{"id":6750,"date":"2012-09-08T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:11:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:11:53","slug":"round-up-creative-canning-jar-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2012\/09\/round-up-creative-canning-jar-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Up – Creative Canning Jar Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nAs many of you are canning and making jams and jelly’s as I have been, how about a canning or mason jar label round up. As a graphic designer, I still have to design my labels, but designing for myself is difficult – I am not that easy to design for! I am thinking about transparent labels with white paint marker, but concerned about the adhesive – it can be difficult to remove. Personally, there are very few labels that I like, that are available on-line. Most downloadable pdfs are so poorly designed, or over-designed. Sometimes, digital technology in the hands of someone who is Photoshop proficient provides too many choices for some ‘designers’. Just because you can add a photo of red apples into a document is not a reason to use it on a label for home-made preserves, and just because you have fonts that are not default, is not a reason to use them all, and just because you can use the bevel and emboss effect definitely is not a reason why you should allow your graphic designer friend at work to help you ‘design’ some labels.<\/p>\n
Think, my friends…think about the purpose, the emotional connection with your carefully crafted jars, and try to capture this very personal tone and pass it on to your labels. Canning jars need not feel like default store brands, they already are so much more. Here are a few of my favorites this season, as I start to design mine.<\/p>\n
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