How I PACK ORDERS for Shipping - Relaxing, No Talking | Ellen Ruth Soap

Come along with me as I pack orders. This is one of my favorite parts of the business, and I'm so thankful for each and every order. It's a joy to pack up the goodies and make each package special❣️#soaplife #smallbussiness #lovewhatyoudo
I love to create good for you, handcrafted soaps using the cold process method of soap making.
This video is intended for entertainment purposes. Any opinions or statements made are just my own, I'm not a health professional. I'm simply an artisan soap maker, inviting you to come along on my journey.
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Ebay, where I purchase boxes:
www.ebay.com/str/ecoswift
www.ebaystores.com/threerb
Small Kraft Box: www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com...
Free USPS shipping supplies: store.usps.com/store/home
Large Rubber Stamp: www.rubberstamps.net/Art-Stam...
Small Stamp: www.vistaprint.com
I'm a Nurture Soap affiliate:
nurturesoap.com/?aff=170y
My Amazon Affiliate Store - Equipment I use:
Kraft Tissue Paper: amzn.to/3z9uDbB
www.amazon.com/shop/ellenruth...
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases
Soap Stamp: amzn.to/3qb4Mey
Goodspeed Soap Cutters: www.etsy.com/shop/GOODSPEEDshop
Soap Mold is from Workshop Heritage
Poly Containers: www.webstaurantstore.com/3087...
soap shop: ellenruthsoap.com
instagram: / ellenruthsoap
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[@carlettasantana2217]

I love the love and care put into these❤

[@Kalaliiah]

I love the simple and earth friendly packaging. It's also like getting a gift for yourself. So pretty (=

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Yes! Thank you!

[@resetkael739]

This is so delicate, detailed and beautiful! I truly loved how you stamped on the lid of the box and packing those cute products! Giving so much details on every package just blew my mind! I'm from South Korea and I came across your channel while searching soap making videos for relaxation. I've been watching your videos for months and truly loved how you put so much effort in every soap you made! Hopefully I could buy your handmade soaps one day at where your enthusiastic works are done! :^) Cheers!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you so much!

[@Queensofafrica8]

The attention to detail is AMAZING

[@willowspiral7886]

Thank you for sharing your packaging technique, the box sizing & supplier info! Much appreciated 😘

[@patriciacasarez-lodhiesq.392]

Yay! I saw one of my orders being packaged! Love love love all of my stuff! 💜💜💜

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you so much for ordering 🥰🥰😘

[@angelartistic3056]

Class act. Love the attention to detail and who doesn't love skittles A+ .

[@formobile4610]

You packed each order with so much love. The packaging is neat, beautiful and eco-friendly.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you so much!

[@naturallygigi3294]

Beautiful packaging video Ellen! Thanks so much for sharing with us! I love everything about it 😍 May God continue to bless the work of your hands!🙏🏽✨💕

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you! You too!

[@MzLNicole]

Thanks so much for adding the half size bar of soaps to your line. What a great idea for customers that are undecided about which to order.

[@kellymay8070]

Hey, Ellen! I'm fairly new to your channel, and am SO smitten that I found it...or it found me! 😁 I absolutely love your videos, your creativity; the beautiful ingredients you put into your soaps and other products, and the time you take to share all of that knowledge and experience. Your creations truly do embody and contain your Essence. Thank you for sharing, and I'll continue watching from Across The Big Water a.k.a Melbourne, Australia. Blessings lovely lady 🌿☀️🙋

[@EllenRuthSoap]

🥰 Welcome! Thanks so much for watching💕

[@elizabethwatt8131]

Excelsior Paper! That's what we called it! I worked at Safeway for 15 years and head office referred to it as that.

[@manny9639]

This is some stellar packaging work, amazing...

[@donabouse5957]

Love love this

[@scentofheavenco]

We love everything that you do so neat clean and simple great vid 👏.

