Going Green! Eco-Friendly Packaging & Photo Presentation

***UPDATE***If you’d like to know where & how I got every single item used in my packaging below, I can offer you those resources for a low price of only $25! I’ve received a ton of emails already in regards to where I found my materials, and I would love to share that information with anyone who’d like to save time doing the research on their own. It took me a little over a month and VERY LITTLE sleep to come up with what I have. I have also included some resources in there that offer non-eco-friendly packaging that were to good to pass up. So for $25 bucks, you can save yourself that madness! 100% of every transaction will be used for missions trips. Please use the Paypal button below to make your donation.

UPDATE (07/12/2010): We have raised $1200 and have donated $600 to one of my sisters who will be visiting Honduras this year and $600 to another sister who will be visiting Moldova this year, both on missions trips. Thank you so much for your support so far! Any purchases made from now on, will be to raise money for a missions trip to Honduras in Spring 2011. It will be to support the media team & construction teams’ travel expenses and material costs. Again, thank you so much for your support in God’s work!

NOTE: I am well aware of the forums and discussions talking about how dare I sell a vendor list. $25 is not a lot of money to ask for a charitable cause. I could have easily just asked for donations or could have just sold my vendor list and kept the money for myself. If you are one of the people who float around on forums and websites demanding that free information be given to you, do me a solid. Quit complaining & quit expecting me to give away information that took me week’s of hard work to come up with.

So many of you may know that I am currently in the process of “going green” in my business. One of the steps that I have taken is in my packaging & photo presentation for my clients. I’ve done about a month’s worth of research just to find all of the pieces to put together. Almost each element you see here was bought from a different vendor. It would have been better to find them all in one place but I have yet to find a one-stop shop for all-green photo presentation for photographers. Every single thing you see is either bio-degradable, 100% recycled or 100% recyclable or reusable. I’ve just packaged a real wedding order (for Johanna & Blair) and here is what it all looks like. You like?

So here’s kind of an overall look of the finished product. The shopping bag is a 100% recycled Euro Tote.
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A little peek at the envelope which contains the reproduction release & lab recommendations.
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Inside the photo proof box. The box is 100% biodegradable.
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Another look at the outside of the photo proof box all wrapped up.
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I hand-stamped my logo on this really neat handmade paper.
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Then I hand-stamped the word “photos” on these recycled chip-board hang tags. I’ve attached all tags & wrapped the boxes in 100% natural raffia ribbon.
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Here’s a look at the CD my brides get. A photo is printed on a label and then adhered to the CD.
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The CD’s are placed on a bed of Natural Coarse Wood Excelsior, in side this 100% biodegradable black box.
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Then the CD box is wrapped with Raffia ribbon and more hang tags are attached.
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And there you go!
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by Caroline

29 comments

October 2, 2009 - 6:33 pm

kerri - LOVE all of your packaging! would love to know where you got the boxes from… haven’t been able to find anything that i really like and these look lovely :)

October 2, 2009 - 6:35 pm

Melissa Koehler - This is GORGEOUS!!! Your clients will LOVE these. Beautiful work!!

October 2, 2009 - 6:38 pm

MIchelle - Very nice! I like that you are detail-oriented in everything. One question: Does “going-green” up the cost for the client?..

October 2, 2009 - 6:49 pm

Nicole Goddard - Go Green! Beautiful packaging. Very cool. :-)

October 2, 2009 - 6:54 pm

Heidi Abbott - Beautiful! Very professional and impressive. Godd job.

October 2, 2009 - 6:58 pm

Flory - Wow, it’s all so beautiful!

October 2, 2009 - 7:05 pm

Christi - Very Cool!! I love the presentation too.

October 2, 2009 - 11:29 pm

Vania -SimplyBloom Photography, LLC - STUNNING FROM BEGINNING TO END, WOW!

October 3, 2009 - 2:54 am

Alvaro Gutierrez - Hi,

Hope this message finds you well. Amazing presentation, gotto love it.

Regards from Mexico.

Alvaro Gutierrez

October 3, 2009 - 7:34 pm

nelz - WOW! these are SUPER AMAZING!!!!! ♥

October 4, 2009 - 10:57 pm

Caroline Ghetes - Thank you everyone! Oy! I wish I had the time to answer each one of you individually, but my carpel tunnel is already kicking in ; ) Well anyway, thank you! I appreciate every single one of you stopping by the blog!!

October 5, 2009 - 11:00 am

Carina - OH MY GOODNESS!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!! And, so excited to see that you will be going to Romania!! Way to just be totally awesome!

October 5, 2009 - 11:08 am

Caroline - Thanks Carina ; ) You are too funny! And thanks for the kick in the butt I needed to do this ; )

October 6, 2009 - 9:49 pm

Amanda - What a fabulous job you’ve done! I’m extremely impressed with the quality!

October 6, 2009 - 11:17 pm

Kelly - Packaging and presentation is high on my list of favorite things and I love what you did! So trendy, yet professional and very responsible. Love the whole look!

October 7, 2009 - 4:46 pm

Marianna Player - I LOVE IT!!! Very creative and so cute!!

October 8, 2009 - 12:15 am

Alyse Woodward Events - This makes me so, so happy. Such insanely gorgeous and smart packaging Caroline. Seriously love it.

October 15, 2009 - 9:30 am

annabella brandon - oh ma gawd.. its so pretty.. and perfect. well done

October 29, 2009 - 10:33 am

Erika - i love all of it.

November 11, 2009 - 9:55 am

Christina Brosnan - Oh Caroline! Speechless. So glad you are going green! Yay for going green! I’ve started using Loktah and love love love them!

January 7, 2010 - 6:22 pm

Sweet Caroline Photo - amazing stuff!
yes, please tell me where in the world you get those boxes?! I use Loktah too and am having a hard time finding the perfect box.

January 18, 2010 - 1:42 pm

Tanya Alexis - Stunning Packaging!!! Wow!

February 3, 2010 - 3:20 pm

Ashley - Just ordered your informational pdf! Thanks so much for saving me the hassle of researching every little piece! You’re packaging is absolutely beautiful!

February 24, 2010 - 8:29 am

Stacy - This was STUNNING! Thanks so much for sharing I know your clients LOVE it!

February 24, 2010 - 12:29 pm

Stacey Potter - Beautiful! You saw there is a typo on “you prints” right?

April 22, 2010 - 2:34 am

Michelle - Not only are these eco-friendly, they are also beautiful and elegant. I’m sure your clients will love receiving their photos in these packages.

May 26, 2010 - 11:21 am

Carole - Just gorgeous and you inspired me to re-do my own packaging! I just ordered your informational packet too!

November 30, 2009 - 8:33 am

Green wedding blog for planning an eco-friendly wedding with ideas on environmentally friendly wedding invitations, eco-friendly wedding favors, earth friendly decorations and more! - [...] I had to open with this eco-gorgeous and green asparagus wedding bouquet. Simply divine on so many levels! Next, allow me to thank the incredibly talented green wedding photographer who captured these gorgeous images (and is kind enough to share with us) Caroline Ghetes Photography (who also happens to offer a fabulous eco-friendly package). [...]

July 27, 2010 - 5:25 pm

Inspiration | Online Searching | Tuesday Crush No. 8 | print & album packaging for photographers - [...] of the FAVORITES i found was this green packaging option… complete with a vendor list for sale for $25! (and Caroline Ghetes is donating every penny [...]

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