SilverOrchid Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 How many make your own and use a label maker and how many people have it done professionaly? I have gotten a price on the label my hubby designed for me but since it was a 3 color job it would be close to 200 for 500 labels..I think it would be worth the investment eventually but for now I bought some clear laser print labels from labels by the sheet and am going to have hubby come up with something for them until I can afford the other..Any ideas out there? Thanks in advance.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Professional labels here & never going back!After adding up all the costs of a printer, label, ink and labor I was a fool not to invest in professional labels sooner. Not only are they cheaper, they look better and freed my time up to do more important things.Make a list pros/cons then crunch the numbers - see what works best for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavenScentU Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I used to have my labels professionallly done and I highly recommend going that way if you can afford it. The printing company I used to use decided to open a gift shop and now I sell my candles to them. Without anyone to do my labels I started making my own labels and now I do all my own stuff. I really enjoy it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlebean Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 If you can find a company you are happy with that can do them digitally, I don't think they charge more for multiple colors.....keep looking and I'm sure you can find a cheaper place. I'm doing the same thing now - shopping around for someone to do them for me - I hate making labels! Takes away from the time I'd rather spend making stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverOrchid Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 I will def. keep shopping around thanks for all the input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecandlespastore Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 For now I make my own labels with Avery Design Pro. It came with one of my label packs. Its very handy. I create all my graphics with Jasc Paint Ship Pro 8. Maybe one day I will have them made professionally, but I am a very do it yourself kinda girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I typeset my labels in Quark Express and print them out myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fields Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 We have used professionally printed labels for six years. When we started out, we made our own; adding up all of the costs showed how dumb we were, plus they did not look as good. Ask for prices at different label levels. The price drops a lot with larger orders. They are expensive though, but worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debscent Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 For those of you who get your labels printed professionally, I am assuming you have a standard label that is done by the printer, without the scent name on it. How do you label your scent? Do you have a small clear label that you put over top of the professional lable? I was a graphic artist right after high school and have an uncle who is a printer, and will do it at cost, but I've contemplated the "scent" issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I am still printing my own labels. But not for long! I had my brochures printed up by a printer and it cost a whole lot less! Including time saved plus the cost of having to buy a ton of color ink cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 That is one of the problems we had since we have 30 scents - but if you put those on the label, you have 30 plate changes!! That was too much money, so I just left them "general" and got labels that were just scent labels to put on the product (we put them on top of the lid in the middle)I have seen a couple other places that have professional labels, but then put a clear scent label either under or over the label - if you leave a space on the original, you should be able to do that.OR - you could make them yourself by getting some vinyl labels from www.onlinelabels.com and using a laser printer. On my smaller sample products, I use these instead of the professional ones (only because they are samples and I can't justify putting a professional label on those little lids lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinesShower Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Oh and also - if you are going to go the professional route, make sure you have what you want on your labels and you will want that for a long time lolMy labels were a very large investment and needless to say I won't be changing my look anytime soon, but I really took alot of time developing my look before I decided on a label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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