[@arijuju7303]

Love this

[@SheTechs]

what a professional artisan you are... I've been watching your videos for a year now and started soaping last February - I have learned so so much from you along the way! Thank you for sharing your skills with everyone! Peace from Burlington Ontario!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you so much 🥰💕

[@ltconyers78]

This was so soothing and beautiful to watch. I love your videos. Be blessed.

[@MereofallTrades]

It was fun to pack orders while watching you pack yours!

[@jrbland18]

We love you.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

🥰💕

[@adelinetrinity9363]

Beautiful!

[@BaumgartBathCo]

That was so much fun to watch!

[@marianailie7732]

Lovely work!

[@firdowskruger9896]

This was so satisfying to watch, Ellen. Please do make more videos like these😊💞

[@ashleydickey]

I'm obsessed

[@happysoap77]

It makes my heart flutter when I pack pretty soaps.. The thought of using this pretty soap makes me happy..

[@Imaheretovisit]

I love how you put so much care and time into packaging your boxes. People can truly feel the love inside every one of them. ❤❤

[@kanik6537]

AWESOME!!!!!!! Ellen, that was your best video ever! My favorite, really. Man I like you. Please you need to make more videos like these.. I mean, I love to hear you talk as well but I have to say that this video just took you to the very top. Wishing you a million views 😘😘

[@EllenRuthSoap]

🥰 thank you 💕❣️

[@sephineminien3230]

Soap flavoured Skittles ... That's my first thought, but I really enjoy watching your process ♥

[@tiffanybaskerville3846]

Wow, you do create beautiful soaps and your packaging is very detailed. Thank you for sharing. I need to the community, very new and you have truly inspired me. Thank you from NJ.

[@tammywilliams1431]

so soothing to watch hehehe definitely taking some tips from your for when I get bigger. tryna find my standard go-to packaging for each situation. I'm getting there.

[@cheryl739]

Always fun to watch how fellow soapers do their packing. Love your labels. Thanks so much for sharing your packing video. Cheers & Blessings 👍💕

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks for watching 💕

[@Melyp29]

You are so amazing 🤩

[@DawnOrganics]

So cute, love the ink stamp! 🙏😊

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@CindyRussi.]

Loved this!✨

[@EllenRuthSoap]

🥰💕

[@kristie5916]

A long awaited video, thank you Ellen! 🤩😊

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@michaelamckillen2846]

So very elegant Ellen,love your videos!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you so much!

[@kezru1581]

Great video thanks Ellen 🙂👍

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks 💕

[@MrsTheClown]

I love getting your packages, hahaha! 😄 it's sweet watching you pack up some orders. Just like everything you do, it seems you do it with love. Thanks for sharing your process

[@EllenRuthSoap]

😊 thank you

[@isabelladavis1363]

Those look like treats good enough to eat😋as a.ways so professionally presented

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you 😋

[@KneppwoodatHome]

I love how uncomplicated and lovely your packaging is!! Such beautiful soaps too 💗

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you 🥰

[@rachelD86]

This is nice, the best soap packaging video I’ve come across so far. 😊

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks so much 😊

[@tuftyloves]

Hey just a heads up! You can fit most boxes in the regular flat rate envelopes! Which would save you some money and then you wouldn’t have to use plastic. Just look up the different ways you can fold them

[@mssshep]

Lovely video.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you very much!

[@CA-LOVEFORJESUSCHRIST]

This is so nice girl, Thanks for sharing,I like this, It helps with an idea that I had for my shipping packages, The boxes are great.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Glad it was helpful!💕

[@jomcd2073]

Beautiful products and thoughtful generous packaging:))

[@EllenRuthSoap]

🥰💕

[@soapytalesbyjo4650]

Your packaging is so beautifully done:)

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you so much!

[@kellsgreenidge8885]

Oh I've waited for you to post one of these packing videos! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@kellsgreenidge8885]

@@EllenRuthSoap I surely did!

[@oldethymesfarm62]

It is so beautiful and relaxing to watch you create Ruth Ellen.. thank you for the great ideas

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you so much!

