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How precious is this idea? It might be our new favorite theme for baby showers.

With the Superbowl just days away, the timing couldn’t be more perfect to show off our latest custom invitation and label set! It’s all blue and football for your little guy’s next birthday party.There are so many adorable treat options – we particularly love the idea of making whoopie pies in football shapes – and what a cute favor to give all the little boys footballs of their very own to take home after the party. TOUCHDOWN!

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We might be a bit biased, but we happen to think this may be the cutest custom invitation and label set that we’ve made yet. How adorable is the little fairy trying to cast a spell on the frog? We are completely charmed by this invitation and can’t imagine any little girl that wouldn’t want to have her own fairy party – complete with glittering fairy dust, magic wands, wings and tutus, and plenty of tulle and flowers, of course! Order the set for your next birthday party and check out some inspiration to get you started planning, below…

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Until then, take a look at some of the new designs that will be available once we’ve upgraded our design tools. They are pretty awesome! We think you’ll be very pleased with the new options!

We will let you know when its all up and running, but until then, check back often to see other new designs!

We can’t wait to share this new tool with you!

How adorable is our latest custom invitation design? We love the bright colors and vintage-feeling balloon theme – its perfect for any kid’s birthday party – boy or girl! We can’t think of a kid that doesn’t love balloons and the theme would make for such fun decor at a party. This custom label set comes with a custom invitation too, so if you have a birthday party to plan, you might want to take a look at all of the adorable inspiration below! Our personal favorite are the cupcakes and the balloon wreath. So creative!

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For more ideas, don’t forget to check out our Pinterest page!

We love designing wedding labels and invitations – simply because there are so many ideas and options. The color schemes and themes and fonts to choose from, and design with, are nearly endless. This new custom wedding label and invitation set created for us by Christina from Brass Bell Design, is so ladylike and romantic, we are just in love with it! A lace theme is an easy way to give your wedding a romantic, antique, vintage theme and the accompanying decor details are so sweet. This new custom set includes an invitation, water bottle label, wine label and custom favor label – everything you need to personalize your wedding details with your chosen theme. Check out some pretty lace inspiration below…

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We are adding new features and designs to the site all the time these days – we can’t be stopped! Our latest set – including a custom invitation, water bottle label and custom favor label, is something a little different from what we usually do, and we’re all about it! This custom set for a baby shower has a definite vintage theme and feel to it – very old-world and girly – perfect for a baby shower with all your best ladies. Plus, what is cuter than a little bumblebee theme for a baby shower? The cuteness factor is huge and the possibilities are nearly endless. Check out some of the sweet inspiration we found…

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That’s what the buzz is all about!

Our first designer is one talented lady – she has been making awesome label and invitation sets for us for some time now, and we couldn’t be happier with her work. Christina Muscato of Brass Bell Design was actually the brains behind our logo re-design a few months ago, and her work is always fun, inspired and playful. Learn a little more about her…

BYB: We love the designs you come up with. Can you talk a little bit about your design process?

Why, thank you! My design process always starts with brainstorming.  I’ll take an idea and let it sit in my mind for a bit… Then I’ll sketch out a few different visuals, and scribble down some thoughts next to each. After that, I take it to the computer… I start drawing the graphics in the design program, play with a few different color palettes, choose my fonts, and create the overall layout.

BYB: How do you get inspired and stay motivated when it comes to new projects?

It’s easy to be inspired – I’m always inspired! I find inspiration in almost everything around me, and being in a pretty city like Charleston, SC, it’s even easier.  There are a lot of artists / art events here that keep me feeling creative, and there are beautiful buildings with uniquely designed interiors that always put me in a good design mood too.  Also, a lot of cool-looking event posters in doorways, and great music. All of the above, keep me motivated and hungry for more design.

BYB: Mac or PC?

Definitely a Mac! The design world revolves around Mac computers so they’ve always been the best in my mind.

BYB: Talk about two of your favorite designs you’ve done for Bottle Your Brand and why they are your favorites.

BYB: What are you favorite types of things to design?

My favorite things to design are invitations, cute greeting cards, and small poster prints / wall art.  I really love typography and quotes so as long as one of two are involved in a design piece, I’ll enjoy it. Some other favorites are recipe cards, calendars, gift tags, and dessert labels.

BYB: What do you like to do when you aren’t designing/working?

When I’m not designing, I’m usually checking out all the different art or music-related events around town. There are so many artists here and I really enjoy seeing other people’s artwork and supporting them.

We have a new favorite design up on the website today! This new custom Go Bananas label and invitation set may just be one of the cutest that we’ve ever had – how adorable is that little monkey, people?! Let your little ones run wild at a birthday party with this monkey theme – complete with water bottle labels and custom favor labels too. And now, a little inspiration for your viewing pleasure…

Dessert Table – Top Party Ideas, Banana Chips – On To Baby, Banana Split Bar – Image Source Unknown, Monkey Cake – Kara’s Party Ideas, Monkey Face Cake and Masks – Martha Stewart, Monkey Cupcake – Parents Magazine, Monkey Decorations – Hostess Blog, White Monkey Cake – Kara’s Party Ideas

Our friends over at Party Box Design always throw the best parties – filled with fun, creative details, beautiful decorations and to our delight, exquisitely designed custom labels! A few weeks ago, Jessica from Party Box Design put together a spooktacular Halloween party with sweet treats, kids in costumes, face painting and even a fantastic bar for the adults. We were lucky enough to create the custom labels Jessica designed for the bottled water, beer and wine at the party – and they turned out so great. Take a look at her party and our products in action, below, and for more be sure to check out their blog. Also, a big thank you to Adele Lee for taking such great shots of all the party details!

We love the color palette Jessica chose – traditional orange and black but spiced up and made a little more modern and fun-loving with the light blue accents.

Isn’t the pumpkin filled with ice a creative way to keep your brews cold at a Halloween party? Fun touch! The chevron pumpkin is pretty chic too.

There are those oh-so-popular cupcake push-ups again! Great party and thoughtful details, Jessica! Can’t wait to do another one with you again soon.

We’re bursting at the seams with new designs over here, recently – and there are more on the way soon! But first, we wanted to share one of our newest sets with you – a vintage inspired train theme for a kids’ birthday party. It comes with a custom water bottle label, custom favor label and a personalized invitation – almost everything you need to throw a adorable  train party for the little ones in your life. When we were gathering inspiration for this set, we came across a lot of parties that had little wooden train whistles as party favors – such a cute idea! Check out the rest of our inspiration and let us know what you think!

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Check out the rest of our train inspiration over on Pinterest!

We’ve added a few exciting and fun designs to our website this past week, and these custom water bottle and favor labels for a creative art or painting party are a definite favorite. We can’t help but love the idea of letting the kids work on any kind of crazy art project they can dream up for a birthday party. Help them bring out their creative side and maybe even make a bit of a mess with this colorful party idea.

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Time to light that creative spark!

What little girl doesn’t want to be a princess – at least for a day? Treat your little princess to a royal celebration for her next birthday party with the new custom set we just added to the site. Complete with a water bottle label, favor label and invitation, you will be all set to celebrate with royal style. Just don’t forget the tiaras! You can’t have a princess party without tiaras.

Check out all of the pink, sparkling inspiration below for ideas for your own celebration.

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Adding a frog element to a princess party is a great idea that we love. It adds a little whimsical touch that is cute and fun – for decorations, favors, food and more.

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Have you ever seen so many cute ideas for one party? Scepters, crowns, jewels – any girly girl would be delighted by this party idea! Check out more princess party ideas on our Pinterest!

We’ve got a new designer in the office working on labels and invitations and they are turning out amazing! This race car invitation was one of her first designs for us, and we love it! We can’t think of a little boy that wouldn’t want a birthday party all about race cars.

Check out some more inspiration below and get ready to order your own set of invites!

Dessert Table: Kara’s Party Ideas, Race Car Food Boxes: Tangarang Blog, Candy: Stylish Children’s Parties, Water Bottles: Etsy, Table Spread: A to Zebra Celebrations, Cake: Hostess Blog

How cute is the idea of labeling water bottles for the party as “fuel”? Love it!

We think a tea party should involved plenty of pink, frilly details, mini cakes and treats, lace, ribbon and floral patterns.

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This pink ruffled cake is the epitome of a perfect girly tea party – plus, it looks delicious!

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Makes us want to go home and throw a tea party for ourselves? Are you with us?

Linda from Frog Prince Cake and Cookie Design recently put together a tropical themed luau for her niece’s 1st birthday, and we contributed the labels for water bottles – take a look at how it all came together – its pretty cute!

All images courtesy of Frog Prince Cake and Cookie Design

Kids wore bathing suits and played on a water slide, and there were hula hoop contests to keep everyone entertained. As for the sweet dessert table, there were creatively decorated sugar cookies, pina colada cupcakes served under a mini tiki bar, brownies, themed candy (check out the Gummi pigs – hysterical!) and a gorgeous cake that was made by Linda herself.

