The music is playing, drinks are flowing, and guests are living it up. You are having a great party, but how will you set your party apart from all the other ones your guests have been to in the past and will go to in the future? With custom wrappers. Custom wrappers can be used on everything at your party from champagne bottles to miniature candy bars to party favors to . . . just about anything you can imagine can be enhanced with custom wrappers. What are custom wrappers you ask? They are the new “in thing” in personalized invitations, favors, and gifts. Basically custom wrappers allow you to design a label or wrapper for anything that can be wrapped or labeled, thus turning boring everyday items into unique party accessories that your guests will remember for years to come!

A great way to add some pizzazz to your décor is wrapping a variety of everyday items in a wrapper with your pictures, names, favorite sayings, poems, …just about anything that you want. How about adding flowers or ribbons to the wrappers for a little bit more flair! The price is great too. Ranging from $0.20 for miniature wrappers to $5.00 for a fully wrapped ½ lb chocolate bar the prices are much cheaper than most conventional party favors. The limit of these great favors is your imagination. So if you want to stretch you budget a little further but you still want something that will give your party a little kick, custom labels are a great choice.

            Custom labels are not just for decoration though; they make for a great keepsake! Once your guest has removed the wrapper from their item, they can take it home and put it in their scrapbook instead of tossing your gift and forgetting about it forever! These wrappers make great keepsakes for you too! Put them in your scrapbook or frame one to hang on you wall. One look at your custom label and you will feel like you’re partying again.

Since these labels are so unique you may not be able to find them locally, but the Internet is teaming with custom wrapper sites that are more than willing to go the extra mile to make your next party great! Try using a search term like personalized wrappers or custom wrappers and you will be rewarded with thousands of results. Things to consider when choosing an online retailer to purchase custom wrappers from are:

1)      Do they offer the wrapper size that you want (ex: wine bottle labels, candy bar wrappers, tea bags pouches) or are they willing to create the wrapper size you need.

2)      Do you like the designs they offer? Most good sites will work with you to create your own custom design if you can’t find one you like in their catalog.

3)      Will they wrap the items for you or do you have to wrap them yourself?  Most retailers will be unable to wrap alcohol because of liquor license laws but will send you labels cut and ready to wrap.

4)      Is personalization free? Good sites will allow you to personalize and add a photo or logo for free to their products.

5)      Will they send you a proof of your wrapper before they print it? This is very important so you can make sure everything is spelled correctly and that the wrapper looks the way you want it to.

Once you have chosen whom to buy from then you have to decide what you want wrapped. Great choices for a party would be full sized chocolate bars for the invitations (you can actually mail these), labels for all the bottles you will have at the party (beer and champagne bottles are the most popular), mini candy bars to put in bowls around the event, you can even wrap votive candle holders to really light up the party. The possibilities are endless as you can make pouches for tea, hot cocoa, coffee, goodie bags for the guests to take home, labels to go around noise makers, hats, or. . . . use your imagination and you can come up with tons of great ways to use custom wrappers to add some pizzazz to your party.

Now that you have decided what to wrap how should you customize your wrapper? Again the possibilities are seemingly endless. You can put pictures, poems, sayings, names, anything that makes the wrapper yours. On candy bars consider using a “nutrition information” box as a creative way to send a special message and on a take home goodie bag or favor remember to thank your guest for coming. Your party will be even more memorable to your guest if they get to take home a personalized thank you gift from their host.

So once you have found a retailer, personalized, and purchased some great labels, there is only a bit more for you to do before you can begin boogying down! In a day or two the company you ordered your wrappers from will email you a proof of what your wrapper will look like. Carefully check the proof to make sure that it is what you want and there are no errors. If you ordered wrapped items you are done, all you have to do is take them out of the box when they get to you. If you instead ordered just the wrappers you still have a few more steps. First you have to go out and purchase the items to be wrapped and second you have to wrap them. All that is required to wrap your labels around their products is a glue stick or double stick tape. This option is simple and somewhat cheaper, but can be time consuming, so keep this in consideration when choosing wrapped items or wrappers only.

            Now you’re ready to rock and roll! Your party will be hoppn’ in no time and with the custom wrappers you ordered you guest will not soon forget the great party you threw.