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5 Step Iron-On Labels for Your Crafty Products!

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Even with all my goodies looking so darn sexy, one of the main questions I have been receiving online and at markets is 'where did you get those labels from?'. My response? I didn't! I whipped them up myself in about 30 minutes, and you can too.

Here's how to make your own, in only 5 steps!

Before you start, pick up a packet of Iron-On Transfer Sheets for White T-Shirts- they're usually A4 in size and have about 5 sheets per packet. They should be readily available at all craft and department stores.

Now, not everyone has Photoshop, or InDesign, or any other spiffy program- but most people have Microsoft Word, so I'm going to show you how to put your labels together in that.

1. CREATE YOUR LABEL ELEMENTS
In a new document in Word, create WordArt for the different elements of your label. If you know how to do this, skip ahead to Step 2. If not, here's the nitty-gritty:

- In Office 2007, select the WordArt button on the Insert tab. In earlier versions of Word, click the View menu, then Toolbars, then select the Drawing toolbar. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Insert WordArt button.

- Type the first line of what you want on your label- in my case, it was Pepperberry & Co. Select a font that inspires you, and make the size 36. Select Ok when you’re done, then repeat steps 2 & 3 for any other lines of text you want in your label. In my case, I added my shop address: www.pepperberryandco.etsy.com. I chose a different font for this so it stood out. You can also add a picture to your label at this stage.

- Now comes the fun part! Word lets you be phenomenally creative if you know how to use it well. When you click on your WordArt, have a look at the Toolbar- a whole heap of options come up, including the ability to change the colour, size, shape and depth of your text. Have a play around until you fall in love with your creation!

- Once you’re happy with your text, arrange it in the shape that you want your labels to be. I wanted mine to be long and slim, so I put my text elements on top of one another.

2. MERGE YOUR LABEL ELEMENTS

Next, you need to merge all of the elements in your label. To do this, click on one WordArt/Picture element. Push down the Ctrl button, and wave your cursor over another element. The cursor should change to a little arrow with a plus sign next to it. When it does, click on the next element. Do the same for any remaining parts of your label.

While you have all of the text/pictures selected, right-click with your mouse or go to the WordArt Toolbar. In both places there is a heading called Grouping. Select this, and then choose Group. This will group all of your elements together so that they are one image; if you ever need to edit any of the single elements again, simply go back to Grouping and select Ungroup.

3. FLIP YOUR LABEL
Now you need to turn your image backwards, so that when you iron it on it faces the right way. Do this by clicking on your label image. In Word 2007, this will bring up the Image Toolbar, and you'll see an option to the right called Rotate. Select this and then choose Flip Horizontal. In earlier versions of Word, the options are similar- either click Draw and then Rotate or Flip and then Flip Horizontal.

4. MULTIPLY YOUR LABEL
You're nearly done! All you need to do now is multiply your image. Place it in the top left-hand corner of the page, and whilst it’s selected, click Ctrl + C. This will copy the image. Then click Ctrl + V to paste the copy. Move the new copy next to the original image, remembering to leave a gap so that you can cut them; then, continue copying and pasting until your page is full of labels.

5. PRINT AND IRON
Finally, print the images onto the Transfer Sheets, making sure to follow the instructions on the packet regarding which print setting to use. Then, grab your handy paper slicer, chop them up, and iron on!


Viola! Sexy labels for all. For more tutorials, check out my blog!

xx Sandra @ Pepperberry & Co.

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fashiongoddess22 writes: cool!this was just what i needed! thx!!! btw do you have any instructions for some smaller tags for smaller crafts?
Posted: 6:02 pm on November 9th

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