Tangentine blog

With our imminent continental move I realised just how much craft supplies I’ve accumulated during the past two years. I also have to pack my jewellery – the perfect excuse to take some time to play with screenprinting – something I’ve always wanted to do.

Whenever I learn a new craft I always experiment – and yes – that means a lot of not so perfect prints (I just call them mistakes). To keep my morale up I give myself a side goal – use the supplies by making packaging for my jewellery.

Here you can see some thank you cards and ring boxes I’ve made with my screenprinting mistakes. Slight misprints, bleeds and blocks on the screen would not work for proper prints – but it’s a perfect recycling solution for the high quality paper I use to learn the craft. I have to admit – I love them.

I also made cards and paper envelopes for each piece.

Not too shabby. All my jewellery (and it was close to 150 pieces) now have their own handmade cards, envelopes, containers – nicely stored in ziplock bags. Ready to be packed into boxes just before we move or send off to buyers. I’ve used up most of my paint and learned a lot about screen printing.

I should have done it this way from the start and have already come up with a grand scheme to index and store everything after the move. (I am an information architect and can’t resist a good organisational structure.)

Now I just have to find a way to get through all the moulding supplies I still have.

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