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Welcome to Beyond The Grommets: the wonders, wanders and what-nots from The Gift Wrap Company Design Studio. Catchy huh?! We are a diverse group of six cheeky young ladies who design all the products found in The Gift Wrap Company’s range (lovingly referred to here on out as TGWC, I hope you can appreciate the short and sweet!).

Referred around the company as “The Boston Studio” in actuality we are not in Boston proper but rather about 40 miles west in a little town called Northborough. Day in and day out we work together (and quite well I happily report) to keep the product line fresh, be innovative and most importantly to create fun designs you all will love to see adorning our products.

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April 09, 2012

The inside wrap!

You may not have given much thought to the sorted past of that roll of gorgeous embossed foil gift wrap you bought for your best friend Jenny’s birthday gift, but believe me that paper lead an interesting existence before it became decorative cover for your latest “perfect gift”.

A long over seas voyage on a ship captained by a weathered curmudgeon, tough days in high heat, nights in freezing cold, dodging tidal storms… always thankful to be wrapped among its footage family…. ok I have been stuck in this airport way too long… but seriously, a lot goes into that shrink wrapped roll of gift decor!

A sampling of our Fashion Collection wraps... each with a little global heritage!

Since our studio is up in MA and our warehouse down in GA we rarely get to see the “behind the scenes” happenings of our product once the proofs are approved. So while down at the warehouse these last few days I took a walk about to see how things were going.

birds-eye view of the production area

Since the Christmas rush is about to begin there is a lot of product and prep going on. Incoming goods, products getting pulled for finishing and packing…. lots  of bustle is about in the warehouse.

Here are a few interesting shots just for fun, and just maybe now you will have a little empathy for all those rolls of gift wrap at your local retailer. Have a little heart for the ones with a dent or a little tear they have had a hard life and just yearn for the chance to decorate your cherished gifts and the opportunity to make your friends and family smile! ;)

 

I love all things fuchsia. PMS 226 is the best color in the whole world. I seriously contemplate painting my living room in it every day- ok maybe just one wall! I am hopelessly in love with my 10 year old yellow lab Tyler whom is hopelessly in love with a big red Kong filled with peanut butter (and the pursuit of getting said Kong refilled by me). In my free time I like to get my hands in the dirt and grown stuff (plants, flowers, veggies..), clean my house (odd I know), volunteer at a local dog rescue, take hikes with Tyler and fantasize that I had more free time to do more fun stuff! If I could be anywhere, I would be on a beach, sitting in the sand with my eyes closed just listening to sound of the waves hitting the shore... Total peace!

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