[@RaphJoli]

Beautiful boxing. Very professional, simple, elegant and clean. I pay a lot of attention to details and I see you do too, like the little sticker to hold the wrapping paper close, the little treat, the personal note on their order copy and the stamp on the box. Just beautiful. I would be happy to receive my order in this presentation. I'm just sad that I cannot order your soap because I'm in Canada. Hopefully down the road that will change. Keep up the great work Ellen. I can only dream to one day get to where you are in your business adventure.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you! I really want people to feel special when they open their box❣️ I hope to offer international shipping at some point, but it's so expensive and a bit confusing trying to figure it all out..

[@ciararosario6582]

This is beautiful. Can you do a video on how you do you samples. I would love to see it. thanks

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thaks! That's a great idea, I'll talk about the samples in a future video.

[@papiadutta4428]

Was waiting for this! Thank you Ellen 👍 As always fantastic stuff! Love love love it ❤️ and lots of takeaway ❤️

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@musicmatters1114]

What a beautiful relaxing video. I will have to see if you have a video on label making. Do you make labels or have them made?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks 💕 I do make my own.

[@cherylmarrantclmfarm8264]

Everything looked so beautiful. Packaging is my biggest struggle. I hate that part. I wish all we had to do is make it lol

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Agreed! I love making, all the rest is not my favorite...

[@dawnkinstley9169]

I love your packaging. I'm wondering if you would be willing to share your suppliers for both your boxes and box stamps. Your videos are such a joy to watch! Thank you!!!!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks for watching, all the info is in the description box.😉

[@Soul.7]

@@EllenRuthSoap Thank you Ellen, you lovely lady. ✨

[@amberknight8555]

I love watching the packaging 📦, it gives the viewers a chance to see how each person does their packaging and how different it is.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks 💕

[@ginab3452]

You are so inspiring and thanks for sharing.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks for watching 🥰

[@wildelmsoapco.6169]

I love watching your videos, they have totally inspired me. I have been soaping for over 20 years and took it to the next level turning it into a business just last year! I too am a Tennesseean! I was wondering if you would share some tips and tricks regarding how your video and what camera you use?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Hello neighbor! I do all my filming and editing on my iPad

[@kendrabonds5688]

I might just have to come back to Tennessee and drop in on y'all ..I lived in Memphis before adopted out back in the 60s...ty Ellen enjoy all you videos! Keep them coming!

[@ark6831]

Loved the video! Might you be able to share more on how you store your soaps as the cure? Do you wrapped them all once cured or wrapped to order? Thanks!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks for watching! I wrap them once cured.

[@folkloricasoap]

I have to admit, after getting a few packages from you, I got addicted to Werther's and had to buy a bag of them.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

🤣🥰😂 I love them too….

[@oanamccartha2478]

You save meeee!!! I was struggling with the packing process 😢😢😢. Now I am in love with your stamps and I don’t know what size to order special with the big one for the boxes. Did you mind to share what size you have ? Please pretty please ❤ . I am so happy that I find your Chanel

[@EllenRuthSoap]

My big stamp is around 3x4"

[@oanamccartha2478]

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you for the response ❤ I am buy to order mine too . Thank you ❤ you video help me a lot to figure out how to stay “clean” with my labels and packaging

[@hobbieshealthhappiness2086]

Love your packaging so much. Such a delight to watch.. if you don't mind, What are the dimensions of the boxed you use? Keep on soaping 🧼🛁

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks! They're the standard window soap boxes from WSP, they have all the specs

[@julidza087]

love love love this video, so beautiful and satisfying ❤️ Im new to soap making and am indecisive about what to use to wrap the in ... ehat do you use for yours if you can say

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I use several different wrapping options, depending on the soap. I use kraft paper wraps, shrink wrap and kraft boxes...

[@julidza087]

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you for share, looking forward to your next video xoxoo ❤️

[@coypeahen]

#youinspiremeeveryday 🧡🧡

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@josiarasilvaabidowenzel1843]

Loved!! 😃😍 What is this plastic aroud de soaps?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I use shrink wrap on some of my bars

[@ritamgbe6986]

Hi Ellen! Your packaging is so beautiful and eco friendly. Pls can you share with me the sizes of your packaging stamps?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I have several different sizes. I suggest measuring you boxes and getting ones that fit those..

