the top Republican champion of the assault-weapons ban, sued the gun industry and called for "uniform licensing" of all guns, contending that the free flow of firearms into the city from unregulated states was killing New Yorkers.

Rudy was also one of the only elected pro-choice Republicans who even supported partial birth abortion. He's recently begun to perform same-sex marriages. He is, in all of these respects, an anti-Trump surrogate.

Yet Trump has said he might name Rudy to chair an immigration commission or to head homeland security. Trump apparently forgets that Rudy already gave us one homeland security secretary, his business partner and former correction and police commissioner Bernie Kerik, who blew up like a land mine before he could take office and wound up sentenced to four years in federal prison, partly for lying to the White House.

[coffee-for-himchan]

Sketching Reference (Yongguk Tattoo Artist AU pt.3)

Word count: 5.6 k+

Genre/warnings: fluff, tattoo artist!Yongguk x florist!reader (feat. the rest of B.A.P)

Summary: Only one night of preparations, and a whole wedding needing floral decorations the very next day.. It felt like you'd taken upon an impossible task. But with handy and caring boyfriend Yongguk and his amazing friends by hand, everything seemed just a little more hopeful.

Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

(A/N) It’s been a long time coming.. But here’s finally another part of Sketching Reference.

For those not familiar with this AU, here’s a quick re-cap, in case you don’t want to read through the first 2 parts of it:

You’re a florist who’s shop is located on a little busy street, right across of Yongguk’s tattoo shop. Past encounters of him coming over to your shop to get flower references for his sketches made you acquainted, and as mutual feelings start appearing, you eventually end up becoming friends and then start dating. Fast forward a year later, and you’re in the process of moving into his apartment. You agree to do a very short notice job for making wedding flower arrangements practically from scratch and last minute, when the movers who were supposed to move your things only a week later announce that they’ll be bringing them over to Yongguk’s place the next day instead. Now the wedding and moving schedules conflict, and you feel like the world’s about to end and break apart right at your feet. But Yongguk reassures you that you’ll somehow get through it, and you end up agreeing with him that he would pack your things all night while you would do your preparations for your florist job.

It was 10 PM, and you were finally back in your flower shop, the dim light of your table lamp filling up the nearby space. Having received help to unload the bunch of flowers from the car, you quietly observed them, how they were sprawled all over the floor, lining up both sides of the room on top of tons of old newspapers which you kept for these same exact type of situations. You'd gotten lucky to have many friends in the flower selling business - your wholesaler welcomed you with open arms and did everything to help you find as many types of flowers as you needed. You took a mental note to send her your thanks sometime later this week.

Not being able to help the tiredness, you yawned and stretched your arms up into the air, glancing around the place once again. A warm cup of hot chocolate would be so nice right now.. And a warm bed.. Some old black and white movie in the background and Yongguk's arm lazily curled around your waist as he laid next to you, soft snores already escaping his parted lips and ticking the nape of your neck as you tried not to squirm in order not to wake him up. Tried to fall asleep yourself, but couldn’t, as all your thoughts kept trailing back to him and to how peaceful it was to just be tangled up with him in bed like this...

Instead of doing all that, you were standing in the middle of your flower shop, already tired out of your mind before anything had even begun.

Why were you doing this again?

Yongguk had just texted you, his message stating that he'd just started packing up all of your books that you didn't want to part from when moving, and would continue with whatever was still left of your clothes. Somehow, you felt a little jealous of him - he seemed to know exactly what he was doing, and seemed to have a plan to follow while you were left completely in the blue regarding everything.

Well.. You did have sketches. But nothing apart from those yet.

