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Well I finally sat down and created some new labels for my Canisters and I will show you how easy it is to make.
These are pretty and handy and my canisters didn't cost much either and are very air tight, I love them better than high dollar ones that I have had and got rid of because the lids weren't secure or handy when using. After break one of my favorite sets I decided to use these for real life and I'm so glad I found them. So I just got byou usy and personalized them up and I really like them in my pantry.
Here is what you will need:
Set of Canisters-you can put vinyl on anything so be my guest and use what you like.
Some permanent or removable vinyl-I used permanent on these but you can use either, removable is nice if you plan to change them.
A Cricut or other cutting machine-I have a Maker and an Expression and both work great.
Scissors-for trimming vinyl before attaching to canisters
Wooden spoon or cricut tools-I have both but as you will see today I used a wooden spoon from my kitchen.
Clear contact paper from dollar store or walmart-to stick your vinyl on to apply to canisters, keep things in place and straight.
Wipes-to clean canisters before applying vinyl
How to make the labels
First you will need to set up your cutting machine to cut out all the labels, this took me awhile to decide on the font I wanted to use. You can make them script or standard font set, go from a Rae Dun if you like that to a fancy script. I'm in between and picked a large easy to read bold font for this.
Set up all the names of what is in your canisters-I have a lot of canisters so this took awhile to set up but they will make my canisters all match and easy to find what I need.
After cutting all the words for labels cut them apart word for word, I cut mine in exact word form so they wouldn't cut in letter order only, remember to weld the words to make that easy, or you will have a big mess of just letters and arranging them in word order will take forever and difficult to keep in straight lines for placement.
Nest time to clean canisters-either wash them if they are new, or clean off the sides and top of each canister and let dry.
Next cut a sheet of the clear contact paper big enough for the biggest word you have for your canisters. Then I always take my piece of contact paper and stick it to a smooth clean kitchen towel, not terry or a t-shirt will work too, even jeans, to take off some of the extra sticky on the contact paper so the words don't stick too well, this makes it easier to transfer from the sheet to the canister or any item you want to put the words on.
Now it's time to get each word ready to apply to canister, lay each word on your sheet of clear contact paper rub the word onto the clear contact paper firmly, I use a wooden spoon for this. You will peel off the backing paper from the word at a 90 degree angle, this takes a little time to get it down working right so be patient and if you don't get it just keep working at it, go slow, peeling slow, if the letters still want to stick to the vinyl sheet you can carefully with tweezers or a fingernail and press it down to the clear sheet to help it peel.
Now you're going to want to line the contact paper up to where you are going to place it on the canister. Press firmly and again rub with your spoon or cricut tool to get it placed and smooth any air bubbles out and get it on firmly. Then peel off the clear contact paper slowly and again smooth by hand or tool each letter to make sure they are smooth.
There you have a new canister labeled and ready for your pantry or shelf. So pretty, make them in any color and you can get fancy with some outlines or curls if you like.
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