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If you’re raising money and participating in any walks/5 K’s/fun runs this year, you might want to consider providing some personalized refreshments to your team members.  After all, they’re by your side, helping you raise funds, why not thank them with something delicious?

The image above features the custom bottles of beer one of our customers made for a 5 K he did with some friends.  Their team was called “Coffey’s Crew” and they all enjoyed these bottles of beer after the run.  This is an inexpensive way to do something nice for your friends, and it’s also a lot of fun to enjoy a team brew together.

If you’re looking for ways to implement this idea for your own fundraiser, check these out:

• Team swag bags, with a custom bottle of water (you can buy inexpensive bottled water at a grocery store, and then stick one of our custom water bottle labels on!), a small tube of sunblock, a granola bar, and maybe a $5 Starbucks gift card.
• A cooler full of custom bottles of beer.  Buy your favorite brew, swap the labels for custom beer labels, and keep them in a cooler of ice in your car.  After the fundraiser, have a team toast with the cold brews.

This party was ten different kinds of fabulous, from the colorful flower arrangements to the whimsical straws, every detail was picture-perfect.  If you want all kinds of eye candy and kids party inspiration, check out her recap of the party here and here.

Jess again chose to use custom water bottles for the refreshments at this party, and it’s easy to see why: She comes up with the best displays for the bottles!

She used our “Venetian Wedding” water bottle label design, customized it with a happy birthday Charlotte message, and then stuck the custom labels over bottles of water she bought separately.  If you head over to her party recaps, you’ll see that this label matched the black and white damask decorations perfectly.

One thing we loved about this custom bottled water display was the use of large glass cylinders to display the bottles artistically while keeping practicality in mind.  Guests were easily able to grab bottles of water, but they were pretty and added height and drama to the décor while they waited to be used.

Well done yet again Jess!  We heartily recommend her services if you’re planning a stylish affair, and at the very least we suggest you check out her blog for ideas!

The tricky thing about destination weddings is, What to bring?  Suitcase space is limited, but you don’t want to sacrifice your wedding style for luggage economy, so what do you do?  You think smart, that’s what!

One of our favorite little destination wedding tricks is to use custom water bottle labels for wedding favors and Out of Town Bags.  Custom water labels are small, and easy to tuck into a suitcase, but they make a huge impact when guests take a look!

Just order the water labels only, then purchase bottled water/fruit juice/whatever bottled beverage you like once you get to your destination.  Our labels are completely self-adhesive, so they’re a cinch to apply quickly, and they are an easy custom touch to add to your nuptials.

You can use custom labeled beverages at your wedding reception, wedding rehearsal, and in Out of Town Bags.  You can arrange bottles of water artfully around the reception or rehearsal tables, or tuck a few custom bottled waters into the Out of Town Bags.

The best part is, you can put whatever you want on the label!  A photo background of your wedding venue, your engagement photo, your names, a welcome message…The options are endless!

This design was originally designed for a water bottle label, but can easily be changed to fit onto custom stickers, wine labels, or bumper stickers.  If you’re completely wild about the design, you could order it as a suite of products so that you have a theme tying the different aspects of your wedding together.

If your wedding vision is trés chic, this label design may just give you the inspiration you need to infuse French glamour into all aspects of your fête!

If you’re itching to plan something just a little different but still enjoyable for the fathers and graduates in your family, why not send them out to the driving range together?  If the dads and grads in your family enjoy golfing, this is a truly fantastic way to celebrate and enjoy one another!

Just make sure you send them out there with plenty of personalized bottled water.  Custom water bottle labels are a fun way to add a little something extra to the celebration, and lucky for you there are  many designs to choose from!  You can go with our “Golf Green” water label design, as shown above.

If you like, you can also order a few different designs to commemorate everyone on the trip.  Just think of how special the people on the trip will feel to see their photos on their very own bottles of water!  For the grads, you can choose from two different photo designs.  ”Congratulations Graduate” features a cap and diploma, while “Cap Toss” shows a crowd of graduates throwing their caps in the air.

If you want a truly custom design, you can always use our Design Online tool.  You can easily upload images, add text, and change colors to create a completely unique design.

Whichever way you choose to go, this outing is sure to be a hit!  For golf enthusiasts, there’s really nothing better than spending a day at the range with loved ones.

A completely versatile design is a thing of beauty, isn’t it?  Flexible, adaptable, it can be personalized and used for any number of occasions.

