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Wine Bottle Candles

October 15, 2009 by Erika Leave a Comment

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How cute are these wine bottle candles?! Kristen, one of our very creative customers, used empty wine bottles and custom wine labels to make unique table decorations at her family’s reunion this summer.

She designed wine labels with her grandparents’ wedding picture on them, and then adhered the labels to empty wine bottles. She filled the wine bottles with citronella oil, and, drilled a hole through the wine corks, and fed a long wick through the corks and down into the oil.

Instant custom wine bottle candle!

The thing we love about these is that you can store them and re-use them for future events. All you’d need to do is design new labels for different events and then stick them on over the old labels. Just think how lovely it would be to sit around outside, talking and laughing by the light of these candles while the bugs stayed far, far away.

Great job coming up with a “green”, DIY party decoration Kristen, and thank you for letting us feature your project on our blog!

Breast Cancer Fundraising Idea

October 8, 2009 by Erika Leave a Comment

As I’m sure many of you know, October is breast cancer awareness month! If you’re interested in helping fund research to find a cure for breast cancer, one of the best ways to do this is to participate in one of many breast cancer walks that take place across the country.

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!

Completely Adorable Custom Wedding Water Labels

September 30, 2009 by Erika Leave a Comment

Every once in awhile an idea rolls through here that’s so fun, so creative, so delectable that we feel compelled to share it with all of you. The labels Brett and Abby designed for their wedding is one of these. They submitted the completed designs to us and, once we’d printed them out, we were so inspired by them we passed them around so everyone here could take a peek.

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!

Mini Wine Bottle Labels

September 23, 2009 by Erika Leave a Comment

We are often asked whether we sell personalized wine labels for miniature wine bottles. Mini wine bottles are used to beautiful effect in weddings and parties, often serving as favors or decorative refreshments. The small bottles and customary foil toppers can be an attractive and festive addition to any event’s decor.

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.

Wanna Win Some Free Labels?

September 16, 2009 by Erika Leave a Comment

[singlepic id=152 w=240 h=160 float=center]The Broke Ass Bride (no, we’re not being mean. That’s what she calls herself!) is hosting an extremely awesome contest at the end of this month and giving you the chance to win some amazing prizes. You could win a custom couture wedding gown, free wedding photography, invitations, flowers, skin care, veil, or, best yet, free custom labels!

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We’re tickled to participate in the contest and we’re offering one of her lucky readers 15 sheets of free custom labels. That means any label design you want, 15 sheets, customized and delivered to your door. Easy peasy.

The contest has not officially started yet, this is more of a heads-up for thing to come. The contest kicks off September 28, so keep checking in with The Broke Ass Bride to find out what you need to do to win custom labels from Bottle Your Brand!

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