Holiday Gift Box Blue Ribbon Carry Handle Matte

The handle is a blue ribbon that threads through the two slots in the top of the box and sits flat against the lid, so the handle is part of the box rather than something added to it. Because the handle is there from the start, a gift set does not need a carrier bag on top of it. The ribbon is wide enough to sit flat across the fingers, and the two slots hold the sides of the loop at a set distance, so the box hangs level. The ribbon can be changed to another colour without changing the box.

- The outside is matte, so the box does not throw back the light of a window display or a camera flash.

- A matte face shows a fingerprint less than a gloss face does, which matters for a box that is handled before it is given away.

- The colour reads the same from any angle, so a row of boxes on a table looks even.

- Photographs of the box come out with the colour true, which helps a brand use the box in its own pictures.

- A scuff or a mark on a matte face is harder to see than on a shiny one.

- The matte finish takes print and foil on the same surface, so a logo sits with the rest of the box rather than on top of it.

The box is a warm yellow, and the handle is a deep blue, so the two ends of the box carry different colours without a pattern. Yellow is the colour that makes a box findable at a party or on a long table, and blue on the handle gives the eye something to hold. Under shop light the yellow stays warm rather than going green, and the blue stays deep rather than looking black. A brand can print on the yellow, keep it plain, or take the ribbon in another colour to suit its own palette.

- The panel is pre-creased, so the sides stand up square after a few folds and no glue is needed.

- The folded corners lock the four sides together, which is where the box gets its stiffness rather than from thickness alone.

- The lid closes over the top edge, so the box keeps its line when it is set down on a table.

- The box can be folded back flat for storage or for sending, and folded up again when it is needed.

- An order that takes all three sizes arrives flat, so the whole order fits in one shelf space.

Once the gift is in and the lid is down, the ribbon is already standing, so the box carries like a bag: pick it up in one hand, hand it over at the counter, or walk out of the party with it. A shop does not have to match a carrier bag to a box, and a guest does not have to ask for one. That leaves one item to buy instead of two, and one item to keep in stock through the season.

We have made gift boxes and paper bags for beauty brands, fragrance sellers, clothing shops and corporate gift orders, and the folding gift box with a ribbon handle is a shape we run through the year. That shows up in small places: the slot for the ribbon is set to the same spacing on every size, the creases are placed so the lid closes on the first try, and the ribbon is cut to the right length for each size. We make folded gift boxes, rigid boxes, pillow boxes and paper bags, with ribbon, webbing, rope or leather handles, in matte, gloss, kraft and printed finishes. A brand can order one size to test a design and add the other two later from the same artwork. Print and foil are set per order, and the same die is kept for repeat orders, so a box reordered next season matches the one on the shelf. Orders are packed by size, and the ribbon is packed with the box so nothing has to be matched on arrival.