Seems a bit of a strange thing to get excited about, doesn't it? But I'll admit - getting organized excites me. I recently bought a storage ottoman for our front entrance area to store all of the random mittens and hats floating around, and for the past two weeks have been gazing at it lovingly. I feel like calling in sick to work when the Ikea catalogue arrives, so I can have a few private hours to flip through the pages alone, in peace and quiet.
Basically, anything that helps me to be better organized excites me, so I was very happy to discover http://www.lovablelabels.ca Lovable Labels makes durable, personalized labels of all sorts. Labels for clothing, sippy cups, zippers on coats/bags/pencil cases, shoes, and even household labels for things like garbage bins and recycling boxes, just to name a few. I'm really impressed with the quality and durability of this product, so I use it to help keep all of Sunshine and the Duke's stuff organized. Amazingly, the labels are dishwasher, microwave, and washer and dryer safe. So you can put your child's personalized label on his or her sippy cup, throw it in the dishwasher, and the label will still be intact. The labels come in cute colours and you can choose a graphic to go beside your child's name. I chose a magic wand for Sunshine, and fire engines for the Duke.
I can also attest to the functionality and durability of these labels. We still have all of our mittens and hats that we bought for this winter, for both kids, despite shlepping all of their stuff to both daycare and school. The shoe labels are still in their shoes, the press and stick clothing dots still in their hats, mittens, and snowpants. My kids both have Sigg water bottles that have been hand-washed countless times, and the labels are still there with very little wear. We had previous issues with things being taken from daycare. I don't want to say "stolen" because I know sometimes things can get a bit crazy at daycare drop-off (maybe dad is doing the pick-up instead of mom and just grabs something that looks like it might belong to his kid). In the past, we had a pair of brand-new purple Dora boots taken from daycare that never turned up again. It was partly my fault for not putting Sunshine's name in them (rookie mistake). I've learned my lesson and now label EVERYTHING. When the kids had a pajama party at daycare, I even labelled their blankies and stuffed animals. i wasn't taking any chances that their precious lovies get lost!
When I became a Love Bug, Lovable Labels sent me some labels of my own too. I've got a lovely pink one on my water bottle that I keep at work, and a green one on the back of my Blackberry. I even put labels in my combat boots! I was thinking how helpful the labels would've been for me on basic training (they make you label everything). Maybe if Lovable Labels creates army, navy, air force graphics they could have a monopoly on basic training labels! LOL. My kids haven't been to summer camp yet, but I think the labels would be perfect for that too.
So if I've piqued your interest in Lovable Labels and you decide to order some, I have a coupon code so you can get 10% off. Just enter ERINMLB1 at checkout and the discount will be applied to your order. The code is valid until December 15th, 2011. Happy label shopping!