Thanks for letting us be a part of such a special day, Linda! We love the way it all turned out.

Introducing our newest label set – a swanky martini themed invitation and custom labels for a bachelorette party or night on the town with the girls. We love the simple and modern design on this set with just a splash of pink to make it girly and fun. If you’re planning a bachelorette party soon, something swanky, fancy, sophisticated and just for the ladies, consider this fun set! And for a little inspiration….

Cookies – Pennies on a Platter, Cocktail and Rings – Do It Yourself Crafts, Pink Martini – Living in Lilly, Colored Martinis – TableSpoon, Ring Cupcakes – Source Unknown

Let the party planning begin!

We’ve run across a lot of really cute and fun labeling ideas for Halloween – turning regular drinks and treats into spooky treats and deadly potions. Check it out…

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There is a new design set up on the website today! Complete with a customizable invitation and custom labels – including one for water bottles, we love how modern and chic this design is. Plus, its colorful and a little retro which makes it fun. Makes us think about all the other cute ways we could put together a polka dot themed party…

Are these not the cutest cakes and treats?

Polka Dot Cake – Martha Stewart, Chocolate Cake – U Create Parties, Cookies – Creative Hostess, Cupcakes – Martha Stewart

It’s a fun and whimsical theme that can even work well for weddings – the little drink flags would be perfect in cocktails at the reception – don’t you think?

Couple – Martha Stewart Weddings, Straws – Shop Sweet Lulu, Cupcake Cups – Shop Sweet Lulu, Flags – Hey Love Designs

Polka dots aren’t just for kids anymore!

If you love this color scheme as much as we do, check out some inspiration we found and get to planning your next event!

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When we saw this customer’s label, it was like a little light-bulb went on over our heads. How did it never occur to us that an umbrella themed baby shower was an adorable idea? We think taking the idea of a “shower” literally is a creative and fun party theme idea – and not one that you see too often. Make tissue paper clouds, rain drop garlands, decorate with cute umbrellas, and shower your loved one!

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Our favorite feature would have to be the mason jar glasses with striped straws and little clouds.

What is your favorite part of this theme idea?

We are crazy about our new Milk and Cookies party theme set. It’s whimsical, fun, a little bit retro (because, let’s face it, the idea of milk and cookies as a snack is a little bit retro) and just the right amount of playful. All in all, the perfect set for a kids birthday party!

We’ve found a TON of inspiration for a sweet party like this. Let’s start with the milk. There are so many cute ways to display it and package it for your party.

Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Kara’s Party Ideas, Half Baked, Pinwheel Lane, The TomKat Studio, The Twinery Blog

We love the idea of the large glass juice containers filled with chocolate or regular milk – this would  also be a great idea for a wedding reception. Using old Starbucks Frappucino bottles, you can give them custom labels and they look like perfect little mini-milk bottles. So many options!

Next up, the most important part, if you happen to ask us – the cookies. Don’t think you have to stick with the standard chocolate chip variety – although, it is delicious. There are plenty of yummy choices – in fact, having an entire “cookie bar” with different types to choose from, is a great idea.

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What about the cake made entirely out of Oreo cookies? We love it!

Third, let’s not forget about some cute party favors…

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And finally, just because its too cute not to share – we are head over heels for these more “grown-up” versions of the classic cookies and milk combo. Perfect for a wedding snack or mini-dessert at your next shindig – we love the take on making it look like fancy cocktails.

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We told you there was plenty of inspiration to chose from! Are you ready to start baking?

Every week we are adding new designs to our collection of invitations and custom labels, and this week its the Party Like a Rock Star set – perfect for a little kid’s birthday party. We love the bright colors and dynamic illustrations and designs on this set – complete with a custom favor label, invitation and water bottle label. This could make for a super fun party – for example: play upbeat music and give the kids their own blow-up guitars to play, give away personalized guitar picks as favors and make sure each kid has a pair of hip sunglasses. Check out some more inspiration below…

Cupcakes: ChickaBug, Music Note Cookies: The Celebration Shoppe, Microphones: Blonde Designs, VIP Pass: Sara’s Party Perfect, Record Place Settings: Hostess with the Mostess

Making VIP Access name tags for each kid is a brilliant idea – fun for them and perhaps it will even help you to keep track of them. Music note cookies are another great idea and easy enough to make and frost at home yourself! Fake microphones are another great party extra kids would have a ball playing with – perfect for singing along to their favorite song.

One of the best ‘Rock Star’ party examples that we’ve seen is this one below, from Hostess with the Mostess – creative and perfectly executed down to the last detail – its a wonderful source of inspiration if you’re thinking about hosting a ‘Rock Star’ party soon! We love the swag bag for party favors, and star shaped cake pops.

All Images Via Hostess with the Mostess

Other great ideas? Pop Rocks and Rock Candy.

ROCK ON!

We just added this new custom invitation design to our site last week, and its already one of our all time favorites – its a complete set, so there are coordinating water bottle labels and custom sized favor labels as well. If your little one loves cupcakes, why not throw a cupcake theme birthday party for their next special day? Cupcakes are all the rage these days and there are so many cute decor and activity options. We even saw a party that was decorated with paper cupcake liner garlands – and it was pretty precious!

Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Sparkler Cupcake – Marlein Overakker, Dessert Table – Hello Naomi, Pinwheel Cupcake – Be Different Act Normal, Cupcake Cake Pops – Martha Stewart, Cupcake Party Decorations – Cookie Mondays

Aren’t the cupcake liner garlands a brilliant idea for decor? Brilliant, we say!

Cupcake Liner Garland – Cookie Mondays, Cupcake Supplies – Design Dazzle, Mustache Cupcake – Lisa Storms

If your little ones are old enough, organizing a cupcake baking party could be lots of fun. Assemble different toppings and sprinkles in bowls for them to choose from, as well as different colors of frosting. You can even include silly toppers like this mustache one we stumbled across.

One of the most creative cupcake party ideas we’ve seen recently is the Cupcake Fondue idea from Amanda Krueger at Bake It Pretty – how fun does this look!?

Images Via Pint Size Social

Check out all the details and recipes for making your own cupcake fondue, here.

After we saw this cute Vegas water bottle label from a customer come in a  few weeks ago, we got inspired. A trip to Vegas for your bachelor or bachelorette party would be amazing, but if you can’t get away, there is no reason you can’t have just as much fun in your hometown. Throwing a Vegas themed bachelor or bachelorette party is a brilliant idea – with plenty of cute ideas to make it totally original and fun. Check out some of the inspirations we found…

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The dice candy pops and the super-creative poker chip cookies are our favorites. Would you throw a Vegas Casino themed bachelorette party for your wedding?

We recently made this cute whale-themed label for a customer, and it got us thinking about how cute a whale party would be for a kid’s birthday party or for a baby shower. Especially during the summer! With little spray bottles and squirters filled with water to keep the kids cool while they run around outside, it would be perfect!

Check out some inspiration for planning your own whale of a good time!

Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Dessert Table- Project Nursery, Whale Cake- Hello Naomi, Whale Cupcakes- Project Nursery, Fondant Whales- Etsy, Whale Onesie- Etsy, Whale Shoes- Etsy, Knit Whales- Ravelry, Whale Plate- Kate Landers Events, Whale Squirter- Moma Store

It doesn’t get much cuter than that!

It’s almost the 4th of July – time for hot dogs, hamburgers, fireworks, beer and parties galore – all of course, filled with fun, family and friends. Are you planning on hosting a celebration of Independence Day this year? If so, check out some of our custom labels we designed specially for the holiday and some party inspiration to help you make your party the most creative and pretty on the block.

What do you think of our new 4th of July labels for wine, beer and bottled water? We are particular fans of the colorful, cheerful star print! And, who doesn’t love all-American beer and freedom wine?

Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Fireworks- Afinedades Eletiva, Cake- Glorious Treats, Star Garlands- Anna Leahart, Mason Jar Toppers- Eighteen 25, Straws- The Cupcake Social, Strawberries- Tip Junkie, Bottles- Pizzazzerie

Don’t you love that crazy cake? We’re not even sure how you begin to make a cake with the American flag inside!

Labeled Drink Jars- Kara’s Party Ideas, Patriotic Lights- Tip Junkie, Cupcakes- Gordon Gossip, Star Garland- Etsy, Bottled Water- Hostess Blog

Gotta love the combination of red, white and blue.

Have a fun, safe and happy 4th of July everyone!

This rainbow label is one of our fresh new designs and we are absolutely crazy about it. Its bright, colorful, fresh, vibrant and so cheerful. Plus, it would work great for both a little girl’s or little boy’s birthday party – and you could do so many fun and creative things with the party decor and food. Check out some rainbow party-themed inspiration, below…

Birthday Banner- Thoughtfully Simple, Cake- Whisk Kid, Flowers- My Cup o’ Tea, Lanterns- Sheek Shindigs, Rice Krispy Treats- Raspberri Cupcakes, Cookies- Good Life Eats, Dessert Table- Wiley Valentine

How amazing is that rainbow cake? We imagine it would be a challenge to make, but look how pretty! The Rice Krispy treats and cookies are pretty tasty looking too…is anyone else getting hungry?

