Bag Tags -- not just for school bags!

Have you ever asked your child to fetch your purse at playgroup, only to have them bring back the wrong one? (Ever send your husband to get your purse at a party only to have him get the wrong one?)

Solution: attach a Mabel's Labels Bag Tag!

Use your child's Bag Tag for consistency, or splurge on your own!

(This hack is also good for snack bags, beach bags, cooler bags, diaper bags, camera bags, fanny packs, ski /skate bags, lunch bags and canvas bags!)

Double your iron-ons!

If you're ordering iron-ons with a short name, here's a hack to consider. Get the name printed up twice on the same iron-on, with 6 or so spaces between them. (See example image to the right.)

Before applying the half-sized iron-ons to clothes:

• cut the iron-on in half vertically
  
• cut rounded corners for each half (approximated by the red dotted lines in the image to the right) Failure to round the corners will result in the iron-on prematurely lifting and peeling.
  
• apply the half-sized iron-on as you would a full-sized one
  
  

Pros:

• twice as many iron-ons for the same price!
• labels fit nicely on tiny items (think infant socks)
  

Cons:

• Will not work with long names.
• Only one image per iron-on, so only 50% of your half-sized labels will have an image.
• It is time consuming to cut rounded corners on the half-sized labels.
  
• You buy fewer iron-ons which means I earn less commission! (Booooooo.)

How do I label boots?

Pint size boots all seem to look the same. How can you label them so it's obvious to the teachers and the children which boots belong to whom?

Here are some ideas that I've seen work (in no particular order):

• stick Tag-Mates™ on the sizing label on the inside of the tongue of the boot
• stick a Skinny-Mini™ on the sizing label on the inside of the tongue of the boot
• stick a shoe label (with protective cover) on the sizing label on the inside of the tongue of the boot
• stick a shoe label (with protective cover) on the lining on the (inside) side of the boot
• stick a shoe label (with protective cover) into the insole of the boot (it may be difficult to see depending on the style and size of boot)
• stick a Skinny-Mini™ on the outside on the back of the boot (shown in photo to the right)
  

Hope you found a solution that meets your needs!

Can shoe labels be washed?

It's well known that Mabel's Labels shoe labels are:

• extra tough
• extra sticky
  
• do not rub off on socks
  
• fit nicely into the insole of shoes, boots, skates and rollerblades and are
  
• shipped with protective overlays to ensure durability.

But what happens when you need to wash the shoes?

We sent a pair of running shoes* through two consecutive cold water washes and both the shoe labels and the protective coatings look as good as new!

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* The labels had been applied to the shoe for over one month and were securely stuck in the shoe thanks to the heat and pressure of little feet.