It was something Yongguk had gifted you with just prior to closing away his tattoo shop for the day and letting you climb onto the back of his Vespa before you two drove to the wholesaler. Sketches of different bouquets of flowers - those were some of the sketches he'd done for a recent tattoo, and some sketches he'd done simply of boredom, while he was waiting for you to wrap up your workday in the flower shop. He said he took inspiration from watching you putting together flower arrangements, and since he knew he couldn't possibly do that himself but thought it was a beautiful process, he decided to sketch it out instead. Needless to say, it did make your heart skip a beat. Plus, having scanned over the drawings rather quickly, you realized that with a few tweaks here and there, two of the five designs he'd given you actually looked like they could fit this occasion more than well. Your own creative imagination let loose after only throwing those a glance, and while at the wholesaler and waiting for the flowers to be loaded into a car, you'd sketched down a few more version of other flower arrangements with the same visual design and decor.

And now you were here, and the hardest part was about to begin.. Bringing the sketches to life.

Another twenty or so minutes had passed, and somehow, you'd had enough thought to put on Pink Floyd in the background to keep you company, the music subtly playing through the tiny speaker set up on your counter side table. You threw a look at the sketches given to you and then the ones made by you, all of which you'd laid out on the main counter now, and also got out boxes of other supplies like ribbons and pearls and other decorations that you had acquired during the day. No more time to waste here. You had to start working right away.

And as you began the process, both inspiration and company approached on their own.

It was a quarter to eleven when the front door creaked open, footsteps filling the room to the soft tune of "Wish You Were Here". How ironic, you thought without even turning around to see who was coming through. This had somehow become your and Yongguk's song over the time, in some sort of unspoken agreement.. It was some sort of untold truth that both of you knew yet would never voice. "We're just two lost souls, swimming in the same fish bowl; And now we found the same old fears, wish you were here"... It happened to be just controversial enough, with just enough raw feeling and emotion to it, and more than anything, calm, just like the two of you liked it. He liked humming along to that song (you doubted he knew all the words to it anyways), and you loved listening to his subtle singing voice. When the song had come on just a minute or two ago, you had quietly chuckled and mumbled that you wished he'd be here. Or anyone really.

You finally looked up from the tiny workspace that you'd made yourself on the counter to see a familiar face staring right at you and smiling, though a face you weren't quite ready to see visiting you at such an occasion and such a time of day. This wasn't Yongguk. But you somehow had the feeling that Yongguk was the one who had forced this visitor.

"Hey, Himchan oppa."

He greeted you with a smile, and soon you saw another person walking around a car that was parked outside which you recognized to be Himchan's, their hand also reaching for the doorknob as the guy twisted it and while coming into the room, took off his red cap to look around a bit before looking right at you.

Now this was a new face you hadn't seen around yet, though as he came a bit closer, you saw the smile his puffy lips curled into, and found it inviting somehow. Just a tad less inviting that Yongguk's soft smiles, because to you, nothing could top those. 

"Yongguk called me half an hour ago," Himchan announced as he made himself at home in a second, throwing off his coat and hanging it on one of the wall hangers located behind the counter. The other guy remained stood there quietly, until you motioned for him to go and do the same, which he then proceeded onto with a smile. You noticed that Himchan was carrying something in his right hand.

"He told me you were having a long night tonight, so I know I'm no amazing florist like you are.. I'm no florist at all, to be exact, and can only get my way around the kitchen or a few musical instruments, definitely not flowers.. But if you need a pair of extra hands, I'm one, and I've brought you another one."

The boy standing next to Himchan smiled at you, and in a melodic voice introduced himself to be Daehyun, explaining more of his relations to this situation afterwards as he was already elbow-deep into a bouquet of flowers, telling you how he was a vocal student at the music academy, and Himchan just happened to give him private piano lessons since that was a discipline he lacked in but needed to get better at. Himchan was also the one to introduce him to Yongguk who later did two of his tattoos which he's grateful for life still, and admires the elder for his "art and cool personality". He almost sounded like he was gushing about Yongguk and his art when he spoke, and that made you chuckle, as you'd felt the same the very first time you saw what your now-boyfriend was capable of coming up with. You listened with a smile on your face, liking how others appreciated Yongguk the same way you did. You wanted him to be surrounded by people who only wanted the best for him. His friends were just as nice as you thought they were.