[@ritamgbe6986]

Thanks Ellen. I'm particularly interested in the large one.@@EllenRuthSoap

[@richrosegold610]

Wow. Amazing. I've just found your channel and have been watching your videos. Definitely subscribed. What is the exact size of large stamp?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks for subbing! It's a 5x3 stamp

[@elizabethwatt8131]

Wow, Ellen you really pack beautifully. Is the envelope really necessary? Where did you get your crinkle paper (can't remember the name for it, right now)?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I get the crinkle packing paper from ebay, it's the best price I've found..

[@AishahTolentino]

Hi Ellen! I am just starting out my business and would love to know what dimension boxes I should start off with/ purchase. I know a variety is good to have, though I'm looking to buy maybe 1-2 sizes to start. Thank you so much for your help!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Here is the size I use: amzn.to/3pVGbQs

[@AishahTolentino]

@@EllenRuthSoap Thank you! How about the shipping boxes that go inside the poly mailers? Those are the ones I am unsure about

[@delindaschmidt1875]

HI ELLEN! May I ask where did you get the little white bags that my samples come in? Waiting for my next order. Should arrive tomorrow:)

[@EllenRuthSoap]

They are from WSP

[@bettyjolayne7540]

Where do you purchase you soap sample packages? Your video are always so wonderful!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

The soap Bundles are only available a few times a year. And the little samples come with every order

[@bettyjolayne7540]

No I mean the packages that you put them in.. you know to give them to your customers. I am trying to find them.. the little pouches

[@EllenRuthSoap]

@@bettyjolayne7540 the little glassine bags are from WSP

[@amandawyatt684]

Beautiful! Where do you get all the different size boxes?!❤

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I get most of my shipping boxes from Ebay

[@amandawyatt684]

@@EllenRuthSoap Everything you do is so lovely. I'm new to soaping and absolutely love watching. ❤️

[@cryingbroken8824]

THANKS for a lovely video without excessive chatter!, my hubby actually watches &these ones* with me! Says he can't stand the non stop talking in some of the others . 😄😲😘🤔fair enough, me neither. Love Ophélia, she dies what she's doing, you want to learn more, ask her publicly, or email privately, mist siapers are happy to share! But non stop blatgering just ti full in the back griund silence drives away more people than it keeps! I kniw tgere are a few channels i fillow, where hitting the mute button, as soon as tge videio begins to olay, has become habitual, and ive missed sime tips because of it. Dissappointing, no doubt, but not enough to listen to *hours* of drivel or giggles to pick up that one hidden pearl!

[@sherrymartindale8582]

A BIG THANK YOU for sharing this! I have been soaping for 9-10 years and have only sold at shows. I am now in the process of making it my business. The shipping part is where I am lost as far as the cheapest shipping I can do for my customers. Do you go to the PO once a week and do all the weekly orders or daily? And is it a flat rate on all packages? Thanks again Ellen!

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I try to ship out within 48 hours.. I use flat rate or first class for most packages

[@sherrymartindale8582]

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you:)

[@evelynliner8069]

Hi Ellen, do you wrap your soaps at 6 weeks of curing or do you wait until you have an order? Thanks for al the info and all that you do. Love it :)

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Yes, I wrap them after the cure

[@tassiegirl1991]

Attention to detail in packing orders, just like I thought you would by how you do your videos and make your soaps.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you 🥰

[@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937]

Padded flat rate is my friend

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Me too!😉

[@tasneemali8385]

Lovely. Are these cold processed soaps that are shrink wrapped? Loved the way you have done the packaging. 💕

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Yes, they're all cold process. I use the shrink wrap on some because of the "fancy" tops and such...

[@tasneemali8385]

@@EllenRuthSoap is it ok to shrink wrap cold processed soaps.?