Paint Cups- Craftzine, Pinwheel- Be Different Act Normal, Pancakes- Source Unknown, Tabletop- The Tom Kat Studio, Popsicles- Zoku Home, Cupcake in a Jar- Babble, Cookies- The Tom Kat Studio

Did you ever think there were so many rainbow food options? Those pancakes are crazy! We adore the Popsicles too – so precious!

Cupcakes- Bird’s Party, Fruit- Quick Dish, Soda Pop- Slice of Light

So many brilliant and colorful ideas, are you feeling inspired? We’re definitely feeling more bright and cheery, now!

Whimsical and stylish, no? It inspired us – and this gorgeous inspiration board:

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Have you planned a bridal shower recently with fun and girly labels? Share with us – we would love to see!

Choose your favorite shade of this electric pink color and get inspired with designs and ideas like these…

Sources: Top - Paper Source, Ribbon - Unknown, Plates and Napkins - Polka Dot Market, Cupcakes - Unknown, Vases - Ikea, Bouquet - Hostess Blog, Swizzle Sticks - Hostess Blog, Cookies - The Natos

Cookies – Glorious Treats, Candy Bar – Source Unknown, Lollipop Bucket – Source Unknown, Lollipop Cookies – TomKat Studio, Candy garland – Dog n Bird

Its such a fun and colorful idea! We especially love the candy garland and adorable lollipop cookies.

Dessert Table – Celebrations at Home, Candy – Candy Warehouse, Candy Button Cake – Dog n Bird, Lollipop printable – TomKat Studio, Table Decorations – Creating Couture Parties.

How much do you love that Candy Buttons cake? It would be hard to get much cuter than this idea for your next little one’s birthday party!

We recently provided labels for a Preppy Pink Crab Party hosted by Jess over at Party Box Design for her daughter, Charli. Charli loves crabs, and Jess loves a well put-together party, and we have to say, the results were fabulous. Using shades of pink, powder blue and navy with polka dots thrown in to add to the “preppy” vibe, Jess threw a summer crab fest that was fun for both the kids and adults.

There were steamed crabs, Crabby Ale (with labels from yours truly), and kids took home crabby cupcake push pops and cookies. Adults were given a jar of crabby spice – all done up with custom labels. Jess says it was her “favorite party yet” thanks to amazing vendors and a fantastic photographer, Cellar Door Photography.

There’s the birthday girl in her pretty pink tutu! How beautiful does the bar look – we love that its housed in an old-fashioned white hutch!

We are dying over how adorable those cupcakes from Lynlee’s Petite Cakes are. Almost too cute to eat…almost.

We love the label Jess designed for the water bottles we supplied! And the idea for a Crabby Ale is pretty darn cute.

Check out more photos, details and pictures of the party over on Party Box Design’s blog – including a complete list of vendors used for this charming little soiree!

Have a little slugger that would love to have a baseball party? Send out personalized invites and plan a party at your local park, complete with popcorn, snacks and a rousing game of America’s favorite past time. Plan it for a warm spring or early summer day, and keep the little ones hydrated with bottles of water that are personalized with a matching label.

Complete the party set up with a cute dessert table like this one from Suzanna at Mon Tresor, an Australian based party business with a million and one cute products and ideas.

Red, white and blue is a great color scheme for celebrating America’s favorite past time. Topping with table with astro-turf is an added cute bonus.

How cute are these little glass bottles tied with red and white bakers twine?

Make cupcake toppers complete with your little guys’ favorite number.

Making these adorable baseball cookies is easier than you think!

Have you ever seen a cuter cake?

Hope you’re feeling inspired – we are! Check out the rest of the pictures and the whole feature over on Amy’s blog!

Here, we picked one of our popular wedding labels, “Ribbons and Dots”, and matched it with some pink party accessories from Sweet Lulu. With one of our labels, and some treats from Sweet Lulu, this would be one perfectly coordinated and visually stunning party!

The purple bakers twine and purple polka dot straws would look great at a party with our “Camelot Dots” label. Fill those cake platters with some pretty purple-frosted cupcakes and you’d have everything you need to host a party people will definitely be ‘ooh’ing and ‘ahh’ing over.

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Adding “Love Nutrition Facts” to your water label is a cute and sweet way to give your label a little something “extra”.

We love the originality of this bright and colorful wine label. What a great shot!

This adorable couple chose two pictures and two labels for their wine.

Cheers and congrats to all of these couples on their impending nuptials!

xoxo

There are times, however, when it really doesn’t make sense to do things yourself.  Certain tasks can turn Do It Yourself projects into Definitely Irritate Yourself projects.

For example, if you don’t know how to sew it’s probably a disastrous idea to try to sew your own wedding dress.  Likewise, if you’re a kitchen disaster waiting to happen, baking an elaborate cake is probably a recipe for failure.

DIY water bottle labels is another one of those projects that you can find endless tutorials and customizable templates for online.  Tips for doing so range from buying waterproof paper to print on to printing the labels on your home printer and then adhering them to the bottles using packing tape.

What they fail to mention, however, is the sacrifice of quality you get when you try to print your own water bottle labels.  There’s just no way that anyone’s home printer can compare to the printing capabilities of a commercial grade digital printer.

Additionally, printing your own labels and then adhering them with packing tape is a huge pain.  Packing tape sticks to everything (including itself!) and getting it on straight so that it looks nice up-close is a very ambitious goal indeed.

DIY is lovely, when you can truly express yourself and take joy in creating something one-of-a-kind.  Save yourself the heartbreak and hassle of printing your own labels, though, and let us handle that for you.  You can still design a completely custom label, and stick the labels on yourself.

We’ll just take care of the printing, so you get all the creativity and none of the hassle!

Black Cat Brewery Beer Label

Poltergeist Porter, BOO! Brown Ale, Invisible I.P.A.,  Witches Wheat Beer, Spooky Stout, Halloween beers are all the rage!  October 31 is coming up, and if you’re planning a Halloween party, check out our super-fun Halloween labels to make your party custom and creepy!

You can view our Halloween beer labels here (note: These can be used for bottles of soda as well!).  If you particularly like “Black Cat Brew”, shown above, click here to personalize.

We also have Halloween custom labels here.  Halloween custom labels are perfect for sealing goodie bags, labeling spooky treats and snacks, and decorations.

Of course, if you’re serving water to your ghosts and goblins, spook-ify the water with custom Halloween water labels.  We have fun designs and colors that will perfectly match your fun Halloween decorations.

Of course, if you’re having a Halloween wedding, these labels are all perfect for your nuptials as well.  Who’s to say you can’t toast your marriage with a couple bottles of Hallowed Halloween Nuptial Pilsner?

Whatever way you plan to spend Halloween, custom Halloween labels will help make your day and night all kinds of spooky fun!

Tristen’s boss had a birthday coming up, and they were still in need of a logo for their brand-new business (GorillaJedi) so Tristen thought she’d hit two birds with one stone.  She designed custom beer labels with a snazzy logo on them, and created a party box for her boss’ birthday with the surprise logo inside.

[singlepic id=306 w=240 h=240 float=center]She labeled two cases  of beer with the custom beer labels, then used chalkboard spray paint to turn the beer carriers into a canvas!  She used chalk and pictures to make the carriers completely thoughtful and custom.

[singlepic id=309 w=240 h=240 float=center]Then, knowing that no party is complete without a hangover cure, she labeled some bottles of water as well with a GorillaJedi hangover cure label.  Then, she placed the custom beer and water on a box and gave it to her boss.

Voila!  It was a GorillaJedi party in a box!  Thanks so much for sharing these photos and ideas with us Tristen, what a fun birthday gift!

Bird of Love

Just in case you’re curious about exactly what kinds and sizes of labels we sell, here’s a quick breakdown for you!

• Personalized water bottle labels (we sell these in two sizes. Small {2″ x 7.5″} and Large {2.125″ x 8.062″})
• Custom wine labels (4″ tall x 3.5″ wide)
• Personalized beer labels (3.5″ tall x 4″ wide)
• Custom bumper stickers (3″ tall x 11″ wide)
• Custom labels (we sell these in two shapes: square and rectangle. The sizes we offer are 3″ x 3″, 4″ x 4″, 5″ x 5″, 2″ x 3″, 3″ x 4″, and 4″ x 6″)

All our custom products are completely self-adhesive and waterproof.  We use professional digital printers to ensure our labels print picture-perfect, with bright vibrant colors that won’t smear or fade.

If you have any questions just give us a call, we’d love to help you with your next custom label project!

