Who do you use to make labels?

[jenmarie82]

Does everyone do their own labels or use someone to do them? I need to find someone to do them for me because i don't know how to make mine.

 

[Deda]

I'm making my own. I use weatherproof vinyl and crystal clear labels that I get at Online Labels.

I use Adobe Photoshop for the design and if I need an image I purchase it from Stockxpert.

If you want to have them made I would recommend WS Packaging. They are so easy to work with.

 

[pepperi27]

I make my own.

 

[Tabitha]

I make my own too. I use Corel as the design program & print them on fuklll sheets os waterproof vinyl labels from papilio.com w/ waterproof ink form pixma 3000, then hand cut each one.

thesage.com custom sells labels & there are some designers on etsy that do too but it can be very expensive.

 

[jenmarie82]

I need to get Corel. I only have Word and it doesn't have a good program.

 

[jenmarie82]

For now I've just been using clear plastic jewelry bags to put my soap in and a regular address label.

 

[Tabitha]

That is what I do for soap, cello bags w/ address labels. I use the other labels on bottles and jars.

The newest version of corel cost several hundred dollars. You can get version 12 brand new on ebay for $50.00.

 

[carebear]

I use Avery Design-Pro. It's free and marvelous.
I get my labels from onlinelabels.com. They have one software that is not marvelous but is workable. Unfortunately it's no longer precisely free.

 

[Becky]

I bought label templates from http://www.freiscavell.com/. I print them on normal printer paper, cut them out & then run them thru my Xyron 510.

You can get cartridges for the Xyron that have: removable sticky, removable sticky & laminate, permanant sticky, permanant sticky & laminate, double sided laminate and laminate & magnet.

I use the permanant sticky & laminate to give me a protected label & I'm pretty happy with it. The only problem with it is that I'm design impaired!

 

[jenmarie82]

tabitha: on your soap labels, do you list all of your ingredients? I can't make everything fit onto one address label.

 

[Tabitha]

If I can not get the complete list to fit on a label I will print it on a biz card & tuck it into the cello bag w/ the info facing outward. I use my standard card so it still carries my web address, phone number, etc.

 

[jenmarie82]

Good idea.

 

[Tabitha]

Thanks, I do not know if it conforms to FDA standards, but if not very close.

 

[mandolyn]

I use Word. I use text boxes. You can layer the text boxes, make them transparent or whatever. You can put text boxes within text boxes, you can add pics to text boxes. I also use WordArt. I've done round, oval, rectangle, hang tags, etc. You can layer text boxes over pics or other graphics, too.

Then I print on Avery labels, or just print on paper & run through my Xyron 510. I print the hang tags onto card stock.

 

[Señora_Soap]

I use Microsoft Publisher. It's a medium-weight desktop publisher, but it's a lot cheaper than the good ones. I constantly find features I wish it had, but it's a lot easier to use than Word and more suited to the purpose. Before that, I used Open Office. It's open source freeware and does as good a job as Word as far as labels are concerned.

 

[Tabitha]

I used home publisher for about 6 years, before I switched to corel. It's a great program!

You can also get the standard 2x4 labels almost anywhere, office stores, walmart, etc, if you find the address labels to be too small.

 

[lizzytish]

I make my own with supplies from onlinelabels.com. I don't often do soap, but all sorts of B&B and I've found I'm miserable at cutting sheets myself. OL has plenty of sizes. After I print them up I spray Crylon on them. The products last through showers without the print running. It's the best I've found so far.

 

[pinkduchon]

I use publisher to make my labels. Love it.

Interested to know what the purpose of a Xyron 510 is. I looked on line but not sure how it applies to soap labels.

 

[carebear]

I use Avery Design Pro - it's free and you can actually use it for any labels

 

[busymammaof3]

Does everyone do their own labels or use someone to do them? I need to find someone to do them for me because i don't know how to make mine.

I make my own. I create my image with PhotoImpact Pro. It also has a label printing option. It even allows you to resize the image up, down, left AND right...right on the label preview page...and can automatically adjust all the duplicates.

I purchase my waterproof vinyl labels from essential wholesale right now.
http://www.elementsbathandbody.com/Inkj ... c-120.html Currently at $0.66 - $0.99 per sheet/depending on how many you buy at once.

I have had good experience with them, thus far. Haven't tried clear ones yet.