Trappeur Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Well, I've been pulling my hair out trying to get the Apple Orchard account Christmas labels straightened out. Twice the company who is printing my labels just can't seem to get them printed right. The plaid border is not coming out even - one side of the label the plaid is wide and the other side narrow and then the top and bottom of the label is the same thing. I'm thinking because it is such a small label ( 1 1/2" square") that I need to make the plaid more bigger and it won't make their job difficult to print them. And too on the bottom of the label the holly that is in each corner on the bottom *I have to keep moving either closer or more towards the outside as whatever fragrance is printed on the label takes up more room, so I decided to just eliminate the holly altogether and added a pine cone spray to the label in the middle and now that won't mess up my scent names. Here is a picture of the label on the jar with the labels printed wrong....see how the plaid is not uniform? And I don't even like the way the holly looks like on it. So you can see how disgusted I am with these. Now here I redesigned the label and thought what about the pine cone spray that I have in the middle of the label now that I have eliminated the holly?What do you think? When I redesigned the label and made the plaid border much bigger like in here I had to minimize the actual Merciers Apple picture to let more plaid show up, but I think I like it better. This is picture #1................................. This is picture #2....................................In this picture the pine cone spray is on the bottom of the label. I had to reduce even further the apple picture....but I think it will still work. So which ones does everyone prefer? #1 or #2......or maybe you have a suggestion for me? Thanks! Trappeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unique candles Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 well I love number 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilyspoppy Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbaranj Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) I like 2 too. A suggestion, just IMO, would be to resize the decorative pinecone wreath to be a little smaller. Edited September 12, 2015 by barbaranj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy63 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I love number 2 and your candle is adorable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLG Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I think I'm going to be the odd ball here, but I like the 1st one. It seems more proportional to me (I think it's the math teacher in me) and seems to make better use of the space. But they are both beautiful labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I like # 1 also but both look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginab65 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I like number 2. Your design skills are wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I like #2 - but I am curious about how it would look if you moved down the pine bough to slightly overlap the border.Also, I think that the uneven border would be less conspicuous if it were a solid color, maybe red, but a shade darker than the apple red. Maybe gold, or a very deep green. Don't know about the color but that border would drive me to drinking. I like it in theory but if they can't make it correctly then I would scrap it and find a new border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 both really great but 2 scent stands out a bit better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megandgarr Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I think I like 2 slightly better, but both look great. Have you tried moving the pine bough to the very top and bringing down the picture of the apple, as well as the scent name? Just another perspective that might work. I always love looking at your labels. You do a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceangazer1 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Two!!!! Nice job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisymay66 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I like them both! I'd have a hard time picking to be honest! You always do such a beautiful job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Well, it was hard for me to make a choice, but I'm going with #2 like everyone suggested. I was leaning towards #1 as to me it looks better balanced but the the pine cone bough sort of gets lost in it and shows up much better in #2 so #2 it is. Thankyou for everyone's suggestion. I did try all the little suggestions that everyone suggested but they just didn't look good, but I tried. Thankyou everyone. Trappeur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbenimble Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Well, it was hard for me to make a choice, but I'm going with #2 like everyone suggested. I was leaning towards #1 as to me it looks better balanced but the the pine cone bough sort of gets lost in it and shows up much better in #2 so #2 it is.Thankyou for everyone's suggestion. I did try all the little suggestions that everyone suggested but they just didn't look good, but I tried.Thankyou everyone.TrappeurI actually like #1 because of the reason you said it was more balanced. I see where the wreath spray gets on the way but I feel like people know it's Mercier. Anyway. That's my vote. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I vote for No. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshine Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I know you already decided but I like 1 as wellThey both are great but 1 is more eye friendly to me and proportionateYou are so talented and all your labels are beatulicious! If that's even a word! Loll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Thankyou Moonshine and everyone else. I sure appreciate everyone's input. I did wind up going with #2 and I made the plaid border bigger as I said I would and they really came out beautiful and to cut down on pricing to make the candle as cheaply as I could I wound up going with all gold lids instead of red, rust and black. The shipping for these lids especially the old timey was a killer and the only place I had been ordering from was Filmore and I just can't justify 23.00 shipping or more for 100 lids. So just for Christmas I went with the gold lids as Old Glory recommended and gold stretchy bows and it really is festive looking so I was very happy and they were too. I'll post a picture later. Trappeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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