It’s a funny design that takes into account every member of the family, from the ones who seem normal-enough on the outside to the ones who wear their crazy right there on their sleeves.  If you think in terms of shades of grey, rather than black or white sheep, well, your family just seems that much more together, doesn’t it?

The text on this label is completely customizable, so you can add details about your family reunion, and the background color can also be changed as well.

You can buy this label separate to apply on water bottles you purchase locally, or you can order the custom bottled water direct from us and we’ll apply the labels and ship the labeled bottles to you ready to go.  Regardless of which option you choose, our labels are completely waterproof so you don’t have to worry.

Bottled water is one of the most essential supplies for a family reunion.  Everyone gets thirsty, and the best way to ensure everyone has a good time is to make sure everyone stays hydrated and happy!

Anyway, back to the labels.  There’s nothing worse than ordering custom water bottle labels and prepping them for your event only to find out that they dissolve into pulpy mush after a few minutes in ice.  You want your labels to make an impression on people, but not because they have to wash ink off their hands after holding your bottled water!

Our water bottle labels are completely waterproof.  This means you can submerge them in ice and water for hours (days, even, if you want!) and our labels will stay as bright, vibrant, and stuck on the bottles as the day you received them.  You can display these labels with confidence, knowing they won’t let you down!

Erika, the reigning social media expert and content queen over at Bottle Your Brand headquarters, celebrated her husband’s 30th birthday last week using BBQ food, a giant cupcake, and five different kinds of custom labels.

[singlepic id=272 w=240 h=240 float=center]Erika made sure to keep her guests hydrated and happy with custom water bottles.  The water bottle labels featured Yoda (from Star Wars) and Malcolm Reynolds (from Firefly), characters from two of her husband’s favorite shows.

She bought two cases of water from Costco, removed the original labels, and stuck the custom labels on in their place.  As you can see, the custom labels stayed perfectly on the bottles, even though the bottles were submerged in ice and water for hours.

[singlepic id=270 w=240 h=240 float=center]They even passed the rigorous inspection of one of the tiniest party-goers!

[singlepic id=274 w=240 h=240 float=center]Next, Erika customized beer labels with silly facts and pictures of her husband.  Everyone at the party had fun reading these facts and it was an excellent conversation starter between people who hadn’t met!

No doubt about it, this 30th birthday party and its custom labels were a hit!  For more photos from this party, please check out our “Graduations and Celebrations” photo gallery.

If you’d like suggestions and ideas about how to use custom labels at your next party, give us a call or search our blog.  We have so many ideas!

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

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.

[singlepic id=250 w=240 h=240 float=center]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.

[singlepic id=251 w=240 h=240 float=center]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:

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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!

Bride Pop recently published their analysis of the true cost of the average wedding, and the breakdown is extremely illuminating.  Click on the image at the top of this post to enlarge it, or visit the chart over at Bride Pop’s website.

As you can see, the average cost of a wedding ends up with a total akin to something you’d expect to pay for a college degree.  With all the financial frugality we’ve all had to adopt recently, this number can seem daunting and make it feel like you’ll never be able to afford the wedding of your dreams.

Fear not!  This is only a breakdown of the average cost, which means there’s lots of opportunity to cut costs down here and there.  Notice the bottom right part of the pie chart, where it breaks down the cost for favors and gifts.  This is a great place to save some money.

You could use custom water bottle labels to jazz up bottles of water, and then tie ribbons around the necks of the bottles with little tags thanking your guests for coming to your wedding.  Place these on tables near the exits and encourage guests to take them to make the ride home pleasant.  This is an inexpensive and stylish way to cut costs on your favors, and you know your guests will put them to good use!

If you look at the costs for the reception, you’ll notice that you can probably cut down the cost for beverages and bartender by putting open bottles of wine on the reception tables.  Top the bottles off with custom wine labels and you’ve got pretty table decor and beverages all rolled up in one pretty custom package!

If you’d like some more ideas for saving money on your nuptials without sacrificing style, we highly recommend that you start with this article on planning a budget wedding, and then check out The Broke Ass Bride.  The happiest day of your life doesn’t necessarily have to be the most expensive!

We always get so excited when someone at our company gets married, has a baby, or celebrates a birthday because it means we get to see our products used firsthand!  One of the lovely ladies in our office recently had a baby, and as you can see in the photo above she put our mini water bottles to good use at her shower!

It was a lot of fun to watch the women at the baby shower milling around, chatting and playing games with these bottles sitting convenient right next to them.  The small size was great, because it gave the women at the shower the ability to juggle plates of food, purses, and their drinks without spilling anything.

There was also a beautiful little girl at the shower, and she felt very special indeed to have her very own bottle that was just the right size for her wee little hands.  The 8 oz bottle size is just the right size for grown-ups and little kids alike!

Custom label bottled water is stylish, a natural addition to baby showers.  You can match the colors of your label to the décor of your shower, so that while your guests walk around it’s like the decorations get to mingle right along with them!

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We did!

Jessica picked pink and green as the colors for this fête, and our Preppy Polka Dots water label was a perfect fit!  The colors and design were a lovely addition to the other decorative touches Jessica included at this party.  For example…

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Placing some lime slices in this vase of flowers added an unexpected touch of green that complimented the pink polka dot ribbon perfectly.  As you can see, once you have a color theme for a party, it can be a lot of fun to incorporate that theme throughout the event!

The thing we like about Jessica’s use of Preppy Polka Dots is that this water bottle label design is not, strictly speaking, a birthday label.  You can actually find this label in our weddings category!  We love it when customers take designs and use them creatively, thinking outside the box to find the best designs for their events.

Thanks so much to Jessica for letting us be part of this wonderful celebration!

We are so tickled to show these off to you!  Two of our very creative customers used our small water bottle labels on mini bottles of sparkling cider at their Ladies Christmas Dinner last night and, as you can see, the results were spectacular!

They chose our “Snowflake Ornaments” design and bought the labels in our small size.  Then, they bought mini bottles of Martinelli’s sparkling apple cider (you can find this at grocery stores) and applied the water labels right over the original labels.  The personalized labels fit nicely over the Martinelli’s label and it’s really easy to do!

They glammed up the bottles even more by using silver twine to tie tiny ornaments to the necks of the bottles.  The end result was custom and so eye-catching that countless women came over to admire their creativity!

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Custom mini wine labels are ideal for any event where you’re handing out favors to guests.  If you’re hosting a party, getting married, or throwing a shower, custom mini wine bottles are adorable and unique.

Our small water bottle labels fit these bottles perfectly, and we have a huge selection of designs to choose from.  We can also print custom designs as well so if you have a genius idea let us know and we’ll make it happen.

Also, our photo contest is still going on every month.  Send us photos of how you used our products at your event and you’re entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card.  It’s easy, just email your photo and brief description of how you used our product to Gallery{at}BottleYourBrand{dot}com!

Once you’ve signed up, it’s up to you to come up with ways to help your team raise as much money as you can.  Our favorite way to do this is to hand out or sell personalized bottled water.

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Bottled water is the ideal handout at a fundraising event, especially if there’s walking involved.  It’s portable, useful, healthy, and easy to customize.  You can add the name of your team, the date(s) of the event, and a pink ribbon logo to make it coordinate with the event.

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Some teams get really creative with their labels!  We printed these labels for a team of women participating in a 3-day walk for breast cancer.  From their sassy team name, “Babes for Boobs”, to the adorable logo they created for their team, these ladies went all out!

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We also love it when companies get involved.  Nordstrom helped spread breast cancer awareness by handing out bottles with these labels during the month of October.

If you’re interested in spreading breast cancer awareness or raising money for the cause through the sale of personalized bottled water, check out our pre-designed breast cancer awareness label or please get in touch.  We’d love to be involved with making your event a success!

What they did was to write short bits of trivia about them as a couple on each label design, and I’d be willing to bet guests had a great time looking for all the facts at the reception!  The thing I love about this idea is that it’s so personalized and fun.  What better way to help everyone who comes to your wedding feel included than by giving them little tidbits about your life as a couple?

They ultimately did six designs in all, check out our favorites below! (Click on the image to make it larger)

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Ways you can use this idea in your own wedding:

• Order the same label design but include a different tidbit on each sheet of labels.  Share bits of trivia about how you met, hobbies and interests, how you got engaged, honeymoon plans, etc.
• Use trivia answers to build a wedding crossword guests can fill out before the ceremony starts or during the reception.
• Place one bottle at each place setting at your reception, and give each place setting a bottle with a different trivia fact on it.  What a fun way to get a conversation going at each table!

If you have any questions about designing labels like this for your own event, just let us know.  We’re happy to listen to what you have in mind and help you bring it to life!  Thanks so much to Brett and Abby for letting us feature their labels!

Now, if you look at our site you’ll see wine labels and water labels, but no specific mention of mini wine bottle labels.  The reason for this is that you can actually use our small water bottle labels as mini wine bottle labels.  Check it out:

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Looking pretty good, huh?    We love those lolly pops tied to the bottles, it makes them look so festive!

