Happy Home Incense™ is a brand of hand-crafted incense made by Oxford, Ohio-based Wild Berry Incense, and sold in Walmart nationwide. For this iteration of the Happy Home Incense branding we scrapped the previous branding which was more illustration-based, and opted to create a beautiful product photo to be used on all of the packages. We worked with one of Cincinnati’s best product photographers to capture the brand essence and mood of the product, then set out to create the different SKUs to be sold at Walmart. We collaborated with Wild Berry, as well as with input from Walmart, to create a really nice set of package designs that were then printed, packed, and began selling nationwide.
Happy Home Incense Packaging and Branding
By Brand Shepherd | Published January 2nd, 2012Wild Berry Incense Pre-Packs
By Brand Shepherd | Published January 1st, 2012Wild Berry Incense is the maker of premium hand-crafted incense, and is based out of Oxford, Ohio. Their incense sticks are normally sold in their trademark jars on a tiered POP, with the sticks exposed to air so that where ever they are sold customers know that Wild Berry Incense is for sale – it’s branding through the nose! However in some cases Wild Berry Incense is sold in pre-packaged sleeves of 15 sticks. After having crafted the Walmart® exclusive Happy Home Incense packaging for Wild Berry, Brand Shepherd was hired to create a line of packaging that could have a cozy look and feel while leaving room for versioning. Brand Shepherd set out to design a master SKU that met these criteria, and then we art directed a photo shoot for the face panel hero shot. Once everything came together we then worked on the 24 different fragrances/SKUs that made up the pre-pack line from Wild Berry. The end result is a family of products that look incredible on shelf. Each variation stays true to the family brand aesthetic, but also has its own area atop each sleeve to instantly communicate to the customer what the fragrance is. The folks at Wild Berry Incense couldn’t happier with the results, and neither could we.
DG Classics 4 Game Product Packaging
By Brand Shepherd | Published October 1st, 2011The DG Classics are a line of simple, traditional backyard games that have been enjoyed for years. We set out to create packaging for these 4 games that would look somewhat similar so that consumers know they are part of the DG Classics line, and with straight-forward photos that show the games being played. This is the tried-and-true keep it simple approach to branded consumer packaging.
DG Corntoss Brand Game Product Packaging
By Brand Shepherd | Published October 1st, 2011Driveway Games’ innovate take on popular backyard bean bag tossing games is championed in their line of Corntoss™ Bean Bag Games. We created the brand identities and packaging for each of these product. As a new innovative version is developed, Driveway Games turns to us to help create that product’s unique brand presence, all while under the master branding of the Corntoss games.
Jr. Bean Bag Toss Product Packaging
By Brand Shepherd | Published October 1st, 2011Jr. Bean Bag Toss Game™ is Driveway Games’ innovate take on the popular backyard bean bag tossing game. We created a simple carton for the game that is sized so that consumers know this is a smaller product intended for children.
Ladder Bolos Product Packaging
By Brand Shepherd | Published October 1st, 2011Ladder Bolos™ is Driveway Games’ innovate take on the popular backyard bolo tossing game. We created a simple wrap for packaging that wraps around the carrying case. It uses less materials, and shows the consumer one of the selling points, the case, from the start.
3 Lessons Learned from Designing CPG for Big Box Retailers
By Brand Shepherd | Published July 13th, 2010Ultimate Stamp Dispenser
By Brand Shepherd | Published May 31st, 2010The inventor of the Ultimate Stamp Dispenser came to us with the need to enhance his packaging design in order to take advantage of some unique selling opportunities. We worked with ownership to design a simple, clearly communicative packaging design that not only pleased end-users, but corporate buyers.


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