Labels

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I've been making my own labels using full-sheet labels first from Office Depot,

then some I bought online from Onlinelabels.com, $30.95 (incl. shipping)/250

sheets, purchased 6-24-2007.

For a 1/2 oz. (15 ml) bottle I can get 15 labels per sheet; that's $0.00825 per

label PLUS ink. It's the ink that's spendy! Have never figured out the cost of

ink per label. I don't currently use glossy, etc. labels. Yes, they will run

if they get wet. Many things I order or purchase have similarly runny labels so

I don't worry about it.

I have an HP C5180 ink jet printer. Taught myself how to use " text boxes " in

Word a couple years ago & use text boxes to size the labels just right for each

bottle. Most labels have several text boxes inside a text box in order to get

all the info. in the right place, plus color. I format the label so it's one

piece w/ a specific front & back. The neat thing about a text box is you can

grab it & move it anywhere on the page, format inside it, put color inside it,

etc. Once you get a label for a certain size bottle it's just a matter of

changing the info., color, etc. for each product.

Each label takes atleast a couple hours to figure out. The not-so-fun part is

that the on-screen color is NOT the same as the printer color. Once you figure

out about what color to expect from the printer you tweak the on-screen colors

accordingly, and print samples along the way on plain paper to check it.

What program do you all use to keep track of ingredient inventory, product

inventory, & sales?

Deb

Delemara Botanicals