Anyone who’s ever helped support a sports team knows that sometimes, playing sports is about more than just making the shot/hitting a home run/scoring a touchdown.  A successful sports team requires a huge network of support.  Coaches, parents, fans, and friends all combine to help individual players achieve team victory.

In addition to showing up at games to cheer on your team, many sports teams require active fundraising efforts to stay afloat.  We’ve written before about how personalized bottled water is a smart way to raise money for a variety of causes, and now we’ve created labels specifically to help sports teams.

Our new line of sport water bottle labels are perfect for supporting your favorite sports team.  The new designs include a basketball water bottle label, football water bottle label, soccer water bottle label, and golf water bottle label.  We love creating new labels, however, so if your favorite sport is missing please leave us a comment and we’ll make sure we include a label featuring your sport!

These labels are completely self-adhesive, waterproof, and color-fast, so they’re ideal for keeping in coolers of ice.  You can completely customize the wording, which gives you the opportunity to highlight your team’s name and any statistics you’d like.

We also offer these labels with our bottled water as well.  Our bottled water is purified spring water and comes in 100% recyclable bottles.  If you’re planning a sports-themed party, celebrating a tournament victory, or keeping your favorite atheletes hydrated, this is a terrific option to look into.  We’re happy to provide shipping quotes and bottled water samples if this is something you’re interested in.

No matter what event you’re coordinating, personalized bottled water is a fantastic way to add a custom touch to the event and keep everyone feeling refreshed.  With our labels-only and customized bottled water options, providing your athletes with a personalized keepsake of their team is easier and more cost-effective than it’s ever been!

Planning a bachelorette party can be a lot of fun.  A bachelorette party (aka a Hen party) is a lot less formal than a bridal shower and is a great opportunity to give the bride some time to let loose with close friends and family before her big day.  Activities for bachelorette parties vary wildly from drinks and dancing to weekends in Vegas.

No matter what you end up planning for your bride-to-be, an important part of any bachelorette party is  bachelorette party favors.  As with any party, favors are important because they thank your guests for spending time with you at your event.

One of the best ways to do this is with personalized bottled water.  Handing out customized bottled water to your guests throughout the course of the party will keep everyone refreshed, hydrated, and ready to have fun.  After the party, the bottles of water are a neat reminder for everyone of the bride-to-be and her amazing last night out.

We have some brand new water label designs that are perfect for bachelorette parties.  Our bachelorette party favors feature designs that range from sassy to classy and will blend well with any plans you may have for the evening.  Our custom water bottle labels come in two sizes (small and large) and are completely water-proof and self-adhesive.  The labels are relatively small and will fit perfectly in a carry-on if you’re planning a destination bachelorette party.

You can also order these designs on bottles of our purified spring water and have them delivered.  This will take all the prep work out of your bachelorette party favors and give you more time for other things.  As always, we are happy to provide samples of our products if you’d like to see the quality of our labels and water for yourself.

Personalized water bottles, prominently featuring the bride-to-be’s name and other choice details, are a wonderful way to give your favorite bride a unique memento of her last night out, and the perfect way to keep everyone feeling great all night long.

Fundraising has become an important part of modern schooling.  Many private schools and after-school programs rely on fundraising to keep things going.  It can be very frustrating to come up with innovative ways to raise money, especially in a tight economy.  Now more than ever, it’s vital that non profit fundraising and school fundraising ideas be cost-effective, sustainable, and effective.

A great way to raise funds and also promote healthy eating habits is to use private label bottled water.  Bottled water is a healthy alternative to sugary soda or fruit drinks, and it’s easy to hand out and carry around school events.

Even with the cost of FedEx Ground shipping accounted for, you can buy custom label bottled water for less than $1 per bottle.  This means you virtually guarantee a return on your investment by charging even as little $1 per bottle.  At such a low price, it’s easy to sell bottled water at lunchtime, sporting events, and school fairs and carnivals. 

