So start shopping and get happy, this deal ends August 15, 2010!

You’ve found the perfect label.  Your heart speeds up a bit, your fingers fly over the keyboard, and before you know it you’ve designed a custom label that is everything you want it to be and more.  Woo hoo!  Just hit Checkout and go, right?

Hold on there a minute.  Did you remember to proofread your label?

Much like Santa Claus with his list, it’s important to check your label over at least twice to make sure that names are spelled correctly, the dates are right, etc.  Why?  Because we won’t!

As much as we’d love to be psychic, we have no way of knowing whether the names, places, dates, or other information we see on your label are correct.  If you type it in wrong, we will print it wrong!  We’d hate for that to happen, so make sure you double-check your work before checking out.

If you ever have questions about etiquette (whose initial comes first in a monogram anyway?!) or aesthetics (what looks better, writing out the date or using numbers?) contact us.  We’re happy to work with you to make sure your label looks perfect!  Just remember, we won’t proofread it for you once you’ve submitted your order.  Make sure it’s right before you check out!

We’ve seen it all.  We’ve printed beer labels with naked women, water labels with naked men, and countless labels proudly featuring every swear word ever uttered.  As a result, we’re not squeamish about what we print and promise not to judge you for what you choose to have us print for you.

Due to the completely customizable nature of our products, it’s natural to be curious about what our stipulations are about what we will or won’t print.  As a rule, we don’t censor the content of the custom labels we print.  If you feel like covering your label in profanity?  We might not repeat the words you use, but we’ll certainly print those for you and won’t think differently of you for choosing to do so.

The only things we won’t print are the things that violate local, state, and federal laws.  We love our customers, but we’re not wild about the idea of going to jail for them.

All orders that we receive are subject to our discretion, but as long as it’s legal we’ll print it for you.  It’s not our job to judge you for what you choose to order.  What is our job is to print top quality labels that say what you want them to say.

If you ever have any questions about label content, just give us a call.  We’ll be happy to listen to your idea and let you know if it’s something we won’t print.

As you may have noticed, things are a little different around here!  We understand that this may lead to some confusion for our returning customers, so we’ve created a number of resources to help you find your way around the site.

If you have questions about our pricing, we’ve created a page with all our price breaks which can be found here.  The pricing information for all our products is listed there, so you can compare quantities and prices easily.

For instructions on how to use our site, and specifically our Design Online tool, you might find it helpful to take a visit to our Design Online Tutorial.  There, you will find step-by-step instructions for how to do things like:

• Create an account
• Navigate the site
• Add multiple designs to your shopping cart
• Customize a pre-designed label template
• Upload images
• Center text and images

Looking for specific information about our products or ordering process?  Our FAQ’s were created just for you!

As always, if you’re stuck and can’t find the information you’re looking for, you’re welcome to contact us.  We respond quickly to email inquiries, and we are in the office taking phone calls from 8 AM – 5 PM Monday through Friday (barring national holidays).

Our biggest priority is making sure your labels look exactly the way you want them to and get printed and delivered as quickly as possible.  We’ll go out of our way to ensure that you’re thrilled with your custom labels.

Welcome to the newly redesigned Bottle Your Brand!  As you can see, we’ve done a lot of work here on the blog and on our main site to change things and make everything even easier to navigate and use.

Here are some of the improvements we’ve made:

• Our new Design Online tool!  We are so pleased to offer this to you.  Trust us, you’re going to love it!  Now you can upload your photos, designs, and images to your labels using our website.  You can create completely custom designs from scratch, and now you even have the option to save your designs for future use by creating an account.
• Easy-to-shop layout.  You can now browse by design category (e.g. wedding designs, birthday designs, sports designs, etc.) or by product (e.g. wine label designs, water bottle label designs, beer label designs, etc.)  It’s easy to find your way around!
• New products!  We’ve added custom labels to the products we offer for customization.  Our custom labels are currently available in two sizes, square and rectangle, and in a variety of sizes.  These are perfect for craft labels, DIY holiday gift labels, or labels for favor gift bags.

