{"id":1013,"date":"2013-01-30T18:18:35","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindawebb.com\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2013-01-30T18:21:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:21:47","slug":"labeling-your-canning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindawebb.com\/?p=1013","title":{"rendered":"Labeling Your Canning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you can something, or freeze, or dry, or just plain store something, you need to label it. I have pulled a bag out of the freezer and thought that I had discovered something from a past epoch &#8211; frozen turkey from which Thanksgiving??<br \/>\nThere are many ways to label a product. The easiest is a permanent marker written on the bag for the freezer or lid of a canning jar. It is hard to get all of the details of a canning project on the lid when you are hand labeling. So I usually print a label.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cindawebb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-9.58.07-AM.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-giAjLNU3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1014\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cindawebb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-9.58.07-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindawebb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-9.58.07-AM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cindawebb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-9.58.07-AM-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brother-usa.com\/labelprinter\/modeldetail.aspx?PRODUCTID=QL700#.UQlhWehrpQk\">Brother Label Printer, model QL-700<\/a>, that came with some software that helps you design labels. My husband purchased it for about $50 at an Office Depot. We ordered additional labels from Amazon. It is not the easiest software to use but once you get a format you like you just save the label and use it as a starting point for your next project. There are different size labels you can purchase for this machine. The above is a 3.5 inch label which is too large for a canning jar so I use a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.fiskars.com\/Crafting\/Products\/Squeeze-Punches\/Round-n-Round-Squeeze-Punch-Large#.UQliAOhrpQk\">round cutter<\/a> to slice off the edges and it makes a nice looking label then.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cindawebb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-10.17.15-AM.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-giAjLNU3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1015\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cindawebb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-10.17.15-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindawebb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-10.17.15-AM.jpg 423w, https:\/\/cindawebb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Screen-Shot-2013-01-30-at-10.17.15-AM-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf\u00a0 you want to make nicer looking labels, there are Avery labels that come with templates. Avery makes labels for both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avery.com\/avery\/en_us\/Products\/Labels\/Marketing-Solutions\/Easy-Peel%28R%29-Permanent-Glossy-White-Round-Labels-Laser-InkJet-2in-Print_To_The_Edge_22807.htm?N=4294963326&amp;Ns=Rank|0||Product%20Number|1&amp;refchannel=a6003ac377400310VgnVCM100000a1210c0aRCRD\">regular mouth jars<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avery.com\/avery\/en_us\/Products\/Labels\/Marketing-Solutions\/Glossy-White-Round-Labels-2_.5in-Laser-InkJet-Permanent-PTTE-9up-10shts_22830.htm?N=4294963326&amp;Ns=Rank|0||Product%20Number|1&amp;refchannel=a6003ac377400310VgnVCM100000a1210c0aRCRD\">wide mouth jars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if you really want to get fancy try this site:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamlabelizer.com\/\">http:\/\/www.jamlabelizer.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/cindawebb.com\/?p=1013\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Whenever you can something, or freeze, or dry, or just plain store something, you need to label it. 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