The great thing about buying personalized bottled water is that it spread awareness about your school and program to anyone who sees the bottle.  We’ve designed labels for programs promoting clean water drilling in Malawi, school building groundbreakings, and sponsoring indivdual athletes.

Our graphic designers can work with you to create a label that will showcase your program or school.  If you have an idea in mind, we’re happy to help you bring your ideas to life.  We’ll work with you to make sure the labels look exactly the way to want.

As always, if you’d like to see a sample of our labels or taste our bottled water, we’re happy to send you a sample, all you have to do is ask.

There are as many pros and cons for planning a destination wedding as there are for hometown weddings.  On the plus side, destination weddings can be hosted nearly anywhere, giving you absolute freedom to get hitched in an incredible beautiful or meaningful spot.  On the minus side, there’s a good chance that your guest list will be severely depleted due to scheduling conflicts and ticket prices.

If you and your betrothed do decide to get married in an exotic place, make sure you plan ahead for your wedding favors.  Destination weddings can make planning ahead for favors a bit tricky, especially now that airlines are charging for extra luggage, but a little forethought will save you headaches later on.

One of the easiest, and most memorable, destination wedding favors is personalized beverage labels.  Our labels are small, light, and easy to pack into a suitcase.  You can order wine, beer, or water labels ahead of time, take them with you, and then purchase local beverages to serve to your guests with your personalized labels on them.

These labels are a beautiful memento of your special day and will remind you of the unique location of your wedding for years to come.  We offer a wide range of templates to choose from, many of which are tropical-themed, and you can change all the wording on these labels to commemorate your names, wedding date, and wedding location.

If you have time before your wedding, please feel free to request a sample of the template you’re interested in.  We are happy to supply samples of our products so that you can see for yourself our completely self-adhesive, high-quality labels and photo-quality digital printing.

As always, if you have any questions please contact us and we’ll be happy to answer your questions.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, the only thing cheering us up now that the weather’s gone cold is the fact that Christmas is right around the corner.  For the most part, Christmas is a wonderful time to relax with family, exchange gifts, and eat way too much. 

For some people, though, coming up with gift ideas that won’t break the bank can be stressful enough to cast a shadow over the whole holiday.  Don’t worry, though, we put our heads together to come up with our top 10 cheap Christmas gift ideas.  Hopefully these ideas will inspire you and help get you into the holiday mood!

1. Create a home-made gift and give it a touch of class with a personalized label.  One of our favorite gifts is a mason jar of hot cocoa mix, complete with marshmallows.  Simply put the preparation instructions, and your family’s name, on one of our personalized wine labels and adhere to the jar.  It’s an instant thoughtful gift that costs less than $5 to prepare!
2. Give your favorite beer lover a gift they’ll remember!  Find out what his/her favorite kind of beer is, and then personalize the beer with personalized beer labels.  It’s a thoughtful gift you know they’ll enjoy, and they are sure to appreciate your gift’s personalized touch.
3. If you are attending any holiday parties this year, bring along a bottle of personalized wine to give the hostess.  The hostess will appreciate the wine and have no trouble figuring out where it came from.
4. Those of you who are crafty will have a lot of fun with personalized labels this year.  Our labels come in a variety of sizes that look great on many container sizes.  Our customers have put our labels on their homemade soap, cider, olive oil, and honey.  You can easily turn your hobby into a Christmas gift with a personalized label and tasteful packaging.
5. Personalized bottles of cider, beer, and soda make great stocking stuffers.  Kids will love a personalized bottle of Jones Soda, while grown-ups will get a kick out of personalized beer or hard cider.
6. Assembling a gift basket is a fun way to turn lots of small gifts into one amazing gift.  Our favorite gift basket is wine themed, simply place a personalized bottle of wine, a corkscrew, two wine glasses, and a bar of chocolate into a basket, tie it up with ribbon, and voila!  Instant romantic gift basket!
7. If you have a wine or beer brewer in your family, consider giving him or her personalized labels for the next batch.  Your home brewer will appreciate your supportive and thoughtful gift.
8. What do you get for the oenophile (wine lover) who has everything?  Wine, of course!  A great gift for the wine lover who has it all is a personalized bottle of their favorite wine.  With a little sleuthing beforehand, you can give them a gift that will make their day.
9. Many families distribute family photos every Christmas.  A new twist on this is to put your family photo on a personalized label.  We can help you turn your family portrait into a custom water, beer, or wine label that your friends and family will love.
10. Share your home brew with friends and loved ones!  Your home vintage makes a great gift, simply personalize it with a custom label and you’re good to go.  We offer a wide range of templates and can also help you create a new label from scratch.