[@daylilyacres428]

Do you mind if I ask what size stamps you are using? Love this oh so relaxing video :)

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thanks💕 The large stamp is approx 3x4 ish, and the small ones are various sizes...

[@daylilyacres428]

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you 😊

[@ginalex4life]

May I ask why you don’t ship boxes as is instead of putting in the usps mailer? I love your packing details 🧚🏽‍♀️

[@EllenRuthSoap]

The flat rate envelopes are the cheapest way to ship most often

[@suemeyer7551]

Silly question but how do you set up your soap samples to cure? Lie them flat? Being so small do they still take 4-6 weeks to cure? Thank you :)

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I sort of half stack them, like tipped over dominos, and they cure very will that way.

[@TaRa-bw6gt]

Hi Mam May I know the papers that you have used for packaging

[@EllenRuthSoap]

It's in the description box.

[@sandijablonski2872]

Are you moving to the shrink wrap, or away from?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I use both, I like the shrink wrap for the "showy" bars and paper for the more "natural" ones... 😉

[@papiadutta4428]

Ellen... What are those small packets which says Thankful or Triple Butter or Rainforest or Midnight... Are they sample soap pieces ..?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Yes, those are sample soap that I put in with all my orders

[@papiadutta4428]

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you! Will incorporate this beautiful idea once i have my own setup!

[@HollywoodMGB3]

Beautiful packing.... do you ever have issues with soap bars melting or deforming when it is hot like it is in the soith now?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I haven't had any issues.. After a full cure, the soaps ship really well in all weather.

[@HollywoodMGB3]

@EllenRuthSoap nervous since I am in South Texas and we have HOT weather now. Upper 90s and the feel like temps are around 110-117 degrees. Since the coconut oil begins to melt at 76 degrees, ... we do not even get that low at night. With a few days shipping, I am worried it would melt

[@sephineminien3230]

Handmade soap doesn't melt, unless you use melt&pour. It does get sweaty though, but that's just superficial.

[@HollywoodMGB3]

@sephineminien3230 my concern was coconut oil that has a melting point of 76. So that changes after the shaping process?

[@sephineminien3230]

@@HollywoodMGB3 Yes, when the oils are saponified, they dont melt, unless you put them in a hot pot. They can get sweaty or greasy with humidity though.

[@Treasuredkaleidoscope]

Ellen can you help me out with the size boxes that you have?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I show what size I'm using for each package. Most were purchased from ebay.

[@Treasuredkaleidoscope]

Thank you lol. I watched the whole video and missed that! 😆

[@Saddboy999]

Hey do you mind if I ask where you got your stamp made

[@EllenRuthSoap]

There's a link in the description box 😉

[@Saddboy999]

@@EllenRuthSoap thanks

[@anagarcia215]

What aize are those boxes?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

All the box sizes are in the video and description box😉

[@ma-lu3088]

3:41 May I please know the name of the song?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I can't remember which track that is, it's from Epidemic Sound. There's a link in the description box.

[@lexielexie8819]

Silly question but how do you get that usps packaging and how do you know what size to get ?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I use priority flat rate envelopes most of the time

[@lexielexie8819]

@@EllenRuthSoap thank you and I can order a pack of them from the usps store?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

@@lexielexie8819 yes 👍

[@lexielexie8819]

@@EllenRuthSoap thanks 😊

[@wendyirving6530]

Is there any reason why some soap is packed in plastic and some in tissue paper. Just curious ❤

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I put the more "showy" bars in the see thru wrap 😉

[@julianbrinkmann6408]

😍👏👏👏👏👏

[@ROSAFERRELL]

I have learned so much from you. You seem to be a very pleasant person. Why do you add candy to your orders?

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I've found that a little sweet treat brings a smile to most faces. Even if they don't eat it, it's cute.

[@UNPACKed.]

Do you do consultation....I need help

[@EllenRuthSoap]

I don't offer consulting at this time.

[@ltconyers78]

This was so soothing and beautiful to watch. I love your videos. Be blessed.

[@EllenRuthSoap]

Thank you so much!