"So don't sweat it," Himchan put a tray containing four coffees on the counter, smiling sheepishly at you as you told him he didn't have to do this, "Dream team's here, and so is some coffee so you won't crash out at some point, so just order us around and hopefully we won't mess anything up."

Somehow, it felt like everything would fall into it's own pieces again as you looked at those two smiling men in front of you, and honestly, it must've looked like you were about to cry from happiness as the moment you walked around the corner, Himchan enveloped you in a hug and Daehyun was also there, still smiling his inviting smiles. Turning the music a little quieter, you tried to think of useful tasks for them that would make it easier for you as well. If all of you were about to sacrifice your sleep, you had to do a damn good job.

The only thing mildly concerning you was the fact there were four and not three coffees in that tray, and the second the door opened again a little past eleven, you smiled, silently thanking Yongguk for being this way. For having a big heart which had ultimately lead him to have a lot of friends who were ready to help in the weirdest case scenarios, and for always making things easier for you.

"Youngjae-ah, your coffee's getting cold~~"

"I'm aware," he shook hands with Daehyun and then Himchan before walking up to the counter, taking the single leftover coffee from the tray and sipping on it while leaning against the counter in a sassy pose, looking into your eyes as a form of hello. There he was. Another savoir of the day.

Youngjae was another of Yongguk's friends whom you knew a little. They sometimes went to the gym together, and also, Youngjae was just about the smartest IT student there was, and has helped both you and Yongguk out with website layouts for your businesses. But he was a busy man, and more than anyone, you didn't anticipate him to be standing here right now. That is, before you remembered a tiny little detail that Yongguk had mentioned in conversation a few times, just because he thought it was an interesting coincidence.

"Son of a fellow florist at your command," he did a saluting gesture, then cracked his knuckles as if saying "game on", starting to walk back towards the door, "Himchan hyung, c'mere. Give me a helping hand."

The elder rose from his position at the counter, and soon, more flowers and boxes were carried from Youngjae's car trunk into the flower shop, all of use, or so you thought when your fingers slid through the contents of the boxes, seeing as those in fact were accessories that could be used for wedding bouquets. Now you for sure didn’t have to worry about running short on any type of supplies. With a bit of creative thinking, everything could be put to use.

"These are actually leftovers from a wedding event just earlier this week," Youngjae commented as you asked him where he got all that stuff, "My mom can't calculate supplies for dear life. There's always too many left, so I just kinda barged through her door on my way here, did the puppy eye trick and she gave those to me. Yongguk sent me the sketches via sms as well, well, at least his own, so I tried hogging up whatever I thought fit the best. Big hello from my mom, by the way. She's rooting for you."

"The stars have really aligned in my favor today, haven't they?" you mumbled more to yourself than to them, still amazed at how much smoother than you first imagined everything was going. How much easier it all was, simply because you weren’t alone and completely in the blue anymore. Youngjae let out a snarky laugh.

"You just have somebody who's looking out for you extra hard, that's all."

Youngjae seemed to be a little more skilled in this field of work due to growing up in that environment, so he was put to work next to you to work on the details while the other two were made to put together bouquets and sort out flowers, while at the same time already packing up ready-made arrangements and setting them aside. Passing Youngjae a glue gun, you two leaned over sketches and quietly discussed them, as you noticed he had an artistic eye which fit well with everything you'd already come up with. Finally, you once again felt the passion for your work, not just a plain desire to get it over with. Though Himchan nagged for you to not be such a big perfectionist, he obeyed all of your orders for bringing arrangements back and forth so you could add a few more details or fix up ones you thought could be better. It was getting later by every passing minute, but somehow, the tiredness wasn't taking over and was rather surrendering. You had found some type of drive again, and wanted to use it to the fullest.

It was much more hopeful and lively with these three around, as you did not feel alone in a situation that seemed close to unsolvable just recently.

