Hello everyone!
Today I’m bringing you a very easy DIY for making food labels for a party. Why add food labels at all? Well, in my opinion adding printables in general (food labels, cupcake toppers, cupcake wrappers, etc) helps give a table a more polished look. These ones that I will show you how to do today are super easy and fun to make, and can be tailored to many celebrations.
A few weeks before my birthday I had ordered The Twinery’s Sample Pack which contains 8 gorgeous, vibrant colors of baker’s twine. When I ordered them I had in mind a craft I am planning for my kids’ birthday, but when I saw the colors Caribbean and lilac, I wanted to include them in my own birthday celebration as well.
I browsed the internet and went to my local craft store for inspiration and decided to design very simple food labels, to which I could add the twine. So, using only Microsoft Publisher (I’m not confident in Corel, Photoshop or any other design software) and inspired by my blog’s logo, I designed a very simple aqua, lavender and grey bounty flag and wrote the names of the food I was planning to serve in French Script. Designing the flag was simply a matter of making a row of triangles, adjusting their size and filling them with colors. Easy enough for me! I then printed the labels on pale ivory textured cardboard paper (It took me only an A4 size page) and got ready to embellish them!
This is what I used to do it:
– 1 glue pen
– Baker’s twine in Caribbean (As I previously said, I purchased mine from The Twinery, and I am mentioning this because not all shops ship their products to Europe, and because I am very satisfied with how fast the pack arrived and with how beautiful the colors are.*)
– A pair of scissors
– Scrapbooking gems
– Tweezers
– Food labels
And here is what I did:
1) I put a dot of glue on the left hand corner of the food label’s bounty flag
2) Using tweezers, I added the scrapbooking gem, and pressed for a few seconds in order to make sure it had adhered properly.
This is how it looked like when added:
3) I then repeated steps 1 and 2 on the other corner. The label was looking like this by then:
3) I drew a line of glue all along the upper part of the bounty flag
5) After that, I immediately attached the twine. I tried both Caribbean and lilac and preferred the former for these cards, but both colors are gorgeous.
6) I pressed the twine unto the card for a few seconds and, when I was confident that it was properly attached, I cut the excess from the border, just above the gem located on the right-hand corner. This is how the label looked by then:
6) I finally folded the label just above the upper portion of the flag and it was finished!
This is how they looked in daylight
I find them simple, yet girlie and pretty, and I believe the design to be versatile. One could use the same idea for a circus/parade party, for a 4th of July celebration, etc, by simply changing the flag’s colours and the twine used and avoiding the use of gems.
Have you ever handcrafted your own food labels/invitations or other printables using different materials? If you have, please share! I would love to see what you have done!
Have a lovely weekend and see you next week with more recipes and ideas!
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Hola Marce! me encantaron los cartelitos. Me podrías decir la medida del rectángulo? Beso grande!
Hola Ceci, Gracias! Las mías eran un cuadrado de 8.5 x 8.5 cms. Quedaban un rectángulo al doblarlas.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me a comment, so that I could follow you back here. Love your blog, so pretty over here. I LOVE your food label, they are perfect.
I’ll check, thanks for bringing it up!
Hi,
great idea. what type of paper did you use?
Hi! I used a textured paper I bought at my local craft store. It’s called Murano, and I used it in soft white.
Hi,
What a great idea! I have a party coming up and will make sure to try this for sure! Would you mind sharing how you got that look on top of the cupcakes? Love them!!! Thanks in advance!!
Hi Jenny! So happy that you like the cards!
Here is the tutorial and links to make the hydrangea cupcakes (the secret is a 2D piping tip!) http://thecelebrationgirl.com/hydrangea-cupcakes-inspiration-and-tips/
Have a lovely day!
Thank you so very much!!!