The great thing about using our small water bottle labels as mini wine labels is that they wrap all the way around the bottle, so your bottles look great from all angles.  Plus, you have that much more room for pictures, words, whatever you like.  The height of our small water bottle labels is ideal for mini wine bottles, and with our completely self-adhesive labels, it’s simple to apply them.

If you take a look at the water label designs and don’t find any that tickle your fancy, try heading over to the wine labels section.  If you find a wine label design you love, just let us know and we can turn it into a water label for you!  We’re happy to work with you to craft a label that’s perfect for your celebration.

One small problem: You need water labels, not wine labels.  Oh no, right?

Wrong.  With almost all our designs, we can easily change the designs to fit a variety of label sizes.  This means that if you fall in love with one of our designs but it isn’t offered in the label size you want, all you have to do is let us know and we’ll work our magic.  For example, let’s look at one of our newer wine label designs, “Charmed“.  We had a bride who desperately loved the design, but needed it on water labels for her wedding, not wine labels.

What we did was turn this:

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Into this:

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Most of our label designs look great on all our label sizes.  There are a few exceptions, but if you call and ask us we’ll be able to let you know right away whether your design will work on another label size.  With our huge selection of label designs, you’ll have no trouble finding a label design that’s perfect for your event!

[singlepic id=141 w=320 h=240 float=center]If you want to go the extra mile, however, or do something thoughtful that’s completely unexpected, we have a housewarming gift idea that will definitely get noticed without requiring a mortgage of its own.  You can snap a photo of the new house and use it to create a personalized, unforgettable keepsake for the new homeowners.

You can customize the label with the homeowner’s names and new address, and then add the photo of their new house.  Put these labels on a bottle of wine (our custom wine labels), a pack of beer (with personalized beer labels), or some “Moving Day Water” (with custom water bottle labels) and you’ve got an affordable, one-of-a-kind gift.  We’re happy to help you customize our label designs, so if you have any questions about color or text changes just let us know!

[singlepic id=140 w=240 h=160 float=center]Pure American, a brand we were able to find at Safeway grocery store, is bottled spring water with an easy-to-remove plastic label.  Our large labels fit nicely on these bottles, with a 1/8″ overlap, and the bottles are sturdy and easy to work with.  The only down side to these bottles is the cap, which is bright blue.  These caps aren’t going to look great with every label design, so watch out for that if you’re planning to use these bottles for your event.

[singlepic id=139 w=240 h=160 float=center]The Refreshe brand of bottled water, which is the Safeway generic brand, also works well with our labels.  Their paper labels are easy to remove, and our large labels fit perfectly on the bottle.  There is a 1/4″ overlap of the labels with these bottles, however, so be careful if you label design has images or text that goes all the way to the edge of the label.  The clear caps and sturdy bottles make this bottle a versatile and inexpensive choice.

[singlepic id=138 w=240 h=160 float=center]Aquarius Spring, which is purified spring water, is carried at Safeway.  There are a few disadvantages to this brand.  First, the water is more expensive than any of the other brands we tried.  Two, there is a nearly 3/8″ overlap of our large label on the bottle, so if your images or text run right to the edge you risk covering them up.  Though the cap is attractive and the bottle itself is sturdy, we would not recommend using this brand if you have other 16.9 oz bottle options.

If you’re curious about a specific brand or have had good luck with a brand we didn’t mention, please let us know in the comments section!

***Please note: It is not legal to re-label bottled water for re-sale.  These posts are intended to demonstrate how our labels can be used to re-label bottled water for non-commercial uses only.***

[singlepic id=134 w=240 h=160 float=center]The first national 16.9 oz water bottle we tried was the Dasani bottle.  These bottles are sturdy, unlikely to dent, and have a distinctive blue color that could tie in beautifully if you have any blue in your event décor.  Our large label size fits perfectly on this bottle, leaving only a 1/16″ gap in the back.  This is a really great brand of water to use so long as you don’t mind the blue cap and bottle.

[singlepic id=135 w=240 h=160 float=center]The next national brand we tried was Aquafina.  Aquafina actually offers two different 16.9 oz bottles, a regular 16.9 oz bottle and their 16.9 oz  EcoFina bottles, which use less plastic and are more environmentally friendly.  We tried our labels on both, and were pleased to discover that our labels actually fit perfectly on both types of bottle.  Our small label size actually works better on the EcoFina bottles than the large size, because this bottle is rather skinny.  The small label fits perfectly, leaving no gap at all, and the height of the label looks great on the bottle.  The only problem with the EcoFina bottles is that they’re very flimsy and dent easily.

Our large label size worked perfectly on the regular Aquafina bottle.  The ends met with just a slight overlap, and the height fits perfectly as well.  If we were to recommend any national brand of 16.9 oz bottled water for our personalized water labels, Aquafina would be it.  Our labels fit the bottles like they were made for each other.

[singlepic id=136 w=240 h=160 float=center]We also tried Arrowhead’s eco-friendly bottle.  This bottle is more flimsy than the EcoFina bottles, with a bizarrely narrow label area that did not fit any of our labels.  The bottles were very dented when we removed them from the packaging, and the narrow label area ensures that our labels hang off the edges of the bottle and look terrible.  We do not recommend Arrowhead’s 16.9 oz bottled water for use with our labels.

***Please note: It is not legal to re-label bottled water for re-sale.  These posts are intended to demonstrate how our labels can be used to re-label bottled water for non-commercial uses only.***

We’ll split the information into a couple different posts, showing you photos of our labels on the bottles, tips and tricks, and letting you know which brands we recommend and which brands we found difficult to work with.  Let’s get started with the small bottles, which we normally recommend for use with our small labels only size.

[singlepic id=133 w=240 h=160 float=center]The Arrowhead 8 oz bottle is a nationwide brand.  The bottles are pretty sturdy, and the clear caps look nice.  This bottle looks great with our small water bottle label size, though the edges of our small labels do not quite meet at the back of the bottle.  There is a 1/2″ gap at the back.  The original label was easy to remove, and our label fit perfectly from top to bottom.  A great recommendation for anyone who wants to serve 8 oz bottles.

[singlepic id=132 w=240 h=160 float=center]The Refreshe (a Safeway brand) 10 oz bottle is available at Safeway grocery stores.  This is a strong little bottle, so it’s not likely to dent, and we think the clear caps look great.  Our small label size fits the bottle really nicely, with a 1/8″ gap, and as you can see, the bottle looks really lovely with our custom label on it.  Since this is the generic brand of water carried at Safeway, it’s usually less expensive than the other brands.  A great option for someone with a Safeway store nearby!

[singlepic id=131 w=240 h=160 float=center]The Dasani 12 oz bottles are carried nationwide.  The interesting thing with this brand is that you can use either a small or a large label for the bottle.  The small label looks great in proportion to the rest of the bottle, but there is a sizable gap of 5/8″ in the back where the two label ends don’t quite meet.  If you use the large label, the ends have only a 1/8″ gap in the back.  Aesthetically, we think the small label fits the bottle porportions better, but you have to decide for yourself whether you’re ok with the large gap in back.  Here’s a close-up of the gap difference between the two label sizes.[singlepic id=130 w=240 h=160 float=center]

This bottle is a light blue color, with a dark blue cap.  As long as these colors won’t interfere with your event’s color scheme this is a great bottle as well.

Coming up next?  National 16.9 oz water bottles!  Stay tuned for which brands we thought worked well and which brands we don’t recommend at all.

***Please note: It is not legal to re-label bottled water for re-sale.  These posts are intended to demonstrate how our labels can be used to re-label bottled water for non-commercial uses only.***

Beaches are natural locations for parties, because there’s a little something for everybody.  Playing in the water, hitting a volleyball around, or even just lazing around and taking in the view, no matter who you invite it’s bound to be a good time.  If you’re one of the lucky few who lives close to the beach, take advantage!  Beach parties are perfect for birthdays, holidays, or just about any other occasion!

Here are some beach party ideas to spark your creativity:

• Shelter.  Beaches don’t tend to offer a lot of shade naturally, so pack up a folding canopy or some umbrellas.  Someone will inevitably forget to put on sunscreen and will appreciate the shade like you wouldn’t believe!
• Cold drinks.  Beaches get hot, and there’s nothing worse than being parched and stuck without anything to drink!  Pack a cooler or two with ice and load it up beverages.  If you’re feeling extra fancy, use custom labels to spice up your beverages.  How cute would the water label featured above look on some water bottles sitting on the beach?!  Don’t worry, all our labels will withstand water and ice without smearing or falling off.
• Seating.  Sure, sitting on the sand is fine, but pack along some chairs as well for those who don’t want to or have difficulty sitting on the ground.
• Ice.  Don’t fall victim to food poisoning!  Keep all your food properly refrigerated by bringing along lots of ice.  Beach parties are fun, botulism isn’t.
• Activities.  Bring a volleyball net, some sports balls, and wood for a bonfire if you have a pit nearby.  By making sure there’s a variety of activities, you’ll insure your guests don’t get bored, though who can possibly get bored on the beach?

