start a fire...

No, don't. Please. Unless it's in a fireplace, or on the end of a candle wick. Then you can use these sweetly packaged matches.



We found them hiding up the back of a cupboard not long after we moved into cute packaging HQ, so their origin is a bit of a mystery. But lordy, how they set my heart on fire! sorry sorry sorry very bad pun

vege need playtime too

We picked these baby (?) crackers up from our local supermarket. Hello carrot, and, um, other unidentifiable vegetables. You are cute :0




Sorry, can't give a brand or product name - everything on the packet is in Japanese.

panda cute!

These Kabaya panda biscuits are fun fun fun. The packaging is so playful. Unfortunately the snacks weren't so fun, they tasted a little weird. Can't have it all eh?!

salty goodness

We bought you sugar last time, now it's turn of salt. You may have seen it before (we think it's widely available on supermarket shelves) but we had to feature it here.


Cerebos table salt is just so darn cute, a little old fashioned but full of fun!

Wow. Judging by the giddy lion on the packet, Haw Flakes are simply WILD! We don't know about that, but we bet they'd make you a little manic considering they're sugar... They smell awfully strange also, so a taste test is off the agenda. But we can look all we like, oh yes, and so can you.

sweet space

Aww, how sweet are these? They look vintage, but are dated 2002, so perhaps a reprint? We would love to show you each of the valentines, but the keeper of them doesn't want to open the packet :( Oh well.

Tea Time!

Vintage tea tin
Originally uploaded by H is for Home

Oh lordy, if only all tea was still packaged like this! How sweet, how fun. It really makes you believe the tea inside will be the most refreshing brew EVER!!! Whew. Think I need a cup myself after that...

"pop" corn sez:

"pop" corn sez:
Originally uploaded by julie wilson world

Somewhat bizarre, awfully funny, completely hot 'n' fresh. What more can we say?

Let's end the week with the second box of crayons we found at our newsagents. Oh boy, the packaging is so darn cute! Whheeeeee

Oh Milky! It was love at first sight. Who couldn't resist your gleeful greedy guts mascot, your perfect font, your cherry red background?






More Japanese candy delights, this time from Fujiya. Each individual candy was also packaged in the sweetest way, but we ate them all before the photo shoot. Sorry! Still, now we have an excuse to buy another box...

Handle With Care (It's Sharp!)

More art supplies, this time a set of lino cutting tools. Manufactured by Educational Art and Craft Supplies Ltd., this packaging isn't strictly 'cute'. But it is mighty fine and graphically strong, beautifully reflecting the tools inside.

Splishy Splashy

Found this very sweet pack of crayons at the newsagents this morning. 'Good morning sunshine', it said, 'come on in, the water's fine!'


We love the strong, timeless graphic image and colours, and the 'hurry up slowpoke!' expression on the girl's face. Super cute.

We're loving the design of these Patyka Organic body products. Fresh colours, organic lines. Lovely!

originally spied on design*sponge

the anniversary rilakkuma

oct03-the anniversary rilakkuma
Originally uploaded by cutepackaging

Japanese sweet buttery pretzels (that taste kinda yick!) in cute cute packaging from our local supermarket. We love the unimpressed expressions the characters wear. The words around the crown logo at the top say "The Anniversary Rilakkuma". Check out our flickr page to see the little chick with a fine black moustache!

POPPI'S BOX

POPPI'S BOX
Originally uploaded by RICETTA

What is it? What's it for? Oh Poppi, we like you! If only the comments on your flickr page were written in english, we might know more about you...

Cancho to the beat...

octo3-cancho box3
Originally uploaded by cutepackaging

Lordy, doesn' t this packaging make you wish you'd stuck it out with that marching band? We picked these chocolate filled bun shaped biscuits up at our local supermarket. The importer sticker calls them 'Cancho Box', and we spied a Korean website on the box - www.lotteconf.co.kr where a similar product was featured. We call them cute!

Qoo!

Manufactured by The Cocoa-Cola Company in Japan this mini can (about half the size of a regular can) of Qoo apple juice was WAY too cute to pass up. It didn't make our cheeks rosy though!

pop it...

Have yourself a jolly old time with Jolly Time pop corn. We found it in our supermarket and took it home and yes, a jolly time was had by all.

Tortally Cute

Tortally
Originally uploaded by frompamm

We love finding products that look as if they have sat on the supermarket shelf forever, stoic and unchanging, waiting for the right buyer. Tortally jelly crystals we are for you, you are for us.

Friction No More

Thomson Ball Bushing Matryoshki
Originally uploaded by L. Marie

How? With these Thomson ball bearings - for anti-friction linear motion! And the boxes all fit nicely into one another. A snug, well designed family of boxes. Cute!

Wish I Was An Avon Lady

Avon Dutch Girl
Originally uploaded by Snaggs

Ack, this is so cute it hurts! Wonderful vintage Avon packaging from the 1970's. The photo stream from Snaggs is worth a look, there are many many more fantastic Avon characters from all over the world see. Cultural stereotypes ahoy! ;)

take sip and do massive smile

take sip and do massive smile
Originally uploaded by waldo pancake

Yes, please do. You wouldn't be able to help yourself if your coffee was served to you in this cheery cup, would you? Thanks waldo pancake for the original upload.

A Week of Handmade Packaging ::7::

Oh hello lilfishstudios, this is a super cute and inventive way to package your goods! These little brooches have a good home in re purposed postcards.

A Week of Handmade Packaging ::6::

These understated lovelies are handmade by pajarrito lindo to ship small paintings. Awww. Those paintings are well protected in their canvas envelopes, we think.

A Week of Handmade Packaging ::5::

This simple handmade packaging is super appealing. Better yet it houses handmade figures that'll give you the same satisfied feeling depicted on the box...Thanks tesselate for sharing!

A Week of Handmade Packaging ::4::

These excellent envelopes are made from the pages of a 1960's medical journal. .tomate depingles. ticks all the right boxes with these babies - recycled, handmade and freakin' nice looking.

A Week of Handmade Packaging ::3::

karin eriksson received this beautifully illustrated envelope in the mail. We think a lot of sweet, hard work went into this cute package.

A Week of Handmade Packaging ::2::

pinkhare has packaged up some goods in wonderfully classic fashion. Kraft paper, we love you! Of course, the gift paper, ribbon and lovely birdie trinkets take it to the next level of sweetness. Wouldn't you like to get this in the post?