Geronimo
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Those look nice and are reusable! I like that idea! Thanks for sharing!
At $1 a bottle, I'll pass.
Those look nice and are reusable! I like that idea! Thanks for sharing!
Do the shipping labels come off really easy. Obviously easier if for no other reason than they are smaller.
I feel like such a broken record saying this.
1.) Make up your labels using Microsoft Word (free on most computers).
2.) Print them out on your printer on regular paper. Or, if like me you have a printer/copier, print 2 out and double them up on a page, then copy the remainder. Saves paper.
3.) Cut them out. I use a guillotine blade cutter I bought for $2 at a business sale.
4.) Pour some milk into a coffee cup and lightly coat the back of a label with an artist's brush (you can buy cheap small brushes at Harbor Freight for about $2 a bag of 25 or so). Don't be real heavy with the milk, a light coat works best. I like to paint the back of the label on a folded newspaper. You can see the outline of my painting work on the paper here and also my brush and coffee cup.
5.) Line up and affix the label lightly. Roll bottle over a folded up towel on a counter or table to press label on. The more you do this, the better you'll get at it. With some printer inks, you can smear it by rubbing over it while wet, so just line it up and roll it over the towel.
6.) Allow to dry. The label will be firmly affixed.
7.) Once the bottle is empty, run the label under hot tap water for a few seconds and peel or scratch it right off with your fingers. Ready for refill.
This is so easy, so simple, so cheap that it cannot possibly be any good. But it works and saves tons of label cleaning time. It's the only way I've ever made labels.
I just ran a test of the paper/milk labels and was sufficiently impressed! I just have a B&W laser printer though so my labels might be lacking any flair.
Do you find the labels stay on for years? Using milk, I'd guess the bond breaks down in the really dry air of winter.
Ahh that sounds like good news! What weight paper did u use?
I just ran a test of the paper/milk labels and was sufficiently impressed! I just have a B&W laser printer though so my labels might be lacking any flair.
Do you find the labels stay on for years? Using milk, I'd guess the bond breaks down in the really dry air of winter.
Jim thanks for posting this. Hubby and I are both lactose intolerant, so only have dry milk around. Have you ever used that? Just in case we have to buy some do you use 2%, fat free, or what?
from the oh too persnickity Pam in cinti
wordy, have you ever known a woman that didnt mess with things...LOL
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