If you have any other ideas for cheap holiday gifts, please feel free to share in the comments section!

The beginning of a baby shower can sometimes be a bit awkward if not everyone knows one another beforehand.  A great way to break the ice and get people mingling is to get everyone involved in a baby shower game.

Baby shower games are fun, sometimes hilarious, and always sure to bring a smile to the mom-to-be’s face.  There is a huge range of games to play at baby showers, ranging from silly to sweet to shocking.  The best way to prepare games for a shower is to keep in mind the people you’re inviting and the mom-to-be’s personality.

For example, if you’re planning a shower for a lady who’s suffered morning sickness for the last eight months, playing the “dirty diaper game” (wherein the hostess melts a chocolate bar in a diaper and then asks the guests to guess what brand of candy it is) may not go over well.  Likewise, if the invitees are mostly older family members, like grandparents, you may want to plan on games that aren’t very physically challenging.  If you’d like more ideas for baby shower games, you might find this site helpful.

Whichever games you choose, always make sure to prepare favors for your guests to take home.  Baby shower favors are a vital part of planning a successful shower and a great way to thank your guests for making the day special.

We highly recommend handing out personalized baby shower favors that will help your guests remember they were part of a very special event for a loved one.  Our personalized water bottle labels are ideal, easy to make baby shower favors that won’t explode your budget.

Our label templates range from gender-specific to gender-neutral and display bottles, bears, butterflies, and even dragonflies!  All the wording on our labels is completely customizable, which means that you can showcase the mom and dad-to-be’s name, the baby’s name, and even the date of the shower.  We offer a quick turnaround time, so even if you’re planning a last-minute shower you’re good to go.

Our labels are waterproof, tear resistant, and feature photo-quality printing and completely self-adhesive backing.  Creating personalized baby shower favors has never been so easy or cute!

Brand marketing is an important part of modern business. The power of your image is due, in large part, to the efficacy of your branding. Where you place your brand, how you design your logo, and the reputation you establish for yourself in your industry are all important aspects that contribute to how your company is branded.

It’s extremely important to exercise control over how your brand is communicated to the world. How and where you choose to market your brand has a strong correlation to how your company is perceived. This perception will influence whether customers or other companies choose to do business with you.

An easy and cost-effective way to expand your brand’s influence is to use custom label bottled water as a promotional item. When you put your logo or company information on a bottle of spring water, you’ve transformed that bottle of water into a walking billboard that will associate your brand with something refreshing.

Our personalized water bottle labels enable you to showcase your logo and information with style and professional graphics. This is the perfect way to provide potential clients with a promotional item they’ll actually use and appreciate. Our top-quality labels, fast turnaround time, and competitive pricing make harnessing the power of private label bottled water easy and cost-effective.

If you have any questions, or would like to request a sample, please don’t hesitate to give us a call.  We look forward to helping you learn how to make custom label bottled water work for you and your company.

With all the doom and gloom out there in the economic world, it’s hard to get fired up about the upcoming holiday season.  Financial woes, employment insecurity, and rampant foreclosures have the ability to overshadow even the most joyful holiday plans.

Or do they?

