How do ya'll come up with designs for egg carton labels?

[arabianequine]

How I get to the paint program is by going to start click on that, then click on all programs, then accessories, then paint fiddle with your design left corner is what you want to make your design with and the colors you click on are on the bottom, you can change in the middle of your design.....make it the way you want it and click file and save as whatever name you want it saved as like egglabel...now the printer part....I looked in my printer settings for a label selection instead of a 8x11 1/2 piece of paper....I did not see labels as an option though. You can print the image you make by clicking file and print but will go on a regular sheet of paper....I would save it so you have your design though. Not sure how to get it to reprint on each label right off hand. At least you can make a design and save it though.

Check your printer settings and make sure the labels are in the right way....but make sure if you change it to print labels you change it back when done printing labels. It might be a certain size you change it too....whatever size the labels are?

Maybe someone can say exactly how to print the design to each label.

 

[PortageGirl]

There is some free Avery software from www.avery.com/software called Avery DesignPro that I use for mine. It is a little fussy till you get the hang of it, but it took me very little time to find what I wanted for mine. You can re-size, fade out, stretch, or whatever you want with whatever pictures you use.

I also got some Staples shipping label sheets that are fully sticky all over. They're compatible with Avery template 5165/8165 but that makes the pictures you use full page sized, so I just pick a template that is the size I want to cut them to be. Then, I just print my labels on it then cut with an inexpensive paper cutter. I really like that, I can cut them so they are whatever shape I like depending on what they're for, covering the whole top of a carton, or just a strip or whatever. You can absolutely just use the template for the paper you have and it's pretty fool-proof though.

I am pretty good, ok, fairly adequate, with both paint-shop or photo-shop, as well as Gimp which is a free one too, but really this was the most simple solution for me.

 

[sawmane1]

I just put my company logo and a picture i drew of a chicken:b

 

[mississippifarmboy]

A great big THANK YOU to all of you! I'll play around with what ya'll have taught me when I get time later tonight.

 

[annaraven]

If you have the Avery labels, like you said, then your M$Word program will let you create labels that match the way the labels are setup on the sheet of labelpaper. Then you can just print it out onto the Avery labelpaper.


You don't need to use Paint for this if you already have the photos. What you do is,

Open up Word
Start new document and choose labels (this may be under your "templates" list - play around with it until you find it.)

It'll ask you what Avery labels you have, or it may ask you what size each label is. Tell it.

Then you'll be able to give it the right text and tell it to create a sheet.

Now, paste in your picture to one of hte labels and then click on the picture and you should be able to get some formatting settings - you're looking for one that says "transparency". Increase the transparency to what you like.

Copy that to each of the other labels.

Print it out and you're done.

Note: PM me or email me if you'd like me to walk thru it with you in more detail. I'll be glad to do it.