Canning Labels

[nicoletta]

Canning labels are a great way to not only spruce up your jars, but label what the heck is in the jar! If you're like me, you might make the same product with varying recipes and are unable to tell the difference. Here is a picture of my latest jars with a free label I found here.

Comments

[marveen]

One thing I do (especially with condiments like relishes or jams/jellies, which may stay in the fridge for a while) is to label the jar on the side, not on the lid.

My procedure when opening a jar is to throw the lid out at once and replace it with one of those white screw-on lids, which if the only label is on the lid leads inexorably to tasting it to see if it's huckleberry or blackberry.

The side label also helps with stacking jars high, wide and handsome--that way I don't have to unstack to distinguish different flavors.

Should add as well that most printer inks will run when wet, which proved to be a problem when I was trying to move and a box of my wines got rained on. (It's even harder to distinguish wines by peering through tinted glass.)

[nicoletta]

You can use packing tape (the kind you seal boxes with) to laminate plain printed paper on both sides to prevent it from running when it gets wet. I've done that and also modge podge on wax paper.

[vincentdamour]

Very nice.

I love your blog and keep tabs, but I rarely have anything intelligent to add. :o)

V

[nicoletta]

Thanks and it is just nice to know when someone is reading. :)