Just because our nation is going through an economic rough patch doesn’t mean your holiday season should have to suffer.  The key this year will be to find a way to celebrate with friends and family in a fun, festive, and frugal way.  There are many ways to celebrate the holidays without breaking your bank account.  Here are some ideas for gifts:

• Apply personalized beer labels to bottles of beer and use them for stocking stuffers for the beer lovers in your life.
• Hand out personalized water bottles at your next holiday party.  This takes care of two party essentials all at once: refreshments and favors!  We offer water bottles with the labels already applied or a labels-only option.
• Give your favorite couple a personalized bottle of wine for a holiday gift.  You can take care of two people with the same gift, and they’re sure to look forward to enjoying the wine together.

Thanks to our wide variety of holiday labels, now you have the freedom to give personalized holiday gifts to friends and loved ones without spending a fortune.  Our labels are top-quality and cost $1 or less/apiece.  Everyone is sure to appreciate your thoughtful, customized gift.

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Depending on who you ask, kids’ birthday parties are either a blast or an expensive and tiring ordeal.  Thanks to the Internet, though, it’s never been easier to arrange for all the kids birthday party supplies you need to arrive on your doorstep.

Gone are the days of driving from store to store looking for the perfect party favors to match your child’s themed party.  Now you can find the best price on everything from tablecloths to entertainment online, and you don’t even have to change out of your pajamas to do it!

If we may, let us suggest to you that you take the stress out of planning your child’s birthday party by using personalized water bottles to cross two necessities off your list: refreshments and party favors.

With the number of obese children growing every day, your fellow parents will enjoy the healthy alternative to soda or juice, and it’s easy to clean up should there be any spills.  There’s also the added convenience of using the personalized water bottles as customized party favors.  The kids will go home with a personalized souvenir that won’t break your piggy bank.

We offer a great selection of customizable label templates that make it easy to create custom label bottled water.  You have two options in ordering: you can either order our bottled water (this comes with the labels already applied) or the labels alone.  Our bottled water takes 5 business days to produce and arrives on your doorstep fully assembled and ready to go.  Our labels only option takes 3 business days and each label comes with a completely self-adhesive backing that makes it easy to apply quickly.  If you choose this option, simply buy some water bottles locally, remove the existing labels, apply the new labels, and voila!  Problem solved!

Our labels are made from a durable, completely synthetic material that will stay on and look beautiful even when stored in ice.  Our water bottles are also 100% recyclable, which makes them easy to dispose of.

If you have any questions or would like a sample of our products, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we’ll be happy to help!

There are many ways that wedding water bottles can add to your special day.  Here are our top ten ways to use custom label bottled water in your wedding:

 1.  Turn your water bottle labels into adorable personalized wedding favors by sending each guest home with a bottle that thanks them for coming to your wedding.

2.  Use a few bottles in guest baskets to help out-of-town guests feel welcome and right at home.

3.  Arrange some water bottles artfully in a tub of ice to keep the wedding party refreshed during pictures.

4.  Make sure the bride and groom’s dressing rooms are stocked with snacks and bottles of water.

5.  Bring water bottles to the bachelor and bachelorette parties to make sure everyone stays hydrated while they’re partying.

6.  Provide the bottles of water to the kids at your wedding, so they’ll have something special to drink as well.  Our 8 oz. size is perfect for little hands, and their parents will appreciate the caps on the bottles for preventing spills!

7.  Provide a bottle of water next to each place setting at your wedding rehearsal or reception dinner and keep extras on hand next to the dance floor to keep the dancers going strong.

8.  Offer personalized water bottles at the bridal shower.

9.  Use personalized water labels to create custom centerpieces.  Apply labels to flower vases and give your floral centerpieces a custom flair.

10.  Stock the getaway car with bottled water so that the bride and groom can get refreshed on their way to happily ever after.

If you’ve used any of these ideas or have any others, feel free to share in the comments section!