Twenty minutes to 2 AM, another two frames cast their shadows inside your shop. You recognized one to be Junhong - another guy Yongguk had once tattooed, and became friends with as he was young, quite fierce and mischievous in his ways too, but over all, shared the same passion for rap as the elder did. The other was quietly introduced to be Jongup, and though you knew who he was but saw him for the first time tonight the same way you saw Daehyun, the others seemed to know him just fine.

"Are you two mad crazy?" Youngjae spurted out, though they seemed to only shrug their shoulders, "It's the middle of the night!"

"So? We have spare keys to the studio. You know no one checks in there, so we might as well stay around and dance until as long as we desire," Junhong shrugged again, and Jongup only nodded.

"And did Yongguk call you two to duty as well?"

"Himchan hyung did," Junhong pointed at the elder, who gave a smile, showing how proud he was of his orders and the fact that somebody actually followed them, "He said that if the rest of the squad is elbows deep in work, so should we be. I guess that's the right mentality after all. It's all six of us or none at all... And you too, (Y/N)."

A little wonky, yet Junhong's inclusion of you in their friend's group seemed beyond sweet. You couldn't help but smile, your mind already racing to think of tasks for the two newcomers. Everything would be fine. It couldn't be otherwise.

All through half the night, up until around 4 AM or so, the six of you stayed huddled up in the little store like this. Walking around the place, mild music blasting in the background, making something that seemed to be unreachable at first happen in all desired ways and shapes. Himchan had taken upon the role of the commander, ordering everyone back and forth around the place as if you weren't even present and had no saying in this. Daehyun was working quietly just to spurt out laughs and bicker with Youngjae. Both their works were extra precise, showing how many efforts they put into them. Junhong and Jongup kept busting out a move or two to most of the music playing all throughout the night, keeping the rest of you laughing at all times as they'd been put on clean up duty, and did so skillfully while dancing away everyone's stress. It was late, but that wasn't an issue at all. 

Yongguk kept calling every now and then, and though he himself sounded tired, his voice was full of love and affection. He'd just wrapped up some silverware, and would go to sleep for a few hours soon. Your things were packed, and you had nothing to worry about. Though he wasn't here with you and the rest of his friends, you could clearly feel his presence in the room. The other five carried it with them and so did you, as he was the one who brought you all together and the one who'd made this possible.

At about 5 AM, Himchan had driven you back home, withstanding all of your tired thank yous and promises to make it up to him and the other guys with mere chuckles and phrases to once again not sweat it - he was just being his cheerful, helpful self, and so were the others. Plus, Yongguk had always been like the glue that kept the six of them together, as they were of quite different backgrounds, yet somehow, their friendship worked out just fine. And as you strolled in through your apartment doors to see Yongguk half-crashed out on the piano that would eventually have to be moved tomorrow too, you couldn't help but look at him from the distance for a moment before approaching.

"Hey, how did it go?"

"More than alright," he registered your hands cupping his face, and smiled up at you as you leaned down enough to press your forehead against his.

"Himchan said he's free tomorrow, and also willing to demolish half his car in order to fit all those flowers in," you smiled at him, seeing as he smiled back when his arm skillfully wrapped around you, and he stood up slowly.

"Youngjae's lectures end early tomorrow too," you continued quietly, your fingers stroking against his cheek, "He'll be there a little later, but will take the second load of flowers along."

To all of that, Yongguk simply looked back at you, his eyes narrowing as he was so, so tired, yet wanted to hear how well it went. He had really tried his best so it would end that way.

"And I learned something new about you today."

"And what's that?" he listened quietly, deep in his heart hoping that it was some way of praise, since he really felt like he needed some of that now. Not that he was usually the one to openly admit wanting to be praised.. But when you did it, it always sounded so damn good and satisfying.

"You have the biggest heart of all, Yong~~" you chuckled and kissed him lightly once, staying comfortable in his arms, "And the best of all friends which you're like a leader to. I mean, it's not really news, but.. It showed a lot today. And I wanted to tell you that and thank you for it."

