I purchased 10 paper pags with blank surfaces, stick my logo onto every fronts. If I need to make bags myself, I might spend lots of time of it, so buying existing bags saved my time. I printed the big logo on transparent paper, then stick onto the front of tha bag, when customer buying my money box, I can give them the bag instead of carry the box.
The bottom picture shows my shop at 'market day', all the table and tablecloth are prepared before 9am, I placed my packgings in order, present the money box at front. That day I sold 4 products, not as I expected.
I think there are lots of things I could develop if I have another chance to do it. Such as packging, I could add more information on it. Furthemore, for the market day, I should buy a black tablecloth because whith does not really present the white object, if it is black, my money box will stand up more. After all, this day is memorable, I did not only just receive fatigue, but also experience of selling stuff, and I got to know everything is not simple even selling things.
I used stickers as the swing tag. There was no such a place to hanging a real swing tag, so I chose stickers. The stickers was a minimised logo, attached on top of the coin slot. It is also a decoration as the 'swing tag' is triangle as well. In addition, to make sure the money box not moving inside the packging, I had some fillers around the money box.
This step I designed the outlook of the packaging.
The whole pattern is same size as the packaging pattern. At front, you can see the big logo of my design, at back is my inspiration and description of my design, size, material and care instructions are at bottom side.
I was not confident with the packaging, cause I had no experience of it, so after some research, I made my starting point as the basic demonstration of it : protecting the product and looks gentle. I made a paper mock up at first, after several development, this design came up.
It is a triangle cone shape packaging, with a lock at bottom. You can only open the front side to take out the money box. Inside the packaging, product will be laied down. All edges are glued, the whole body is secure and stable, it protects the money box well.
Start with the basic shape of the money box, I came up with this logo design. I chose three different colous as background, several geometric symbols at front. Why the name is 'Triangle' is because I did not have an idea for my money box design, so like someone says 'simple is the best', I just use the simplest name. Also, to rich the pattern, I attached the outline of the money box and a sign.
First step is make 10 copies of my design. Copy is not simple as I expected, it needs me focus on every step, such as assembling the mould, pouring the plaster into the mould. Furthemore, time saving is another issue, cause making 10 money boxes takes lots of time waiting, so I need to use the time efficiently. For instance, when I wait for the plaster dry, I can clean the previous one and make coin slot. During this step, I had one money box failed, because I spent less time drying it. In conclusion, you still need patience when you doing something looks like simple.