We have some really wonderful summery designs for water, wine, and beer.  Nuptial H2O, Adventurous Red, and Four Star are all perfect for summer, with bright colors that will really pop on the beach.  As far as beach party ideas go, this is a pretty original one!  Just stick on our fully adhesive labels, throw them into a cooler, and have fun!

A wonderful way to go the extra mile in making your guests comfortable is the out of town bag or basket (a.k.a. The OOT Bag).  These bags, or baskets, are placed in each out of town guest’s room and supplies them with a few personal touches they may need or want throughout your wedding festivities.  Here are some suggestions to help get you started on creating OOT Bag for your own guests:

• Pain relievers.  Advil, aspirin, ibuprofen, any of these will be welcomed by any guest that suffers a headache or muscle sprain.  You can buy single serving packets of these from Target or any drug store and you can bet your guests will appreciate them!
• Shout Wipes.  There’s nothing like an untimely stain to ruin the perfect wedding outfit!  If you throw some single serving Shout Wipes into your OOT Bags, you could potentially save someone’s favorite outfit!
• Snacks. You can really get creative with this one.  Choose snacks that are special to your area or particular favorites of the bride and groom.  Guests will love this custom touch and yummy food!
• Welcome letter/schedule.  Take some time to personally thank your guests for taking such a long trip to come see you.  This is a wonderful way to start the festivities out in a custom, grateful way.  Include a schedule of festivities, along with a map, to insure your guests know where to be and when.
• Personalized bottled water.  Coordinate the label with your wedding colors and theme.  Not only will this help set the tone of your celebration for your guests, it’ll also provide the added benefit of giving them something to drink that isn’t ridiculously expensive hotel bottled water!

You can buy inexpensive baskets from Michael’s and customize them with a ribbon or fabric that matches your wedding decorations, or buy color-coordinated totes from any wedding favor retailer.  With a few minutes of effort, you’ll make a huge impression on your out of town guests and make them feel truly welcomed.

Will you or have you used OOT Bags?  How did you add your own personal flair?

If you’re honoring a special grad in your life with a celebration in his or her honor, we have some exciting new designs for personalized water labels just for grads.  Personalized bottled water is a natural addition to any celebration, and the young man or lady of the hour is sure to notice this thoughtful addition!  This personalized gift is a wonderful graduation party favor idea that guests will use and love.

[singlepic id=119 w=240 h=160 float=center]If you have a senior portrait or a particularly fun or memorable photo of the new grad, our “Cap Toss” design is a terrific place to showcase it!  The wording is completely customizable, and you can email a photo of your grad to us and we’ll print it on the label.  This fun design commemorates the jubilant feeling of tossing the caps after graduation!

[singlepic id=118 w=240 h=160 float=center]If your grad has always wanted to see his or her name in lights, this is a great way to get started.  Put his or her name up on our fun “Marquee” design and watch your grad beam with delight.  The wording on this label is completely customizable, and is a wonderful way to tell your grad that you can see big things happening in their future!

We offer all of our designs in waterproof and self-adhesive labels only or already applied to bottled water.  We carry three sizes of bottled water, 8 oz, 12 oz, and 16.9 oz, and two sizes of labels only, small and large.  If you have any questions about any of our products or would like a sample of our products simply let us know.  We’re always happy to help plan celebrations!

• Label material.  There is waterproof paper available that you can print on at home.  The label stock we use, a synthetic waterproof material, will only work with a professional digital print press, but you can find other materials online that will work on your printer at home.  The thing to watch out for with these labels is durability.  They’re usually made from what is essentially paper with an adhesive backing and waterproof coating.  As such, they tear easily which can lead to a lot of ruined labels and not an insignificant amount of frustration on your part.  
• Mistakes: Waterproof paper labels are usually impossible to reposition should you apply them crooked.  This leads to many ruined labels and bottles.  Our labels are easy to reposition if you apply them crooked and won’t fall apart or leave adhesive on the bottles.  Even though we’ve all mastered the fine art of bottle labeling by hand, we still mess up on occasion.  Believe us when we say you’ll be grateful for the ability to lift up the label and try again if you mess up!
• The cost of ink.  If you’re printing a few hundred labels, chances are excellent you’re going to have to replace your ink at least once.  Especially if your label has a background color!  Weigh the cost of this new ink cartridge against the cost of buying your labels from us and see which option gives you the best deal.
• Your printer itself.  Unless you’re fortunate enough to own a top-of-the-line printer with perfectly aligned heads, you’ll probably need to give your printer a little tune-up to ensure that it prints the way you want it to.  If your printer has any eccentricities or maintenance issues, you could wind up feeling frustrated and annoyed with a piece of machinery that normally works just fine.  An ink splotch or mysterious spot may be unnoticeable on an essay, but those unsightly little quirks could ruin your entire set of labels!

When you order labels from us, they’re delivered to you quickly and ready and to go.  They’re already cut into individual labels, they’re printed, and they’re completely self-adhesive.  We do all the work for you so that when they arrive all you have to do is stick them to the bottles.  If you want to design your own label, all you have to do is email the artwork to us and we’ll print the labels for you.  It’s quick, easy, and completely frustration-free.

If you have any questions about our labels or would like to see a sample just let us know.  We’ll be happy to provide you with whatever information you need to make an informed decision about your labels.

If you can, we highly recommend hiring a professional calligrapher to help set the right tone for your celebration.  A professional calligrapher can do a variety of things that will help unify and coordinate the many aspects of your wedding.  He or she can write your invitations, design a custom monogram, craft a wedding logo, and even beautify your wedding menu.  There’s literally no limit to the services a calligrapher can provide.

When selecting a calligrapher, it’s important to do your homework.  Look at his or her portfolio, verify that he or she has done work for weddings before, and try to find out how respected the calligrapher is.  Do other vendors speak highly of that person?  Have other brides shared positive or negative experiences?  Investigating prospective calligraphers beforehand will save you a ton of frustration later.

In our opinion, one of the most talented and respected professional calligraphers is Laura Hooper.  She has done work for more weddings than we can list, and has such a talent for creating beautiful things.   She is well-respected in the wedding industry and has the portfolio to prove it.  She’s also a genuinely nice person, so working with her is a pleasure.  If you’re interested in doing calligraphy for your wedding, her website is a treasure-trove of information and inspiration and it would be well worth your while to spend some time there.

We recently turned some of Laura’s gorgeous work into custom labels and the results are lovely:

[singlepic id=110 w=240 h=240 float=center]This custom save the date map is one of Laura’s specialties.  She draws a map of the city your wedding will be in, and highlights points of interest with adorable illustrations.  These are as custom as it gets, and they look great on custom beer labels.  The shape is perfect, and even though we call them beer labels they would look perfect on wine or soda bottles as well.  These save the date beer labels would be adorable additions to bridal showers or engagement parties!

[singlepic id=111 w=240 h=160 float=center]We love custom monograms.  You can insert them throughout your wedding to tie everything together.  We’ve seen monograms set into ballroom floors, carved into ice sculptures, printed on favor tags, on menus, wedding programs, and wedding cakes.  Laura has an incredible ability to turn letters into art, so if you commission your monogram from her, you can count on it looking stunning.  Monograms are a natural for water labels, and are a classy and unobtrusive way to include your monogram at the reception.

[singlepic id=112 w=160 h=240 float=center]Wedding logos might sound unfamiliar but are actually a really neat way to tie all the elements of your wedding together with a single design.  Much like with a monogram, you can include your wedding logo throughout your wedding.  This logo looks incredible on a wine label.

It’s not difficult to imagine how custom calligraphy and labels can add a lot of style to your wedding.  We’re happy to work with artwork from other vendors, and will happily turn your custom calligraphy into labels.  Planning a wedding is stressful enough.  This is why we work hard to ensure that ordering labels is as easy as possible.  If you have any questions about using custom calligraphy on your labels just let us know and we’ll be happy to help!

Sounds like a win-win situation, doesn’t it?

A fun way to take care of a vital necessity (plenty of clean drinking water) while reinforcing the togetherness aspect of the reunion is to use customized bottled water.  We’ve seen hundreds of customers order personalized water labels for family reunions and we love the idea.  It’s a really neat way to identify the people at the reunion (if the venue is a large, crowded space like a park) and a cute way to put a personalized spin on something you’ll need to have plenty of anyway (bottled water).

A very popular family reunion water label design is “Personalized Label #7.”  The water droplet background is refreshing and there’s plenty of space on the label for reunion information.  If your reunion is around the 4th of July, “Personalized Label #10” is also a popular selection.  We have so many designs to choose from that no matter what the style or theme of your reunion is going to be you’ll have plenty of design options to choose from.

The great thing about personalizing your water is that it opens up a ton of great opportunities to customize your event.  You could design a logo for this particular reunion year that incorporates the venue, or you could proudly feature your family crest on t-shirts and water labels.  The options are endless, and we’re more than happy to help you design a label that will look great at your reunion.