Somehow, you had managed to fall asleep in bed, limbs-tangled for three and a half hours or so, when the alarm clock went off and you quietly sneaked out of his unusually tired embrace, making a small breakfast before gently waking him up and inviting him to join. Time was still ticking, despite a lot of things having been done yesterday already, and today you two switched places, with you waving bye at Yongguk, leaning out of the window to see him driving behind the corner on his Vespa just as the movers drove out from it the very next second, and you had to brace yourself to invite them in nicely and calmly tell them to make it quick - you were really, really in a hurry today, and had places to be. And it was partly or rather even fully their fault that you'd been on the edge for the last twelve hours or so.

While commanding the parade of boxes all around, your mind started trailing back to all of the work you did yesterday. Usually, you wouldn't allow yourself to take so many different risks, let alone all of them at once. You would've planned weeks, if not months ahead, would've gotten the appropriate supplies not on short notice, would've never even considered inviting people without a professional grip in this business to help you out.. An urge to see all the things you'd made yesterday arose inside of you, one you couldn't beat or get rid of that easily. What if you wouldn't like them anymore, what if they weren't exactly as picture perfect as you'd wanted them to be? All of a sudden, you started doubting a few of last night's tired decisions, and needed to check on them, to see if they were really as you remembered them to be.

You hit up Yongguk, asking him how he was holding up with checking on the flowers and all, and also asking him to send you pictures. And once receiving them, a crease formed in between your brows.

It's not like it was bad or anything, but.. Something was missing. And the more you looked at it, the less you could guess what it was.

It was a little over half past eleven when the movers were finally giving you the last papers to sign, having successfully delivered everything and already seeming to hurry to their next job for the day. You did not mind their hurry either - there were a lot of things to do and a lot of places to be for you as well.

Another text from Yongguk stated that part of the flowers were on the way to the event venue, and while in your taxi ride back to the shop, you called Yuna. Things would be in full swing soon enough. You had to literally dash to the venue and set everything up as soon as possible.

Getting there, you saw Yongguk and Youngjae both pacing around Youngjae's car with the second load of flowers. Great. You still felt like you had just enough time to do a thing or two, and ended up completely ignoring Yongguk's questions and dashing into the store to get the glue and scissors.

As if knowing you were up to something not exactly thought-through, Yongguk's hand wrapped around your wrist the second you sprinted back out of the shop, and he threw you a glance.

"What are you about to do?"

"I need to just fix those strings up a little bit-"

Yongguk stepped in front of the arrangements protectively, blocking your access to them. It surprised you at first, until you started feeling irritation creeping up. What was he doing? You had no time for this, you had to hurry and not get distracted.

"Yah, move out of my way," you tried walking past him, ready to attack the arrangements with the newfound desire to fix them, "Just a little fix, it won't take long-"

"Let's be realistic here."

With a swift move, he'd discarded of the supplies in your hands, holding your palms in his so you couldn't reach out for anything. You looked at him pleadingly, but it was of no use.

"You were the one who told me to never entirely give up on things, not until I've tried them," you pouted at him, though understanding where he came from. His words did in fact have enough reasoning for you to take them into consideration.

"I know, but I believe I also should've said at some point that you have to understand when something's simply enough."

He was right, you knew it. And you confirmed it with a huff, to which he took a step ahead and enveloped you in a hug. It was a warm and nice embrace, something that felt both natural and calming. You could feel him once again mending all your anxieties and sour feeling by just being there for you.

"I sometimes overdo sketches," he told you quietly, thinking for a bit before continuing, "It's too much. Sometimes they turn out great, but not with the time limit that I have for actually tattooing them. Then I have to simplify, to end up with a full piece, a quality one on top of that, so that when the time comes to an end I have a whole tattoo, not just the linework and some shading... Simplifying doesn't mean making it worse, or making it a poor effort. It means playing smart with the time and materials you have. You don't have to feel bad about not whipping out every single trick you have up your sleeve for this specific project. In fact, you will show your professionalism this way."

He was right. 