For example, there’s “Almost Square“, the design featured above.  Fun, flirty, slightly retro, this water bottle label design can be personalized and used for anything.  You could use these at a birthday party and put the birthday girl’s name and birthdate on it.  Or, you could use this at a bridal shower, and customize it with the bride’s name and wedding date.  This label is a (beautiful) blank slate!

Another great versatile design is for custom labels and is called “Banded Daisies“.  This label design is striking yet delicate, and can be used for anything.  It would look great on a jar of homemade preserves, but would also look stunning sealing bags of party favors.  Simply change the words on the label and you can use it a hundred different ways!

If you’re looking for a flexible wine label design, check out “Argyle Wine Label“.  This design features bold colors and plenty of room for customization.  This would be a fantastic retirement party decoration, but it could also just as well be used as a personalized holiday gift.

We have hundreds of designs that are very specifically designed for certain kinds of events, but sometimes what you’re looking for is a blank slate that you can put your own spin on and enjoy.  We take customization seriously, and take pleasure in providing you with everything you need to make completely custom labels!  If what you need is a versatile design you can do anything with, then voila!  Your wish is our command!

Every once in awhile a new design comes around that captures our imagination.  Swirl Frenzy, designed by Lacy Labels, is just such a design.  Swirl Frenzy is classy, dramatic, and full of possibilities.

Imagine this gorgeous water bottle label design adorning bottled water at a glamorous fundraising gala.  The swirls keep the design from getting stuffy, and the generous black area on this label provides ample room for event details.  Using this label design would be an easy way to make bottled water sophisticated enough to look appropriate at a black tie event.

This design would also look right at home at a classy 50th birthday party.  The black and gold color scheme are rich and easy to coordinate with, and there’s plenty of room in the black portion to include a picture of the birthday girl if desired.

Of course, this design would also look beautiful at a wedding reception.  If swirls are a part of your wedding’s design scheme, this design would fit right into your reception decor.  Provide your guests with beautiful custom label bottled water, and enjoy admiring how lovely these bottles look on your reception tables!

That’s the beauty of custom labels.  One design can spark your imagination!

Pirates are all the rage.  Ever since Johnny Depp strapped on a tri-corner hat and brought the word “Savvy” back into vogue it’s been raining pirates.  International Talk Like a Pirate Day, pirate birthday parties, everywhere you look there are eye-patches and swashbucklers!

If you have a little one (or even a not-so-little one!) who can’t get enough of all things pirate, look no further than the Pirate Party label design pictured above.  This design features bright red and black designs that will look perfect at your pirate theme party.  Keep your pirates refreshed with custom labeled water, it’s a lot harder to say “Arrrr!” with a dry throat!

You can use this design on other products beside water bottle labels.  This design would look great on custom labels too!  Use these custom stickers to seal party favor bags.  Maybe you can send them home with some eye-patches, fake jewelry (for pirate booty), and salt water taffy!

If you’re truly passionate about the pirate life, we have some great pirate bumper stickers too.  You can either turn this water label design into a bumper sticker, or you can take a look at this Pirate bumper sticker, or the Pirate Life bumper sticker.  The pirate-themed fun doesn’t have to stop at your party!

Do you have a little girl who just loves all things princess?  Pink and purple, sparkles and glitter, everything is full of whimsy and beauty!  If you’re planning a birthday party for your little princess, check out these gorgeous princess-inspired water bottle labels.

The one you see above is called “Princess Birthday” and features dreamy clouds and playful pink butterflies.  We also offer this design as well, called “Fairy Castle“, which features a hand-sketched castle a princess could easily call home:

If neither of these designs are quite your cup of tea, you can always upload your own custom image to our system for a completely custom birthday party favor.  A really fun way to do this is to scan your birthday party invitations, and then use an image from your birthday party invites on your water bottle labels.  Perfectly coordinated and easy to do!

Here are some fun activity ideas for princess themed birthday parties to help you get inspired:

• Dress up corner.  Have everyone bring her favorite princess dress-up dress and provide plenty of tiaras, gloves, jewelry, and dress-up shoes.  Now watch the fashion show!
• Crown construction.  Provide pre-cut princess crowns in lots of colors, and then set out plastic jewels, markers, stickers, feathers, and glue.  Keeps the girls contained and entertained!
• Cupcake decorating.  Pre-bake enough cupcakes for everyone at the party, and then set out frosting and sprinkles in various colors and styles.  Make sure you provide lots of towels to help wipe frosting off hands and clothes (and faces!)

Princess theme birthday parties are so much fun to plan and attend, just make sure you provide plenty of healthy refreshments so your little princesses have all the energy they need to enjoy themselves!