THE Case for Shipping

You might remember a post last Spring where we showed you a brand new case we bought especially for packaging and mailing our irreplaceable bag samples to and from Market.

Well, we loved it SO much, that the minute we got home, we bought another one for mailing some of our heavier and harder-to-pack supplies.

But we knew that we still needed to shop around and locate a more suitable way to ship the bases for our bag stands.

Why is that such a big deal?

I really love the bag stands we are using right now... (they're actually called wreath stands), because the bases can be completely separated from the poles.

But, even though this partly simplifies the mailing procedure because now the poles can be packed separately in a long, thin, cardboard box, that still leaves those heavy bases, which are VERY difficult to pack due to their shape. Even though I fortify a box as best as I can, I'm always afraid the bottom will fail somewhere on the way to the Market, which would leave me "up a creek" with no paddle, (or at least without any bag stands!)

So this year, I found the perfect plastic case for these bases at CasesAndMore.Com 

And get this- The case came filled with these little cubed pieces of foam which worked absolutely PERFECTLY as padded separators between the bases.

And I easily got TWENTY bases into this box!

This box has a briefcase-like handle, as opposed to the latches that are on the big cases, but since I'm really not sure that this handle was designed to support this much weight, so I'm going to seal the box closed for extra safety, and tape the handle to the box (so it cannot be used) for good measure.

So here's my booth, all packed up and ready to be taped shut and addressed, and even though this will be our eighth Market, it's really the very first time that I have felt totally secure about my packaging, and what shape my stuff will be in when we get there!

So, it's off to UPS they go...
next stop,  
Houston, Texas.

Is anyone out there planning on attending the Quilt Market? If so, please stop by Booth #201 to say hello!

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