Has anyone designed/made their own labels for jars?

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This fall I will have honey to share with family and friend. Maybe enough to sell a little on the side. I would like to have my own labels for the jars but don't know where to start. I have a friend who is an artist, she could do the artwork, I called the printers and they are giving me a price for 1000 labels on a roll tomorrow. I have never done this before-- I would be grateful for any suggestion!

-- Debbie T in N.C. (rdtyner@mindspring.com), April 28, 2002

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Debbie i have a frend who makes soap!! she makes hers on the puter !! She says its way cheaper than buyin um!

-- Grizz workin near D.C. (southerneagle@yahoo.com), April 28, 2002.

EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get the mailing labels for your printer, whatever size you want. Use the label wizard on your computer or on any printing software that has cards, labels, etc.

Print, peel, stick.

It's FUN!

-- Rose (open_rose@hotmail.com), April 28, 2002.


Debbie, Maybe your computer can make labels. Or use a stiffer paper and make little cards, punch hole and tie with Rafia around the neck of your jar. Years ago I bagged up some organic black beans that we had grown, put them in a plastic bag in a southwest soup mug. I made a little card that had the product name and our address, punched a hole (with a paper punch )in the card and tied it on the bag with Rafia. I also glued small dried chili peppers to the Rafia and tied beads on the ends of the Rafia. I wanted a southwest theme, but you could also use ribbon for the tie or material cut in strips, lace or whatever suits your imagination. Have fun! Love that honey!

-- Marilyn in CO (www.tomeatbeef@aol.com), April 28, 2002.

If you want to use plain/fancy paper to make your labels, here are a couple of links:

Labels, http://members.tripod.com/~Lasaan/label.html

Homemade Adhesive, http://www.hgtv.com/HGTV/project/0,1158,FOLI_project_16131,00.html Homemade Adhesive Ingredients: 3 packets unflavored gelatin 1 Tbs. cold water 3 tsp. boiling water 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract Steps: 1. Sprinkle gelatin into cold water to soften. 2. Pour into boiling water; stir until dissolved. 3. Add extract and mix well. 4. Brush "glue" onto paper and let dry. Once dry simply moisten to adhere. * Note: Store glue in a small, airtight jar and warm in a pan to reconstitute.

-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), April 28, 2002.


BC, The Labels website is delightful. Thanks for all the great info you post here!

-- Marilyn in CO (www.tomeatbeef@aol.com), April 28, 2002.


Here are more labels to print from your computer for your personal use.

Country Clip Art Scroll down the menu on the left side and click on Country Labels.

Country Canning Labels

BC, loved the "Canned Husband" label! :o)

-- Bren (wayoutfarm@skybest.com), April 28, 2002.


You can have a rubber stamp made with any design or lettering you want. For paper you can use blank name tags (not the ones that have "hi my name is") or blank notecards, or whatever. With the stamp you'll have an initial investment of less thatn20 dollars but you'll have it forever and once it's made it'll last forever with no further investment.

-- Erika (misserika129@hotmail.com), April 28, 2002.

Debbie-

When I started selling honey I wanted to have labels made, and I did quite a bit of research into labels at that time. I pack my honey in glass canning jars, and I realized that I did not want to place a label on the side of the jar because the honey looks so good in a clear glass jar. I thought about making tags and attaching them with raffia- I still like that idea. But, in the end I decided that I wanted a label to stick on the top of the jar lid. I had the basic idea that I wanted and I enlisted the aid of one of the set designers with whom I work. He did the artwork for me on his computer and gave me a disk with the camera ready artwork on it to take to the printer. I wound up doing generic lables with a blank line for me to write in the variety of honey from each crop -I sell orange blossom, palmetto, and wikdflower honey. I decided that I don't yet have enough volume to justify three seperate printed labels- six, actually, because I did two sizes- one for regular and another for wide-mouth jars.

-- Elizabeth (ekfla@aol.com), April 28, 2002.


I made labels one year for jars they worked as long as they didnt draw moisture the ink ran I have a new printer now i havent checked to see if the ink is water soliable. it would be nice even for frozen food to be able to make labels.

-- ronda (thejohnsons@localaccess.com), April 28, 2002.

Thanks, these are all wonderful ideas! I knew I could get great ideas here!!

-- Debbie T in N.C. (rdtyner@mindspring.com), April 28, 2002.


I use the microsoft works suite program. it has a special program for lables. Many of them look just like the ones you see on fancy jars. You can get the sticky labels to use with your printer. i ahd to make labels for our goat milk fudge.

-- Bernice (geminigoats@yahoo.com), April 28, 2002.

We sell honey, and had my father-in-law (a graphic artist) draw labels for us. We have oval labels for standard honey jars (in two sizes) and strip labels to wrap around octagonal jars. They look really nice. We make copies at Staples whenever we get low, using a nice parchment-type paper. You need to have weights on your labels, and a clear statement of what is in the jar (pure, local wildflower honey in our case). We left a blank oval to write the weights in, because we use them on different sizes of jars. The ink does run a little if the labels get wet, which isn't very good when we go to the farmer's market on a rainy day!

-- Kathleen Sanderson (freeholder45@yahoo.net), April 29, 2002.

Thanks for the links. I went to Country Clip Art & got very sidetracked!

-- Bonnie (stichart@plix.com), April 29, 2002.

I've made my own beer in the past and for labels I created them on my computer and printed them out on regular printer paper, cut them out and dipped them in milk. Held up pretty good. When I want to remove them I just soak the bottle in water and they fall off. I have some bottles that have labels on them for about 4 years and have not came off.

Robert

-- Robert King (info@king-consulting.com), May 02, 2002.


Thanks for the clip art links!!! I used them as a distraction while the forum was down. Glad I had saved them on my favorites before we crashed!!! lol

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), May 02, 2002.


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