Labeley – Create Custom Labels Easily

The estimated reading time for this post is 3 minutes

What do brewing your own beer and sending your kids off to camp have in common? Both endeavors need labels for success. So do plenty of other endeavors, which is why you may want to check out Labeley.

This website is a free and easy way to create your own labels that, well, don’t look like you made them. Labeley has lots of options for colors, styles, fonts, shapes and more to make your homemade labels look professional.

Using Labeley

Labeley is a website to help you design labels. Your labels can be printed on your printer for free, or you can pay to have Labeley print them.

Labeley can print your designs onto different materials, including shiny and matte papers, vinyl stock or specialty materials that are moisture-resistant. The company ships labels worldwide and pricing varies based on quantity and material.

Designing Labeley Labels

If you’ve ever edited a photo online using a photo editing site, you’ll be familiar with the layout of Labeley. You can choose different colors, fonts, shapes and more to create your labels.

Labeley lets you upload your own photos to personalize the labels. Businesses can use their logos to create custom labels.

To get started, head to the Labeley website and click the Design tab at the top of the page to see a quick tutorial of how to create a label. When you’re ready to get started, click the green See it in Action button at the bottom of the page. A more complete tutorial is available at the Intro to Labeley page.

Choose which type of label you want to create: General, Kids, Beer or Wine. Exploring each category is worthwhile as each has unique creative tools you may want to use.

Designing the labels is fun, you can play around with different shapes, looks, graphics and images. Create an account to save your labels. Print them and share them with others via social media and email.

Labeley also can get you started with suggestions for different types of labels such as birthday, back-to-school, pantry, shoes and more.

Ideas for Using Labels

Camp

Parents know that if you want anything to return from camp, it needs to be labeled. Don’t even think about sending your child off to camp without adding labels aplenty. But labeling everything can be a tedious chore that makes leaving for camp a lot less fun.

Labeley can put fun back into the packing process. Have your kids design their own labels so each one has a unique look.

Businesses

Businesses can also get in on the fun. Have employees design labels for a new product using the company logo, and award a prize for the winning design.

Safety

Labels can also make products safer. Design an alert label for your child’s lunch box and backpack, advising of allergies and health conditions.

School

School supplies can be labeled too. Design a label for a new school year so your child’s items can be identified.

Beverages

If you brew your own beer or make your own wine, you can create custom labels for each batch.

Entertaining

Use labels when you entertain to decorate a party, create wedding favors, print name cards and create ornaments. Choose a theme for the event and include a photo of the guest of honor on your labels.

Pantry

If you do your own canning or want to organize your spices, you can use Labeley to design labels for your pantry.

Your Thoughts

Have you ever created your own labels? What would you use labels for? Have you tried Labeley?

Share your thought in the Comments section below!

Voice of America Learning English

Learn English while learning about tech with my weekly personal technology column at Voice of America Learning English. This week’s article is: New Updates to iPhone Software.