How Important is Tissue Paper?

by Shirley George Frazier on November 12, 2009

do you add tissue paper to gift basketsThere was a time when tissue paper played a vital role in gift basket designing.

Here’s how designers once added it in their baskets.

  • Folded around floral foam when this gritty brick was added within the basket (if you’re not familiar with this technique, you are very new to gift basket making!).

  • Enveloped around products within the basket to create gifts within the gift.

  • Added between products and shred as part of the enhancements.

  • Included as part of the top fan, a stunning technique perfected by Atlanta designer, Nancy Adkins.

    • It seems that tissue paper isn’t a big part of today’s designs. Still a favorite to line the inside of tote bag gifts, it’s no longer a featured technique, adding color and softness inside and around a completed basket.

    How is tissue paper added to your designs, or is it a product that you’ve abandoned?

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    Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. November 12, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Hi Shirley,

    I never used tissue paper. It didn’t have enough body for me.

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    Shirley George Frazier November 16, 2009 at 9:07 am

    Hi Flora,

    Trying your hand at adding tissue and discovering it wasn’t for you was a smart investment in time and money.

    I vividly remember seeing tissue poofs in magazine designs and in baskets created at conferences.

    They were the rage at one time, but not so much now.

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