“Hey, lovebirds! I’d let you two have your moment, but Himchan’s already blowing up my phone asking where we’re at, so let’s move it!” Youngjae peaked out from the driver’s seat, making you take a last glance at Yongguk, nod in agreement and smile a little and start moving towards the car.

Both of them were right. You had to stop overthinking now and had to move fast.

*

Walking in through the apartment door, the most you could do was take off your shoes and head straight to the shower. After the hot water had managed to relax your muscles, you stepped outside, got dressed in comfy homewear and let Yongguk occupy the bathroom as you went to his room and plopped down on his bed...

Pardon. Your bed. Now this was your home as well, and only now you realized how much you'd have to get used to not having to go away from here for the night ever again.

"What a day."

Yongguk walked in through the doors, silently nodding in agreement and stopping mid room to scan over the stacks upon stacks of unpacked things. A sigh left his lips.

"Tomorrow should be similar as well."

"Forget it, I'm not doing any more extremely short-notice weddings," you groaned, hiding your face in one of the pillows. Another few seconds passed until you felt the bed sinking in.

"I was talking about unpacking," he said quietly, making you groan again.

"Do we have to do it tomorrow?"

"I hate these stacks of boxes. Makes everything look.. Not neat."

You chuckled lightly at his dislike towards disorganized spaces. Sure, you could take tomorrow off, but even you understood that it would be much more efficient and wiser to just get it all over with. The sooner you'd sort your things, the more time you'd have afterwards for simply chilling.

"Okay, let's get it over with tomorrow," you turned around to see him sitting on the edge of the bed, and smiled lightly, "The things I do for you."

He returned a smile.

"And vice versa."

In half an hour you were already tucked under the covers, and he was climbing into bed to join you. The black and white movie was on, his arm was around your waist as his warm breath hit the nape of your neck.. Everything was just as you’d wanted it to be. You relaxed into his frame and for the first time since you got home felt comfortable enough to think about the day.

The hectic car ride, the immediate jumping out of the car, the practical race to the venue, the way you set everything up bare moments beforehand... It was all in the past now. And though it all should've been a big amount of stress, you somehow managed to do it all with a smile on your face. Because together with you, there was Yongguk who was calmly following any instruction, Himchan who was nagging about not being able to drive up closer to the event hall, Youngjae who was much more tactical that you at times since he stood there viewing the process from the side, making small yet important corrections this way.. You weren't alone on this.

In fact, now that you thought of it, you hadn’t been alone ever since Yongguk came over for that damn sketching reference over a year or so ago.

And seeing the wedding ceremony, how unbelievably beautiful and emotional everything was, how many happy faces were around, how many promises were made and how lovingly the groom and bride looked at each other before sealing it all with a kiss.. You couldn’t help but think back to yourself and Yongguk, and wonder if this was ahead for the two of you as well. Because by watching them, you somehow felt the undeniable love that you had for him swelling in your chest. You wanted yourself and him to be this happy sometime in the future. You wanted him to look at you the same longing and grateful way when you’d be stood in front of him, holding his hands in yours tightly, confirming that you were ready to walk beside him all the way, no matter how many turns there’d be and where you’d end up at. At this moment, you kind of realized that indeed, you wanted it all. You’d always felt like things have been happening rather fast in your relationship, yet finally realized that you didn’t mind. There wasn’t really any necessity to hold back if your heart told you to do the opposite. 

The moment he pressed a kiss onto the nape of your neck, the things you’d been thinking about slipped from the tip of your tongue subconsciously.

"You know what? I'm proud of us, because we did it," you spoke up quietly, feeling him tightening his grip around your waist.

“You were the one who did it, I just packed up things and unloaded arrangements,” he said, probably wanting to highlight how much work you’d managed to successfully do today with only mere help, but that wasn’t what you were talking about... Oh, he probably had no clue about all the feelings that were currently coursing through your chest.

