Homemade Thermal Labels on DIY Glass Bottles!

[Skillyb]

Hey guys. MrMayhem told me to come over here months ago, and I'm just getting around to it. I don't have much to show off gear-wise but I do have a cool tip about how to make sweet looking DIY bottles on the cheap. I made these labels with the crazy functional Brother GL-700 which lists for about $90 on Newegg on Amazon. But here's the tip. I had checked it out at that price on both sites and then a few days later, when I returned to Newegg they had dropped the price to $40. I bit. Cookie price adjustment in action! A few days later, Amazon emailed me that it was on sale for $55. Good deal, but no thanks. But even at $55 that's a great price for a printer that takes a variety of label sizes; it even autodetects the width of whatever roll you pop in. Here's a pic of some labels I made with the included blank labels placed on blue cobalt glass 30ml bottles. All in all, these cost me about $2.40 a piece!

http://i.imgur.com/WiYtaYq.jpg

Note: thing in the background is a space heater; these are speed-steeping!

 

[Slots]

That's pretty cool looking, I like your design.
Personally, I just went to Staples, and picked up two $7 packages of removable labels, one white and one colored.
I DIY and am changing the labels all the time, so I like being able to pull them off and stick a new one on.
Sometimes they are just # 1 #2 #3 etc or color coded too for different test recipes.
Real good looking labels like your would be great for the recipes I keep, but right now I'm doing to much experimenting.
Enjoy .......

 

[Rodderik]

the blue bottles look nice with those labels...great job

 

[panther2469]

Looks great, i like it

 

[MrMayhem]

Welcome to the party aka ECF! The bottles/labels are looking good!

 

[Skillyb]

I do like the idea of removable labels but I figure if I ever need to get rid of these paper labels I can just run them through the dishwasher. Thanks for the comment.