In line with the trend of 'Surprise and Delight', we decided to take a hand-made approach to our festive gifts this season. Given that we have had a lot of interest about how the look was achieved we thought we'd write a quick blog about how the craftsman process materialised.
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| The Yard Creative festive gift 2013 - the finished article |
We decided that a lovely bottle of wine to accompany a festive meal or cheese-fest was best and after visiting a local wine merchant,
Philglas & Swiggot, to discus (and taste) some recommendations we settled upon a tasty red with a spicy richness which was evocative of Christmas.
But now, how to put a TYC stamp on it?
Well, seems as we are all about a personal service, it made sense to personalise each gift with a message, hence the wine box lid painted with blackboard paint. Next we decided upon a frosty white bottle with a festive wish etched upon it.
Calling upon some old workshop skills acquired during the golden days of university, the labels and bottle necks were masked.
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| The Yard Creative festive gift 2013 - preparation |
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| The Yard Creative festive gift 2013 - masking and glue gunning |
Following a lot of failed attempts we used a glue gun and a steady hand to scribe the festive wish and then lovingly spray painted each bottle in mat white.
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| The Yard Creative festive gift 2013 - the spray booth |
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| The Yard Creative festive gift 2013 - ready for personalisation |
Each bottle was accompanied with a neck label telling the story about the remarkable wine producer André Romero, which describes one mans determination to single-handedly put the unknown wine region Rasteau on the map by focusing on generating a high quality product in order to survive and thus putting him in the ring with the famous producers / big players. Something that we as TYC aim to do with every project, every day.
Thank you to those lucky people that received them. The feedback has been great.
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| The Yard Creative festive gift 2013 - the finished article |
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| The Yard Creative festive gift 2013 - the finished article |
Job done.