"No, I’m not talking about that,” you slid your hand over his arm slowly, trying to find the right way to tell him about your current thoughts and what you meant by that, “I’m talking about us, you know.. We got the guts to chat each other up, then we became a thing.. My mom likes you a lot, your friends don’t hate me which is always nice, now we’re moving in.. We don't even have to think about getting a pet because already have one.. What's next on the list?"

A comfortable silence hung over the two of you for a moment, during which you debated if you’d said too much or not. You’d simply been thinking a lot, and putting it all into words was satisfying to say the least.

“Re-evaluating our relationship now all of a sudden?” he chuckled a little, and you felt something warm and sizzling in that chuckle, “After everything you saw today?”

“I mean, it’s not like I’m completely unfazed by it..” you admitted, feeling him pressing another small kiss on the same spot as before as some sort of encouragement for you to speak on, “When I see other people like that, it makes me think back to us, and to how sudden and fast everything kept happening.. I just keep wondering what’s going to be next? Like, where will we end up in another year if it took us only one to get this far already?”

"We could always get married."

So he’d been thinking about it as well.

He words left his lips without too much effort, and the way he said it - so casually, as if it was self-explanatory already - made you still a little and want to throw him a sideways glance. You knew he was smiling lightly, you didn’t even have to see his face to know the heartfelt expression it wore. But he didn't say anything. He simply waited to see what you'd respond with.

"Was that a suggestion? A question?"

Curiosity got the best out of you, and you turned around to be faced with him, to see him chuckle and feel his hand cupping your face. He looked back at you, shrugging playfully, and you felt yourself breaking into a smile as well, and your fingertips lightly brushed against his shoulder, playfully pushing him away a little bit just to pull him back in a second later. He chucked at that too.

"It's more like an.. Early warning," he winked in return, to which you couldn't help but let out a giggle to how undeniably silly he looked when he was attempting to "flirt" like this, "As in, don't freak out when I drop down on one knee in front of you one day... Just accept it."

"Are you certain it’s a good idea?" you rose a brow at him, "A hundred percent? Out of all the people in the world, you'd officially want to get stuck with me? There’s no turning back from this one, you know?"

The smile on his face was wide and content, as if he didn't have to doubt it or think about it twice. He better feel this way about you, you though, because you certainly could see yourself walking down towards him at the altar, his smile then just as content as it was now. His smile always staying like that through the years, other things from all around either changing or staying the same, it wouldn’t really matter. Him in his tattoo salon, you across the road in your flower shop. Two completely different people with hearts alike meeting up after work every single day to spend the rest of your lives together. You could certainly imagine that happening.

"I'm pretty sure I'd like it that way,” he said, his stare finally turning away, as if he was too shy to say the next bit straight to your face, "I don’t think I can imagine anything that I would want more than this, actually."

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Fun & Awkward with Natalie Leroux

Designer & Illustrator

www.studioeightyseven.com

Natalie Leroux is the creative behind Studio Eighty Seven, a design studio located in Grafton, MA helping small businesses and entrepreneurs develop their brand and marketing.

Recently, we got a chance to interview Natalie about her work and her line of greeting cards aptly named “Fun & Awkward”.

Where were you brought up? 

I was born in Massachusetts but moved to upstate New York when I was young.

Where did you get your formal art education and what was the most influential thing about it?

When I graduated from High School I wasn’t ready to give up athletics and go to art school. Instead, I went to the University of Rochester where I played field hockey for a year, and studied studio art and art history. During my Sophomore year at the University of Rochester, I entered a program called  Art NY - which was like a study abroad program in NYC. Myself, and a small group of UR students had internships, and took two classes with a UR professor.   After interviewing with small marketing firms and big publishing houses, I accepted a position with a commercial photographer. The experience at the internship, and the advice and friendship from the studio manager, a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, I realized I was not getting the type of technical training at  the University of Rochester that I was looking for. As luck would have it, one of the best graphic design schools in the country, RIT,  was right down the road from the  University of Rochester, making for an easy transition. . Looking at the descriptions for graphic design courses and typography at RIT convinced me to focus on graphic design. RIT was an amazing school. They really prepared me and other graduates for the real world in art and design.

