I was a DIY machine this past week end. I doggedly plowed through project after project... until my printer ran out of ink! Ugh. With no motivation to voluntarily go out in the 95-degree heat in my un-air conditioned car, I came to a stand still.
Before said ink depletion, I finished by lip balm labels. I love only having to do 15 OOT bags, it makes doing things by hand actually feasible and not an act of mind-numbing tedium.
To make the labels, I used a string wrapped around a lip balm tube to find the circumference. Combined with the height of the lip balm label, I had my lip balm size: 2.125" X 1.675". I printed 12 on each sheet. I used laser brochure paper, which is slightly glossy and a little heavier than regular paper. I had tried to use photo paper, which is even heavier, but the photo paper had NO interested in being cylindrical and no amount of adhesive could convince it!
I just cut out each label my hand and used a Tombo adhesive runner to adhere the labels to each tube. All in all, it only took about 1/2 hour to print, trim, and adhere all 15 labels. Plus, these were a budget bonanza because I got the lip balms from a colleague that was giving them away as promotional items! AND, they're even tropical flavored (which I think is some sort of pineapple - coconut combo), which is perfect for a Florida OOT bag!
Again, love your amazing talents! If you have any templates or directions to share, I would be so thankful! I have a mac and a pc, not sure what platform you created your stuff on- are you a graphic designer by any chance? I love your design work too.
Great ideas and you have definitely been my inspiration!! By the way congrats on being the MRS. now! I live in florida and know the weather has been wishy washy lately I hope it skipped your day!
I think that our wedding was the only 6 hours of sun that whole week! The morning was ugly, but it gradually cleared for the ceremony. Our guests even had to wear sunglasses! Then the next day was a disaster with heavy rain and winds... our tents, tables, and chairs blew all over the yard!
Thats what I was planning on doing for my wedding favors! So nice to hear others did so as well, makes me feel like im not crazy! Do you have a template at all that you used? If so, feel like sharing?! Let me know if that friend has any more promotional give aways!!
I was a DIY machine this past week end. I doggedly plowed through project after project... until my printer ran out of ink! Ugh. With no motivation to voluntarily go out in the 95-degree heat in my un-air conditioned car, I came to a stand still.
Before said ink depletion, I finished by lip balm labels. I love only having to do 15 OOT bags, it makes doing things by hand actually feasible and not an act of mind-numbing tedium.
To make the labels, I used a string wrapped around a lip balm tube to find the circumference. Combined with the height of the lip balm label, I had my lip balm size: 2.125" X 1.675". I printed 12 on each sheet. I used laser brochure paper, which is slightly glossy and a little heavier than regular paper. I had tried to use photo paper, which is even heavier, but the photo paper had NO interested in being cylindrical and no amount of adhesive could convince it!
I just cut out each label my hand and used a Tombo adhesive runner to adhere the labels to each tube. All in all, it only took about 1/2 hour to print, trim, and adhere all 15 labels. Plus, these were a budget bonanza because I got the lip balms from a colleague that was giving them away as promotional items! AND, they're even tropical flavored (which I think is some sort of pineapple - coconut combo), which is perfect for a Florida OOT bag!
One more project done!
posted by Jennifer5642 1 year agoVery cute! Nice job! Any chance you have a template to share
? if you do I would love to use these as well! ashleythacker5741@hotmail.com. Thanks!
posted by ashley5741 1 year agoThis is cute! I would have never thought about doing this :)
posted by mofthesaints 1 year agoAgain, love your amazing talents! If you have any templates or directions to share, I would be so thankful! I have a mac and a pc, not sure what platform you created your stuff on- are you a graphic designer by any chance? I love your design work too.
posted by blondeorchid 1 year agoGreat ideas and you have definitely been my inspiration!! By the way congrats on being the MRS. now! I live in florida and know the weather has been wishy washy lately I hope it skipped your day!
posted by alovelikemine 1 year agoI think that our wedding was the only 6 hours of sun that whole week! The morning was ugly, but it gradually cleared for the ceremony. Our guests even had to wear sunglasses! Then the next day was a disaster with heavy rain and winds... our tents, tables, and chairs blew all over the yard!
posted by Jennifer5642 1 year agoThats what I was planning on doing for my wedding favors! So nice to hear others did so as well, makes me feel like im not crazy!
Do you have a template at all that you used? If so, feel like sharing?! 
Let me know if that friend has any more promotional give aways!!
posted by jgundy 1 year agoHello do you mind sharing the template i love them Alexas060388@hotmail.com thank you
posted by Alexas 10 months agoI know this post was a while ago, but could you please send the template to me as well. Kguster1@yahoo.com
Thanks!
posted by kguster 10 months agoCould I also get the template? Thank you!!
amogle7@yahoo.com
posted by amo11511 9 months agoOMG these are so cute! would you mind sending me the template? vbinluv@aol.com. thanks :)
posted by vbinluv 8 months agoThose are super cute!!! I love the idea and want to save money by doing them myself. Will you please send me the template? :) bstrawn@uncc.edu
posted by bstrawn 8 months ago