In my ongoing
losing battle to achieve better organization, I recently purchased a label maker. My sweet friend Anna is the queen of label making... her kitchen is so flippin' organized, oh my gracious I have a serious case of
Pantry Envy (I don't even COOK) and that is about all I have to say about that. While my kitchen will never remotely approach the beauty of Anna's perfectly labeled and alphabetized rows of staples, I decided to give it a go...
Label Makers have come a LONG way since those little punch out kind we had back in "the day". Who didn't have one of these?
After some searching I found this brand new and still in the package (for a steal) on ebay. It can do all kinds of fancy stuff I have yet to have the time or patience to figure out, but I did achieve a basic label and so set to work labeling my life...
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| P Touch Stylish Labeler |
Don't you just love these adorable
Paula Deen Cookie Tins? Found them on clearance at Michael's and thought they would make great storage containers for some of my craft
crap supplies.. except I got TONS of them ($2 each, do you blame me?) and had to pull every one out of the shelves to find what I was looking for... enter the Label Maker!
Then one bright and early morning I'm standing ironing Sweet Son's shirt for school
(shhh... don't mention to Handsome Hubby, I never iron HIS shirts), staring into space and notice this on our utility room fridge...
Hmmm... odd, I didn't do that. Glance down and I see this...
Apparently someone is trying to tell me something. Considering a certain person in my house once wrote this
ODE TO PIE... I have a feeling I know our Label Fairy. Just a guess, but I think it might be someone who is basically a shorter, cuter version of me.
Jumped in the shower and then grabbed my favorite robe, only to find THIS stuck to the shoulder...
Ok, now I kind of LOVE my label maker.
24 comments:
I can see why you love your label maker now:):) That is just adorable - you have sweet kids:)
Awesome blog post. I saw one of the old label makers recently at a garage sale and wish I had picked it up now. Darn it.
Oh, how sweet it is to find such love notes from your little ones! It is worth taking the pictures and well, you may not get more organized but you have more visible love now :))
I would seriously go ape-s*** if I had a label maker. The entire kitchen, linen closet, living room, bedroom, etc.. would be covered in labels. I like to be organized.
Not only a valuable time saver, the kids notes are priceless!
Aw, those are so cute!
I don't have a label maker, but I bet if I did there would be labels on everything. Even stuff that didn't need labels. Remote. Door. Toilet paper.
Awww,I think you made a wonderful purchase :)
PS....I still have one of those "vintage" label makers :)
Those cookie tins are simply beautiful!! Not to mention that the label maker changed our life irreversibly too:P hi hi I am now following you thanks to Social Parade, and it would be so nice if you could share the love back on my blog;)
Also today we have the coolest blog hop there is... no rules just fun and would love you to join in with us at Boost My Blog Friday, where you can meet lots of friends and have a great time:) See you there!
Happy Friday
Bahahaha !!! That is GREAT! Did you ever go to TheGraphicsFairy or justsomethingimade - they have lovely graphics for FREE and justsomething I made has a tab up top for DYI and theres a ton of downloadable labels! ...and what is the deal with PIE my kids say the same thing!
So sweet! I have a P-Touch, too, just the older, bigger version and I love it.
Aren't kids awesome? I love that. We give label makers sometimes as birthday gifts for kids. It's totally different and fun.
Hi there from your newest Blog Follower! :] Great find at Michaels! I could really use some cute organizational things in my office!
Julie
www.julieannart.com
My fiance bought one recently to use for labeling stuff for the band he works for, but I've basically stolen it for my own use. :)
xo,
m
Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!
Hi! Found you through the Social Parade and am now following you on GFC. I hope you can follow back also; I'd appreciate that so much ;-) Have a lovely weekend!
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Welcome to my new followers... going to check out all your blogs today!
Aww. What a sweet kid! We have one of these, because my husband uses it for work, but I have yet to find anything nice stuck anywhere. Of course, I only have boysleft at home...I think that may be the difference. My girls do have a habit of doing sweet things. Anyway...I am following you back(via GFC,& Etsy!). Glad you liked my post on the Alexa Ranking. Thanks for the follow!
I think I am going to leave my label maker and your blog post lying around my kitchen!!!
Great that you took photos of everything so you can remember things like this forever on those bad days.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I am now a keen follower!
Teachermum
www.teachermum.com
Awwww...who needs organization when you have great kids?!?!?
I am following you from today's Sunday hop from relax and surf Sunday's . you have a fantastic blog and its my hope you can follow my blog too :)
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u asked me about my wedges that I just ordered...I got/ordered them from Bakers shoes!
I used to leave notes all the time to my kids as they got older to let them know when I'd be back home - reminders as to what chores needed to be done - always ending in I love you. My daughter started to leave cute notes back and I put them in a notebook. Your kids are so sweet to surprise you with these messages - cherish them. Luving your tins as well - I love to organize and especially if the container is pretty as well.
Thanks for stopping by Wynniebee for the hop : D
I'm hopping around to follow you! Come follow me too? Weidknecht.blogspot.com
I have the same label maker that I got for Christmas, but I haven't even used it yet! lol :) I guess I had better get on that !:)
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