How did you break into designing in Boston?

With extended family and friends in Massachusetts, moving  to Boston  after graduation  was easy. It took awhile for me to land  a job in Boston. But I got involved with the local AIGA chapter, and volunteered for events. I also got involved with Design Museum Boston. Overall, the  the design community in Boston was welcoming.

I eventually landed a job as an entry level designer at a small, niche advertising agency. The hours were long, but I was eager to prove myself. I stayed with the agency for 6 years, and by the time I left I was the Creative Director managing some of Boston’s best young designers.  My personality is one of a leader, and being a young impressionable manager I found it more challenging than I expected to balance the needs of the individual talent on the team, and the business demands of a growing agency. I left the agency in October of 2016 to pursue my own creative and business endeavors.

What are your artistic influences?

In the past I would say I was heavily influenced by Pop Art. I had a 8’ x 10’ poste rof a Roy Lichtenstein piece on my wall in college. I was really drawn to the contextual history during that time, and the combination of  type and image interested me. Now, I find myself inspired by ephemera. Since I was young I spent a lot of time in antique stores and was always drawn to the  boxes of old ticket stubs, postcards, and play bills.

Recently, I was working on a wedding invitation suite, and was checking out vintage baseball cards and ticket stubs for inspiration.I love the 1960′s self published zines, and am drawn to  1970′s design, typography, and illustration.

Recently, I am finding inspiring artists and designers from Australia and New Zealand on Instagram.

What are your thoughts on DESIGN?

I find that a lot of small business owners have a vague understanding what branding is, and why it’s important, but have a hard time coming to terms with the value of a professional. It can be frustrating trying to compete with internet sites that offer cheap alternatives to thoughtful, conceptual design solutions. I spend a lot of  time educating clients and communicating the value of what I, and other professionals, have to offer.

Unlike household brands, small businesses have flexibility to shake up their brands visually. With a lot of small businesses living solely online, it’s easier to erase what is there and start over. The screen can be ephemeral. 

What are your thoughts about Illustration?

I didn’t consider myself an illustrator  for a long time because I thought I wasn’t trained, or didn’t seem “good enough”. . Once I got out of my own head a bit, I got less precious about my illustrations.  Most of my illustration work is created for the Fun & Awkward greeting card line. The style fits this brand. I am being myself. The illustrations and greeting cards fit the vision I want, and I’m trying to make them cohesive for  wholesale opportunities.

When did you start your company?

November of 2016.

How did you get involved with Greeting Card Design?

I started in 2010. I was single and unemployed in Boston. It was an outlet for all the awkwardness of that time. I started putting them on Etsy. Just a handful of cards, about five of them.  When I started Studio Eighty Seven, it provided an opportunity to expand. . Someday soon I hope to have them in more retail shops around New England.  

What are your hobbies and interests?

I am an active person. I ran a couple of half marathons. I practice yoga. I like to spend time outside no matter the season. My backyard has become my favorite gym - spreading mulch and ripping out weeds and other unwanted plants is a great workout. . As a family, we love to explore New England. It’s not unusual for us to wake up on a Saturday morning and decide to take a 2 hour drive somewhere. 

What are your future goals?

Short Term, I’d love to get son in daycare one more day a week :) I’m pretty much there! There is a shop in Portsmouth that does wedding invitations and retail. Long term, I would love to have retail shop, and continue to do branding and marketing in the back for small businesses. My husband and I have also talked at length at owning and managing a wedding venue.

Who are your biggest fans?

My Mom, of course!  There are also a handful of local women who have been really supportive of me and my card line.  The local owner of a dog barkery and boutique, Quite Fetching, has been wonderful to me. We collaborate on card concepts, and they are sold at her shop.  I am also fortunate to call all my clients, past and present, fans of my work and business.

My Husband has said about me, “I want to hitch that wagon to her star!”

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