For some excellent family reunion planning tips, these websites are extremely helpful:

• Family reunion games
• Family reunion planning
• Family reunion health and safety

We offer private label bottled water, so your water bottles arrive labeled and ready to go.  This is perfect for someone who has a lot to do to prepare for the reunion and wants to have one less thing to take care of.  We also offer labels only: waterproof, self-adhesive labels that you can apply to the bottles yourself.  These are less expensive to ship but take time to apply.

If you have any questions or would like to see samples just let us know.  We’d be happy to help make your family reunion special!

[singlepic id=105 w=240 h=160 float=center]“Butterfly” is a contemporary adaptation of the whimsical butterfly wedding theme.  The stark black and white colors are infused with life by a shock of color from the butterfly’s wings.  The color of the butterfly’s wings can be changed to match wedding colors.

[singlepic id=102 w=240 h=160 float=center]“Poppy Field” is bright, cheerful, and has all the casual elegance of a summer family picnic.  The graceful poppies silhouetted against the bright red backdrop conjure images of gentle breezes, warm sunshine, and easy laughter.  The colors on this design can be changed.

[singlepic id=103 w=240 h=160 float=center]“Heart Nouveau” is dramatic, a stylish statement replete with the kind of effortless chic that has characterized style icons for centuries.  The colors can be changed on this label to suit your theme and palette.

[singlepic id=104 w=240 h=160 float=center]“Flourish” is a sophisticated design that blends contemporary and traditional elements to beautiful effect.  The black swirls are showcased beautifully against the white background, making this design versatile and perfect for many wedding styles.  The colors on this design can be changed.

Malikah, the winner of our February photo contest drawing, used custom water bottle labels to customize the 50th birthday celebration for Carl.  The elegant black, gold, blue, and white label design looked amazing at this party, and formed the perfect backdrop for the enlarged photo of Carl that guests were encouraged to sign.

We hold a contest every month for a $25 gift card.  All you have to do to enter is email us a picture (to Gallery@BottleYourBrand.com) of how you used our products in your event and you’re entered to win!  For full contest rules please visit here.  If you haven’t yet ordered from us, please peruse our gallery and see if any of those great ideas could work for you!

For those who have never attended a baby shower, wouldn’t know a shower game from a board game, and feel an oddly perplexed sensation when faced with the term “diaper cake”, the idea of throwing a baby shower can seem bewildering.  After all, you’re being asked to help a friend/family member celebrate a new baby while entertaining a group of perhaps strangers, while also trying to help the new mom get equipped with everything she’ll need for her newest addition.  It’s a big job!

As with everything, there are trends and themes for baby showers that it may be helpful for anyone to know.  Here are some of the hottest baby shower trends to help and inspire everyone, from the baby shower newbie to the veteran:

1. Co-ed baby showers. Inviting men to help celebrate a new baby is very popular right now.  It may seem counterintuitive to have a bunch of guys helping to ogle the onesies, but if structure it right the father-to-be can have a lot of fun too.  A co-ed shower is not as structured, should have plenty of food, and will optimally have an equal number of men and women.  This article is very helpful in figuring out the mechanics of a co-ed baby shower.
2. Trivia shower games. These are being played in more and more baby showers.  In our information-saturated culture, people are more knowledgeable about more things than ever before, so this is a natural way to get everyone involved.  Some of the fun new trivia games that have been circulating are the “Old Wives Tale” and “Animal Pregnancies” trivia games.  Be sure to keep some small prizes on hand for the winners.
3. Personalized baby shower favors. Selecting a thoughtful favor for everyone who attends the shower is very important.  You want to thank everyone who took the time and money to help shower your loved one with gifts and well wishes, and the best way to do this is with a thoughtful baby shower favor.  Personalized bottled water is a unique way to provide refreshment and give guests a custom memento of your fun event.  A small bottle of water with the baby’s name, and the names of the parents-to-be, is a fun keepsake for everyone.
4. Stylish baby shower invitations. One of the hottest places to find heart-breakingly cute shower invitations is Tiny Prints.  They have a huge selection of styles and designs, their prices are excellent, and their turnaround time is fast.  A great way to get your party started right is to have an invitation that’s as special as the mom-to-be!
5. Diaper cakes. Sounds bizarre, but diaper cakes are all the rage as show-stopping centerpieces for baby showers.  50-100 diapers are rolled up, arranged into a cake, and then festooned with toys, bibs, and baby paraphernalia.  The mom-to-be can use the whole cake when her little one arrives, and it’s a beautiful conversation piece for your shower.  You can order these custom over the Internet or create them yourself.

Have you seen any great baby shower trends lately? Please share, we love new ideas!

[singlepic id=27 w=240 h=160 float=center]Our “Script Monogram” personalized wine label is a study in dramatic contrasts.  The perfect way to show off you and your beloved’s new shared last name, this label will look particularly nice at a black tie, formal reception.  The colors on this design can be changed to suit your color scheme.

[singlepic id=22 w=240 h=160 float=center]The new “Preppy Polka Dots” label is guaranteed to make every last girl at your wedding swoon with envy.  Soft white polka dots in a sea of soft green are the perfect compliment to the soft pink that lies at the heart of this label.  This label design is ideal for a spring or summer fete, and will add brightness and warmth to your reception tables.

[singlepic id=23 w=240 h=160 float=center]Dramatic and replete with old Hollywood glamour, our “Magnolia” label mixes the luxurious tones of cocoa and cream and the result is exquisite.  Southern belles will appreciate the gorgeous magnolia flower that graces the corner of the label, and anyone channeling a vintage feel for their wedding will note the deep tones and understated elegance.   This design is ideal for anyone planning a vintage or southern wedding.   The colors on this design can be changed to suit your color scheme.

[singlepic id=16 w=240 h=160 float=center]The bride who’s drawn to dramatic color combinations and vibrant class will enjoy our “Dreamy Damask” wedding water label design.   A rich damask pattern carpets the background of this label, which makes the rich red of the names in the center stand out.  This design was created with a variety of wedding styles in mind.  A versatile design, it’s perfect for an afternoon brunch reception or an evening black tie soiree.  The colors on this design can be changed to suit your color scheme.

[singlepic id=17 w=240 h=160 float=center]The clean lines and tasteful monogram on our “Classic Monogram” label design are perfect for the classy bride who wants to show off her new monogram.  This label is highly versatile and would look perfect at any reception.  The colors on this design can be changed to suit your color scheme.

Our graphic designers are passionate about staying on top of wedding trends and we’re continually debuting new designs.   If you have a specific design in mind that we haven’t done yet, send us your ideas and we’d be happy to add your design to our collection!

We’re also happy to work with you to design a completely custom label.  If you have a custom-designed monogram, or have a design theme you’re working with, our graphic designers will work with you to ensure your labels match the rest of your details perfectly.

Now that the New Year is upon us, and with it the spring and summer wedding seasons, brides everywhere are trying to figure out how to stay afloat financially without sacrificing their style or vision.

Here are the top five tips for getting the most bang for your buck when planning a wedding:

1. Get your friends and family involved in the planning process. Chances are excellent that if you need something for your wedding, someone you know can either do it or knows someone who can do it.  This is a great opportunity to help your friends and family feel involved by having them print the invitations or programs, help you make decorations, or bake and cook food for the reception.  Many brides say their favorite memory is of working with loved ones to create things for the wedding!
2. Go local and seasonal for your flowers and food. Local flowers grown in-season are much less expensive and have the added benefit of being eco-friendly.  Same thing with locally grown fruit and vegetables.   If you’re choosing a caterer, make sure the caterer will design the menu around the foods that are available at that time of year.  Imported flowers, fruits, and vegetables are much more expensive.
3. Hit two birds with one stone. If something in your wedding can serve two purposes for the cost of one, take advantage!  Personalized water bottles are one of our favorite ways to save money at weddings.  Customized water bottles serve two purposes (refreshment and wedding favors) for the cost of one!  Our “Spring Lily” design, shown above, is brand new and perfect for a spring wedding favor or summer wedding favor.  Another great idea is to choose a single venue for your ceremony and reception.  This will cut down on decoration, transportation, and rental fees.  Even though it seems more expensive up-front, it’s often more cost-effective to use a hotel ballroom because they supply many of the things you would have to rent anyway (like chairs, tables, table cloths) and often have decorations you can use for free.
4. Schedule your wedding and reception to occur between meal times. This way, your guests won’t come expecting to be fed a huge meal.  Many weddings are scheduled to wrap up around 5 or 6 at night, leaving guests plenty of time to go seek nourishment elsewhere.
5. Appoint a trusted, and obsessively organized, friend or family member to serve as your wedding coordinator. Provide him or her with vendor phone numbers, wedding ceremony details, family flight and accommodation information, and other useful details and let him or her make all the day-of details smooth for you.  This will save you the cost of hiring a wedding coordinator without forcing you to the sacrifice the benefits.

