| If you're giving a bottle of your best homemade beer | | | | paper, e.g. needlepoint or embroider your message on |
| or wine as a gift, you want a professional looking | | | | the bottle. Use your computer and an internet card |
| personalized homebrewed label. These DIY custom | | | | generator to make a personalized message. |
| label making instructions will show you how to make | | | | The birthday example is just one idea for the second |
| the perfect label for any occasion. | | | | label. There are countless reasons why you would |
| Here is the beauty of this custom label making | | | | give your homebrew as a gift. Now you have a |
| process: | | | | method of customizing a label for that occasion. Use |
| - Multiple yet individual custom labels. For example you | | | | our imagination! It's a Girl cigars lack imagination. How |
| could setup your word processor to print 10 labels per | | | | about, It's a Girl! Cathy Jo, May 28, 2008 bottle of |
| page and print a unique bottle number on each custom | | | | strawberry wine bottled just for that occasion. |
| label (6 of 24). | | | | Homemade Beer & wine have become very |
| - The base label material can be any color or texture | | | | popular in recent years. Giving a bottle of your finest |
| you printer can handle. | | | | homebrew as a gift is a very unique personalized gift. |
| - Cut your homebrewed label to any shape or use | | | | But that masking tape identifier label on the bottle just |
| specialty scissors for a decorative border. | | | | won't cut it. You need to make it more personal and |
| - Use photos, artwork, birthday or greeting cards as | | | | add some class. |
| custom labels. | | | | The whole process of making a homebrewed label is |
| - Hand or machine stitch cloth labels for special gift | | | | quite simple. |
| bottles. | | | | - Start with a page of printed custom labels or craft |
| In my opinion, the perfect homebrewed label(s) should | | | | project to be used as a label. |
| relay two messages to the recipient. | | | | - Apply double sided tape to the back to make a |
| - The bottle contents, maker, year, storage | | | | homemade label. |
| requirements, expiration dates, etc. That information | | | | - If desired apply a clear acrylic coat for longevity. |
| found on that piece of masking tape on the bottle and | | | | - Cut the label to the desired shape and size. |
| the info in your head. | | | | - Peel the backing off your new homebrewed label |
| - Facts of interest concerning this unique bottle, e.g. | | | | and place it on your wine or beer bottle. |
| grapes from your garden or hops imported form | | | | - That's it! You're done! |
| Germany or brewed for the 2008 Milwaukee Brewer's | | | | How simple and cheap can a personalize |
| Festival. | | | | homebrewed label be for your bottle of homebrew? |
| I prefer the two label approach. The first label passes | | | | The most difficult part of this project is designing the |
| along all the necessary information allowing full artistic | | | | custom label. |
| license for the second label. | | | | I have several tips to aid you in making a professional |
| For example, you could make the second label a | | | | looking custom label. The most important tip is that |
| birthday card. Using our carpet tape label making | | | | when making a long label for a curved surface; use |
| method, you could attach a purchased birthday card to | | | | several pieces of tape parallel to the curve to avoid |
| your bottle. Or better yet make a homemade birthday | | | | buckling. Remember to experiment first on an old bottle |
| message. If you are the creative artistic type, make | | | | and unwanted or blank label material. |
| your own custom label. It doesn't even have to be | | | | |