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When it comes to transitioning to a new home, having the right movers means placing your family’s belongings in the right hands. At times, however, finding the right one that will efficiently meet your needs and budget can be tricky. From all of us at Packaging Accessories, here is a brief guide in finding and eventually hiring the right movers. Ask people you know Get recommendations. Ask friends, coworkers, and local real estate agents. Look in the phone book for moving companies that have offices near your home. You’re going to want to get an in-person estimate of how much your…

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Are you in the mood for spring cleaning? Is your family moving to a new home? Or maybe you are about to begin your weekly chores? Whatever the case is, we believe here at Packaging Accessories that cleaning, moving, packaging, and organizing can be fun and stress-free; all it takes are the right people, materials, and mood — and what better way to uplift the mood than music? Here are some tunes that you can listen to depending on your mood. In the Mood to Organize Peacefully Zen, tranquillity, and sound peace — these words can be associated with spring…

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Packing things, moving furniture, organizing your work space, and cleaning your home can be seen two ways: You can either treat them as chores, or have fun and use these activities as stress-relievers. Here are tips on how breaking a sweat at home or in your office can turn can help reduce your stress levels. Tip #1: Physical activities help release happy hormones. Routine exercise not only burns calories, but also your stress, worries, unresolved anger, and unreleased tension. Science has proven that breaking a sweat helps your body release happy hormones called endorphins that generally uplift your mood and…

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Nowadays, wine bottles are no longer simple bottles; they can be stylish house or office decors, retro, nostalgic trinkets, and reusable containers. Regardless of the expanded uses that they have posed, wine bottles are mainly created for two purposes: containment and preservation. The preservation of wine requires sensitivity to oxygen and long duration of containment from both internal and external factors. Through time, experts have mastered to meet these needs and have now focused on the craft of turning wine bottles into pieces of art and ingenuity. How It Started Dating back to the Romans, the beginning of glass blowing…

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Plants are considered as perishable goods. However, unlike food, they are alive and in need to be extensively taken cared of for them to thrive and live long after the shipping or transporting period. To help you get started, here are some tips in making sure that your plants are good to go for packing and shipping. Remove the soil. Without soil, your package will definitely become lighter and less of a flight risk. The soil that your plant is rooted on might get flagged for having insects, bacteria, or certain materials that might be harmful or banned in other…

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Unlike the usual snippets seen in television and movies, moving house is a transition in your family’s household that requires a lot of time, effort, and careful planning—lots of planning. Because this phase can set the tone for the new home that you and your loved ones will live in, it is important to make this as smooth as possible. Here are a few tricks that you can use during the planning stage of moving house. Assign colors for each family member or for every room. You can put markers or sticky notes on each box, corresponding to the room,…

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Chip Board: Looks like it is made of a lot of pieces pressed together with smooth, un coated surfaces on both sides. Color varies bases on the materials recycled. The description of thickness varies from Pt. or Ply. 14 pt, 22 pt, 30 pt. Common uses: Photo backing, arts & Crafts, Book making, Gift and jewelry boxes.

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Corrugated Cardboard: Is the most common use is in making packaging and shipping boxes. This cardboard is made of flat layers with Flutes ( wavy ) layers between. Single Face: Has one layer of flat board with a layer of fluted board. This makes it flexible. Common uses are wrapping items and protection of floors during construction. It comes in rolls form. Rolls out and then up to reuse. Single Wall: Is made from a layer of flat board, fluted board and another layer of flat. There are many sizes of flutes used. ( C,B,E,F,R ) C flute is the most common…

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Packaging and moving solution providers offer a wide spectrum of products for international shipping, designed and produced to accommodate diverse needs. Finding the right one, however, is usually a challenging task, as there are several factors that come into play, with regulatory compliance being one of the many concerns, especially if you use wood packaging products. International Standards For Phytosanitary Measures No. 15, or ‘ISPM 15’ for short, is a set of necessitated measures that aim to prevent the spread of diseases and insects across international borders. Therefore, if you use wooden packaging solutions to ship products internationally, you need…

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