A Template for an Easy Way to Dress Up Water
August 18th, 2008 @ 5:53 pm by Mrs. Lemon
Last year, when we were preparing our Out of Town bags for guests, we knew that water bottles would be an essential ingredient to include. Yet, since it’s me, there was no way the water was getting into people’s hands without some sort of fun intervention!
We went to Costco and stocked up on 2 cases of water at the high price of $4.49 each. When I removed the label to measure it, I realized that the labels were exactly 8.5″ long… the same length as a standard piece of paper. As the lightbulb went off in my head, I ran to dip a piece of laser printed paper in water… and guess what… no bleeding! It was then that I realized I could save myself a lot of time if I made the labels out of PAPER instead of printing them onto costly and expensive label sheets!
So, that’s what I did! I just removed all the labels, cut out the sheets into strips, and reattached using the sticky from the bottle (lots will be left on it) and 1 glue strip to fold the ends over!
[Now, if your bottles were going to meet up with ice baths at some time, I’m sure you’d still need to get waterproof label sheets to cover your bases. But, otherwise... this really is a super easy way to decorate bottles quickly!]
While that was last year, I’ve used my templates to quickly and easily dress up the same bottles again for random occasions. People always ask where I ordered them from because the formatting is identical to the Costco bottles (ingredients, bottling info, etc.) except for the background and the custom label. So, I went back and scrubbed the templates clean, and have uploaded them for WeddingBee to customize at will!
BLACK LETTER Water Bottle Labels:
Adobe Illustrator Format (*.ai)
PDF Format
WHITE LETTER Water Bottle Labels:
Adobe Illustrator Format (*.ai)
And just to show you their potential, a set I made with the white text using patterns by Sashiko:
Adobe Illustrator Format (*.ai)
I hope you enjoy them! (p.s. if you don’t have Illustrator, remember that you can always use the opensource version, InkScape, for free!
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20 Responses to “A Template for an Easy Way to Dress Up Water”
OMG, just in time for my wedding. You are a savior! Many thanks! 
Thanks for the templates, and even MORE thanks for telling us about InkScape!
Ooooh! Thanks Mrs Lemon, super wonderful! And thanks for the tip about InkScape, there are tons of non Illustrator brides out there who still love to DIY all things paper. :o)
Thank you!! I was just thinking about doing these this morning-it’s a bit help!
@Mrs. Emerald: The files are hosted on a filefactory server right now. They’ll be on the WB server later tonight.
No worries… it’s nice and safe!
I just put some of these together for my engagement party about a week ago. I printed the labels on a color copier (the ink will not bleed even if the label is submerged) and “laminated” it with clear shipping tape to give it a nice sheen.
I don’t know how to post a picture here but you can go to my blog for a peek.
great idea just used these everyone loved them!
Woo hoo! I’m totally using these. Thanks so much for making my life so much easier and my bottles so much prettier!
Hi, would you have any templates for mini wine bottles? I will be making favors for and want to make photo labels for wine and chanpagne bottles… those mini bottles tha are 16oz or so.
Thanks,
Meisner
http://www.favorscraft.com
Is their a “template” wiki for collecting all of these?
missed u mrs. lemon. hey! any suggestions on oot boxes, containers i am not keen on using tote bags.
You are awesome! I am SO going to use this idea. Thanks a ton!
thank you thank you thank you thank you! i picked up our water from costco this weekend and was just about to start wrestling with labels. fab timing!
Thank you, now I won’t have to fight with this myself!
I love Inkscape, it has it’s faults, esp. when you cut your teeth in Adobe, but for a free vector program, it is awesome!
I LOVE them!! But when I click on the link hor do I change or add things? I am confused:-(
Mrs. Lemon, Los Angeles/Monterey
Age and Occupation in 06: 26, Graduate Student (Public Policy)
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Environmental Consultant
Engagement Date: April 7, 2006
Wedding Date: July 7, 2007
Venue: Rosary Chapel & Monterey Marriott, Monterey, CA
About Me: My FI and I met online, but we like to tell people that we met at a "cookie shop" which is the technical location of our first encounter. He proposed exactly 1 year, 1 month and 6 days after our first date (it's the only part of his proposal speech that I remember), and we're planning long-distance from Los Angeles for a July wedding in my hometown of Monterey, CA. I have a passion for all things "cool, cute and quirky" and I enjoy video games, reading blogs (WeddingBee, trashy celeb, consumer & political) and crafting in my spare time, if I have any!
These are awesome Mrs. Lemon. Thanks for posting these!