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Mountain Mommas

January 16, 2012 By Rachel 1 Comment

One of my favorite things about working at My Own Labels is seeing some of the great ideas our customers come up with. Recently, a coworker showed me a recent coaster order. They chose our Caption style featuring an amazing photo of a group of women wearing bright colored rain jackets in a Utah canyon. Both of us agreed it was a great photo and there had to be a great story behind it. So I contacted the customer, Kristin from Nashville, TN and was thrilled at her eagerness to share her story! We … [read more...]

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The Giggle Girls

August 29, 2011 By Rachel 2 Comments

I recently came across a customer order for The Giggle Girls wine labels and knew there was a great story behind it. So I contacted Susan from West Roxbury, Massachusetts and asked her about her order. She responded with this amazing story: "The Giggle Girls are a group of five lovely ladies who met at Revere Beach in 1948, and have been the best of friends ever since. Back when The Giggle Girls founded their 'club' the dues were 5 cents and their motto was "we need to eat". That was over … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Customer Stories, Featured, Grown-Up Party Ideas, More Ideas, Occasions Tagged With: beverage, customers, favors, friendship, labels, Occasions, party, wine

Country Candies

June 22, 2011 By Rachel Leave a Comment

Recently we were surprised to received this email from Zac, a victim of the recent flooding in Australia. It is an inspiring story of how he transformed a personal disaster into a new success. This is an actual email from a real customer. “After a devastating flood tore through the town in January 2011, I was one of the unfortunate victims. Losing my business and home over night and watching them float away, I thought my happy existence was over. But I picked myself up, dusted myself off and thought … [read more...]

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Pup Wedding Wine

May 25, 2011 By Rachel Leave a Comment

At My Own Labels we love seeing the amazing and hilarious ideas our customers come up with. One of my favorites is wedding wine labels that feature pets! Fellow dog owners know that it's impossible to celebrate without our favorite pup right there with us. As you can see in the above photo, some people go as far as dressing them up! I think adding these hilarious photos to a wedding makes the event that much more fun and truly memorable! Here are a few more recent customer orders for your viewing … [read more...]

Filed Under: Anniversary, Birthday, Blog, Customer Stories, Featured, Gifts & Favors, Grown-Up Party Ideas, More Ideas, Occasions, Wedding Tagged With: beer labels, beverage, customers, favors, gift, labels, Occasions, pets, weddings, wine

50 Years Together

November 22, 2010 By Rachel Leave a Comment

This past fall, Karen Sher of Prior Lake, Minnesota, hosted a party for her parents to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. In the midst of her party planning, she decided she wanted to give a hostess gift to her parents, family and friends that would be attending. She knew she wanted it to be something that was both unique and personal. The first idea that came to mind were personalized wine labels. After searching Google for label makers, she found My Own Labels offered the most style choices … [read more...]

Filed Under: Anniversary, Blog, Customer Stories, Featured, More Ideas, Occasions Tagged With: anniversary, customers, favors, gift, hostess, Occasions, party, weddings, wine

Kid Designed Wedding Coasters

September 16, 2010 By Jill 1 Comment

When Elizabeth Arps of Maine and her fiance Allen started planning their wedding they knew that they wanted to include their children in the planning. But how do you get young kids involved without ending up serving hot dogs and root beer at the reception? Elizabeth came up with the great idea to have them draw pictures! They had the kids draw pictures of the bride, groom and family. Elizabeth and Allen drew pictures, too, because they didn’t want to miss out on the fun. The pictures were … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Bridal Shower, Customer Stories, Featured, Gifts & Favors, More Ideas, Wedding Tagged With: coasters, customers, decorations, kids, weddings

Dog Soap

July 5, 2010 By Jill Leave a Comment

Michelle Palmquist  is the mind behind this genius. She makes custom soaps and sells them at local farmer's markets and on-line at The Custom Soap Shop and Dogspaw.us. Michelle is also a dog owner who likes to pamper her pooch.  "I started the new line of doggie products because I had such a hard time finding things for my dog that were reasonably priced and made with natural oils, and since I was already making specialty products for our dog, I thought, "why not share these great products with … [read more...]

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