Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> "The Joneses" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Isabella Woodhouse" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >,
>>> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article >,
>>>> "Ted Mittelstaedt" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What it comes down to I think is will people pay extra for the jars
> and
>>>>> lids to say Ball or Kerr on them?
>>>> I prefer the lid says nothing.
>>> Me too. They used to have lines on them that you could write on but
>>> most pens didn't work well. I'd like pretty round stickers to come with
>>> the lids that I could write on--- like the ones that came with the 12 oz
>>> jelly jars.
>>>
>>> Isabella
>>>
>> I actually signed on to a website with a gal who made these labels, both
>> plain and fancy. A bit pricey, but pretty. Labelzine.com I think was the
>> website, I think. Never got any unwanted mailings or virus from them, but
>> too pricey for me.
>> Our Dutch Oven fancy cookstuff store has some nice labels, too. Or one
>> could investigate 2" or 2 1/4" circular labels from the office supply
> store.
>> I use cheapo plain address lables mashed on the front. I like plain glass
>> jars instead of the prettified ones.
>> Edrena
>>
>
> I use Sharpies also, although rarely. Mainly for stuff (like canned pears)
> that I would never give away as demand from the family for it is too
> great, and mainly to date it.
>
> For my jams I usually don't date them. Each year the new batch goes
> on the shelf in the basement and the remains of last years batch gets
> moved to the side - and from that pile, goes all the stuff given to
> casual friends and the church bazzar, etc. The family gets from the fresh
> batch.
>
> For the stuff that goes to the church bazzar what I do for labels is
> I print them up on plain 8.5x11 office paper on a laser printer then
> cut them out, and use rubber cement to glue them to the jars. I
> put what it is on the top, my contact info, and on the bottom I
> put a small label saying:
>
> "please re-use jar for food storage or return to Ted at the church office"
>
> I have actually gotten a number of them back this way. I don't
> work for the church but the receptionist there knows me and
> sets them aside for me.
>
> The only problem with donating them to the bazzar is they have
> no idea how to price them - the first year, they sold all 6 pints
> I donated for around $5 for the lot, in something like the first
> 5 minutes. I was kind of irritated at that one, although the
> folks who bought them told me a couple months later how
> much they liked them.
>
>
> Ted
>
>
Altar Society at our church had an auction last fall. Wife donated a
small painting, I donated an assortment of half-pints of jams and
jellies. Wife is well-known local artist, I am well-known ne'er-do-well
but both lots sold for over $100.00. The painting was probably worth
more, the jams and jellies were worth a lot less, at least that's my
opinion. Who knows what goes through auction bidder minds? The Shadow do!