Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that tealish-jewel-tone-80s-prom-dress-that-has-been-collecting-dust-in-my-closet-for-20-years-fading-and-slowly-rotting-away-greenish color. Lucky for me it also comes in this color:
Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that pepto-pinkish-chewed-up-bubble-gum-that-was-spit-on-the-sidewalk-and-trapped-into-the-crevices-of-your-shoe-only-to-be-deposited-on-your-new-beige-carpet-where-the-dog-licked-it-until-you-put-her-outside-to-clean-up-the-mess-while-your-children-created-a-river-in-the-extra-bath-by-building-a-sink-damn-washed-out-rosish color. Lucky for me it also comes in this color:
Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that greyish-skies-so-dark-it-could-be-a-storm-brewing-or-it-could-just-be-those-blue-feelings-that-you-consider-committing-yourself-to-a-mental-institution-for-a-48-hour-watch-and-really-blue-is-much-prettier-then-this-so-you-are-insulting-blue-when-you-call-it-blue-bluish color.
What is with “decorative” tissue boxes?
There is really no excuse for this. The companies that produce these spend millions of dollars in product research. They employ thousands of employees dedicated to bringing me a box of tissue. Why couldn’t they employ an artist or interior designer in JUST ONE of those positions?
Let’s go shopping! I obviously missed the “really good stuff” on the paper products aisle:
What is THAT color? And for the record I have never ever seen a rose look so gloomy.
Alright! Finally something with some sort of style. But this only was made in bright fuschia because everyone’s kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms are bright fuschia!
Here is a simple design 4 pack. With a grey sunflower, an weird orangish sunflower and two purple sunflowers. So, let me get this straight…they are selling this in a 4 pack because they expected that these 3 colors will fit right into my house?
Before you start re-painting your walls grey sunflower, weird orangish and too purple, you might want this information:
Yes, my dear reader, you will have to ACT QUICKLY because this set is for a limited time ONLY!
So then I saw this three pack:
I liked the top box:
Despite it being in a color scheme of pink and orange. I was going to look beyond that just because it was cute. Well, in context of the world of “decorative” tissue boxes it was cute.
It was packaged with this soccer-themed box (which sports that same weird green color):
And this perky box:
Which required closer inspection. I then noticed they all have this label:
Yes, this is Puff’s “anything but old-school” series. Finally, a tissue company puts the EDGY back in blowing your nose. This is what I have been waiting for.
Graffiti art tissue boxes…
decorated with skulls.
Perfect for my yellow painted GRUNGE themed masterbath…
Glad I found your blog -very cute!
I’m super impressed with the dedication this took to be so thorough. We’re not big tissue consumers in this house, so I still have fall themed boxes in my cabinet.
First of all, shame on these people thinking you would buy all different kinds of Kleenex just so you could blog about it. A real genius waits until she gets home from the store with yet another stash of tissue thinking she was out, when for the last 18 tissue errands, keeps forgetting about the previous tissue hoarding trip, and ends up with a melting pot of snot rags, before brilliance for the next blog entry inspires.
Well done, you.
🙂
– Margaret
I never buy tissue always using TP instead because I’m cheap. But I might consider buying Kleenex IF there were a good design. I’d like to see a tissue box with a big fat dude in a thong on it. Now THAT would be tissue worth investing in!
You know what’s weird? SOme poor graphic designer had to DESIGN those awful boxes, likely while crabbing on the phone to his wife about it like a certain husband of mine.
that is just totally hilarious. If you took those at the store were people looking at you like you had lost it? What store has those nice floors?? Or did you stock up for allergy season?
Don’t ya understad that the reason they don’t give a hoot about the box design is that they know that every good June Cleaver has a fancy-schmancy tissue box cover that was put together with yarn and that plastic grid stuff. It was undoubtedly sewn with loving hands by either herself, or the lovely elderly lady who she visits at the nursing home and with whom she plays Canasta. See, so as long as you have a good selection of tissue box covers in various sizes and shapes, yer all set!
ahahahahahahahahahahaha. You crack me up! We Costco the tissue but only get the small boxes in “manly” colors. 😉
All I can say is I agree with you 100%. Who knew that a graphic arts degree could be so fully utilized in the disposable tissue industry?
Holly, You bought all of those? Ye Gads woman. Only you could make a fun, witty and interesting post about tissues.
If I were a kid getting tissues for school, I would be over the moon about those cool designs.
Those are interesting. Glad you had so much fun 🙂