Label your water - Part II

When I left you, I had a blank template on my screen...time for the fun stuff!

The bachelorette incorporated flip flops and the colors pink, green and blue. So, I set out to tie the water bottle labels to both the theme and colors. First, I did some googling (love that it's a verb) for flip flop images to insert, but nothing was matching my vision. I had to get creative.

All of our decorations were from Party City, so I decided to see if I could get an image of the purchased items. I went to Party City's website and...bingo!

Thanks, Party City

I right clicked on the paper plate, selected "save image as" and then opened the image in Paint (I was going low tech, no Photoshop).

It's 9:38PM and I'm almost out of battery

In Paint, I used the "select" tool and created a rectangle around the five main flip flops in the middle of the plate. This would be my main image for the label.

I inserted 2 copies of the images on either side of the empty template, leaving space in the middle.

Had to make sure we had alignment

Next, I created a monogram C in the middle of the template, using French Script. I followed by inserting text in a circle, saying "C___'s Bachelorette 2010" in Georgia. One note, since the text is in a circle, I inserted a dash on either side of 2010 to separate things (in other words, "- 2010 -"). This created the necessary space in the circle.

It doesn't get much easier than this

After clicking on print, I saved the design as a PDF and an entire page was populated. I created 3 variations of the design - 1 pink, 1 blue and 1 green. See how easy (and how many labels?)!!

Lots and lots of labels

So, how did it turn out in real life??

Perfectly matched to the tablecloth. Type A me LOVES this.

Not too shabby! I would say that the chosen material (100% recycled white) was a good option for bottles that are not expected to get wet or super cold. For our purposes, the labels were fine, but if you were looking for something to put on ice at a party, this would not be the way to go.

Overall, this was a fun, easy project that showed great attention to detail, which the bride loved...and that's all that's important!

What project have you found to be more than worth the effort expended?