Regardless of whether you serve hamburgers or steak at your reception, the most important thing to remember is that at the end of the day, you will be married to the person you love.  Everything else is gravy.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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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!

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!

The ability to find quality relies on knowing what to look for. If you’re in the market for custom label bottled water, personalized water bottle labels, personalized wine labels, or personalized beer labels, here are some things to keep in mind when shopping:

• Label material: The best label material is synthetic. This material is strong, water-proof, and capable of being printed with photo-quality images. Beware of paper-based labels. Paper-based labels don’t hold up under ice, tear easily, and don’t tend to display high-resolution printing as well.
• Bottled water: Not all water bottlers are responsible to the earth or to their consumers. Research where the water you’re interested in purchasing is bottled and make sure it is federally tested at least once per year and privately tested on a regular basis.
• Print quality: Not all printers are created equal. The best printers in the industry are digital and capable of reproducing photo-like quality on labels. Some custom label companies use cheap inkjet printers that produce very blurry and unprofessional-looking labels.
• Turn-around time: Labels take time to produce, so make sure whatever company you order with can accomodate your order on time. Look for a company with a next-day turnaround if you’re in a rush to get your labels.

We here at Bottle Your Brand have spent years learning about this industry and have perfected our labelling techniques and practices. We use only the finest quality label material, bottled water, and digital print presses to create stunning, high-quality customized labels that our customers love.

We offer fast turn-around times for our products and a next-day turnaround for a reasonable fee. If you have any questions about our products and services, feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to answer your questions.

Here is a method that has worked well for us in removing existing water bottle labels:

1. Soak the full water bottle in warm water (the water should be warmer than lukewarm but not so hot that it will scald your hand). Most water bottles manufactured in the United States have heavy-duty adhesive that glues the label to the bottle. Soaking the bottle in warm water will loosen the adhesive. Do not soak for longer than five minutes as this could cause the bottle to shrink or buckle (Some people find it helpful to use a bathtub for this step!)
2. Remove the old label by peeling it off the bottle. Water bottle labels generally only have adhesive in a strip at the back of the bottle. Peel off as much of the existing label as you can and you will be left with the adhesive strip. If there s a large amount of adhesive left, you can try re-applying the old label and then removing it again in order to remove more of the adhesive.
3. You can either use mineral oil or rubbing alcohol on a soft cloth to dissolve the remaining adhesive. We recommend doing a trial run using a spare bottle to see which solvent works best with your particular kind of bottle. Some bottles will go cloudy if you use rubbing alcohol so it s best to check first. Once you are satisfied with how much adhesive has been dissolved, wipe off the remaining solvent. If you are using mineral oil, it s important to remove all of it before applying your new label or the new label won t stick!

We’ve consulted countless books and websites to find the most romantic, sentimental, and classy wedding verses. Some of these are already incorporated in our large selection of wedding wine labels and wedding water labels. Here are some other wedding verses that you can use in your personalized wedding favors:

• “Then happy I that love and am beloved, where I may not remove nor be removed.” -William Shakespeare
• “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.” -Robert Browning
• “Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.” -Friedrich Halm
• “There is no more lovely, friendly or charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.” -Martin Luther
• “There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.” -George Sand
• “Came but for friendship, and took away love.” -Thomas Moore
• “A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.” -Andre Maurois
• May you never thirst for love!
• Two hearts, two lives, one love
• Our happily ever after begins today
• Two friends, two hearts. Joined together in friendship, united forever in love.
• We thank you, each and every one, for joining us this day. You’ve added to our happiness in a very special way.
• On our wedding day, as we tie the knot, thanks for being here to celebrate, it really means a lot.

We’re always looking for new wedding verses to build labels around so if you’ve used one that you loved or can think of any others, please feel free to share in the comments section!

Some of these verses courtesy of Botanical PaperWorks and All Great Quotes.

Personalized bottled water is the perfect hand-out for events like these. Our graphic designers can help you transform your company s logo into a beautiful and distinct custom label that will market your brand to everyone who takes a sip. Our labels are printed on a synthetic material using a digital print press, so they won t run or come off even if stored in ice.

What better way to build customer loyalty than to offer them a delicious bottle of cold spring water on a hot day?

Our spring water is safe, delicious, and refreshing and our bottles come in three sizes that are sure to match your needs. We offer 8oz., 12oz., and 16.9oz bottles, so no matter what kind of event you re hosting we re sure to offer the perfect size.

Our water bottles are also 100% recyclable, which makes them easy to dispose of and environmentally friendly.

Personalized water bottles are a smart way to blend convenience and marketing. All you have to do is place your order online and in 6-10 business days (depending on shipping) your custom label bottled water is at your door, ready to go. We also offer a priority service for next-day turnaround if you need your water quickly.

If you d like to sample some of our water, please contact us and we d be happy to ship you a sample of our 8oz. water bottle. We re enthusiastic about the quality of our product and know that once you see it for yourself, you will be too.

An important thing to keep in mind when planning a beach wedding is the heat. Beaches can get pretty hot, especially on a cloudless day, and the last thing you want is for your guests to be distracted from the festivities by a terrible sense of thirst.

An easy way to turn the solution to this problem into an adorable wedding favor is to use customized bottled water. You can personalize any of our labels with yours and your betrothed’s name, your wedding date, or your wedding venue and then arrange them artfully in a bucket of ice to keep your guests refreshed.

We have an amazing selection of templates to choose from, many of which are perfect for beach favors. If you have a different design idea in mind, we also have a team of graphic designers who can help you turn your ideas into a one-of-a-kind wedding favor.

If you’re having a destination wedding, don’t give up on the idea of custom bottled water for your guests quite yet. An easy option available for brides who are looking for destination wedding favors is to buy personalized labels prior to the wedding and then bring the labels to the wedding destination. Our labels are small and easy to pack away in a suitcase or carry-on. Many brides use our labels-only option and then buy water at the wedding location so they don’t have to worry about shipping costs. Our labels are completely self-adhesive, so it’s easy to apply them wherever you are.

If you have any questions about personalized wedding water bottle labels, feel free to give us a call or request a sample. We’re happy to discuss options with you and help you find the perfect wedding favor.

It’s easy to see why. Bottled water is delicious, portable, and a convenient way to stay hydrated while on the go. Water bottles are also 100% recyclable, so it’s easy to enjoy bottled water while keeping the environment in mind.

So, how can you make bottled water work for you? Personalized bottled water is an affordable marketing tool that gives you the opportunity to put your brand on the most popular beverage in America. Using our templates, it’s easy to transform your company’s logo into an attractive label that you can distribute to potential customers.

Custom label bottled water is ideal for trade shows, conferences, and large meetings. It’s a great way to distribute a product with your brand on it that people will actually use. Our private label water comes in three sizes: 8oz., 12oz., and 16.9oz. bottles, so you can select the size that will suit your needs best.

Our water bottle labels are made from the finest synthetic material and printed using a professional-quality digital print press. Our labels won’t come off and the ink won’t run, even when stored in ice.

The next time you’re looking for a powerful way to market your company, contact us to learn more about how you can use custom label bottled water. We would be happy to answer your questions and supply you with samples to help you get started.

One of the first places most brides get stuck is in picking out wedding colors. There are countless colors to choose from and it can be bewildering to narrow them all down to just two or three.

It doesn’t have to be excruciating, however, and can in fact be an exciting way to start planning your wedding. Here are some tips to help you get started:

• Consider the season. Each season carries its own connotation, so this can often be an easy place to start. Winter is usually associated with bold, vibrant colors such as scarlet, black, and silver. Spring often goes along with soft pastels, in hues like pink, lavender, and butter yellow. Summer is known for bright lively colors and is a good season to experiment with vivacious shades such as purple, bright yellow, and green. Fall is often accompanied by more subdued colors, so think harvest colors such as orange, brown, and deep red.
• Highlight your favorite color. A great way to help your favorite color stand out is to highlight it among neutrals. For example, you could have your bridesmaids wear dresses in neutral colors accentuated with a sash in your favorite color.
• Be complementary. Colors that sit opposite each other on the color wheel usually make terrific pairings.
• Pick three colors at most. One to two colors is ideal, but pick no more than three colors or you could risk having your wedding look uncoordinated. If you crave a little more variation, you can try using multiple shades of the same color family. For instance, if blue is one of your wedding colors, we can have your bridesmaids wear light blue and have dark blue tablecloths.

Once you’ve selected your wedding colors, it’s easy to customize your personalized water bottle labels and wine labels to match. Our graphic designers are happy to work with you match the tones and themes you’re going for. We have over forty wedding water bottle label and wine label templates to choose from in a wide range of styles and colors.

If you’re interested in a truly customized look, we can even work with you to create a label that matches your wedding invitations. Our team of designers is happy to help you create an incredible wedding favor that expresses your taste and style.