In celebration of our new look, we’re having a sale through the end of February!  If you’re buying custom labels (any shape or size, excludes bottled water orders) just enter this promo code at checkout to receive free Ground shipping: FREESHIP

*Disclaimer: This offer is not applicable to any orders that have already been placed.  To receive this discount you must enter the promo code at the time of checkout*

Go forth and shop, and be sure to let us know what you think about our new look!

A very happy new year to all of you!  We’re back in the office after our holiday break and we’re ready and raring to go for another year of custom labels and creativity!

We have a lot going on over here already, with some exciting site changes we’re hoping to show off to you next week.  Along with the site changes, you can expect to see a lot of new designs and products so stay tuned!

We hope your holidays were relaxing, and that you had the pleasure of spending them with your very favorite people.  Here’s to a happy and enjoyable 2010 for us all!

Well, that’s it for us for 2009.  We’ve had a really wonderful year, printed some fantastically creative labels, and now we’re shutting down our printers and computers and putting our feet up for the next two weeks.

We just want to take a moment to thank all of you for making this such a great year for us.  We’ve laughed with you, cringed at the pictures people took of their friends while they were drunk, and celebrated all your engagements, babies, and anniversaries.

We’re looking forward to an exciting next year.  Our website will be getting a huge facelift in January and we can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on.

Since there won’t be anyone here to answer the phones while we’re gone, if you have any questions you’re more than welcome to email those questions to us.  Any orders placed during the next two weeks will be shipped on January 4, 2010.

Take care, all of you.  Have a fantastic holiday season and wonderful new year.  We’ll see you in 2010!

Christmas is seriously just around the corner!  This means that the time to order your custom labels is now.  You still have time to order your custom labels and receive them by Christmas, just make sure you select the right shipping option when you’re placing your order.

If you visit this page, you’ll see the holiday ordering deadlines to ensure delivery by Christmas Eve.

What it basically boils down to is this:

• If you place your order (and, if you want a proof, have your proof approved!) tonight or tomorrow, you’ll need to select FedEx 2 Day shipping to ensure that your order gets to you in time.
• If you place your order (and, if you want a proof, have your proof approved!) on Thursday by 12 PM PST, you’ll need to select FedEx Overnight shipping to ensure delivery on time.
• If you place your order any later than that, your order will not be delivered before Christmas Eve (but, if what you’re ordering isn’t for the holidays, this won’t be an issue!)

The reason for this is that we are closed for the holidays starting Saturday, December 19, 2009.  Our last day to ship things out is on Friday, which is why you have to place your order no later than noon on Thursday.

We’ll be back in action on January 4, 2010.

If you have any questions about transit times or ordering deadlines, just let us know!

We just wanted to take a moment to thank you, our customers, for making this a great year for Bottle Your Brand.  We appreciate you, and your amazing ideas and creativity, and hope your Thanksgiving is full of family, food, and festivities!

PS: Now that Thanksgiving is here, time is short to stock up on custom labels for the December holidays so make sure you take advantage of our 10% off sale while you still have time!

As you gather with friends and family this holiday week, take advantage of seeing everyone by making a mental list of the holiday gifts you’d like to buy this year.  If someone you know would appreciate a bottle of wine or beer this year, you’re in luck!

We’re having a holiday sale: 10% off ALL our products!  Just enter the promo code BYB10 at checkout and you can save 10%.  Buying a personalized holiday gifts cost less at Bottle Your Brand!

You can save 10% off customized beer labels, personalized wine labels, custom water labels, and customized bottled water.  Finding custom holiday gift ideas is inexpensive and fun this year!

Happy holiday from all of us here to all you, we hope your thanksgiving is warm, wonderful, and stuffed to the brim with all the wonderful things life has to offer!