I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9

I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
I expect to use a cork stopper.

What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.

Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.

Thanks.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
>I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>
> I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
> What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
> Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> rec.food.cooking
> Preserved Fruit Administrator
> "Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

Sealing wax and a Crest - If you can find an imprint of the herb all the
better.


--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

"Dimitri" > wrote in news:_duek.28869$co7.1102
@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com:

>
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
>> belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>>
>> I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
>> I expect to use a cork stopper.
>>
>> What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
>> appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>>
>> Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
>> I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --
>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>> rec.food.cooking
>> Preserved Fruit Administrator
>> "Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene
>
> Sealing wax and a Crest - If you can find an imprint of the herb all the
> better.
>
>

Barb....teach me how to Fwoof. Perhaphs the flowers of the herbs inside the
bottle

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:08:32 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
>belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>
>I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
>I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
>What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
>appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
>Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
>I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>
>Thanks.

I'd use Raffia wrapped a couple of times around the neck of the bottle
down where it starts to flare out. Before I made the final tie I'd hot
glue on some of the fresh herb used in the vinegar.

koko
--
There is no love more sincere than the love of food.
George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 7/06

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.

Inside the bottle, flakes of gold leaf.

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:08:32 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
>belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>
>I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
>I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
>What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
>appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
>Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
>I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>
>Thanks.

I'd suggest pearls.

Okay, a medal hanging from the neck might not work because the neck is
pretty long and the hangy-thingy would droop lower to an
indecisive-looking middle. I'm one for a fairly radical asymmetry (in
terms of the distribution of visual emphasis along the vertical axis
in this case -- obviously the bottle is bilaterally symmetrical). You
could emphasize the cork in terms of color and/or texture with sealing
wax maybe.
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in
:

> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:08:32 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>>I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
>>belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>>
>>I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
>>I expect to use a cork stopper.
>>
>>What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
>>appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>>
>>Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
>>I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
> I'd suggest pearls.
>
> Okay, a medal hanging from the neck might not work because the neck is
> pretty long and the hangy-thingy would droop lower to an
> indecisive-looking middle. I'm one for a fairly radical asymmetry (in
> terms of the distribution of visual emphasis along the vertical axis
> in this case -- obviously the bottle is bilaterally symmetrical). You
> could emphasize the cork in terms of color and/or texture with sealing
> wax maybe.
> --
>
> modom
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>

The use of edible flowers inside the bottles? A real fancy label in more
than 3 colors. Coloured yarn used to accent twisted around and around the
neck just below the sealed cork?
--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:08:32 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> >belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
> >
> >I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> >I expect to use a cork stopper.
> >
> >What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> >appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
> >
> >Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> >I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
> >
> >Thanks.
>
> I'd suggest pearls.

Mmmmm, if I thought the judges would 'get it', I'd consider it.

> Okay, a medal hanging from the neck might not work because the neck is
> pretty long and the hangy-thingy would droop lower to an
> indecisive-looking middle.

Understood.

> I'm one for a fairly radical asymmetry (in
> terms of the distribution of visual emphasis along the vertical axis
> in this case -- obviously the bottle is bilaterally symmetrical).

H u h ? ? ?

> You could emphasize the cork in terms of color and/or texture with
> sealing wax maybe. --

>
> modom
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Thanks, Modom.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

In article >,
wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:08:32 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> >belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
> >
> >I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> >I expect to use a cork stopper.
> >
> >What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> >appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
> >
> >Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> >I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
> >
> >Thanks.
>
> I'd use Raffia wrapped a couple of times around the neck of the bottle
> down where it starts to flare out. Before I made the final tie I'd hot
> glue on some of the fresh herb used in the vinegar.
>
> koko
> --

Man, I gotta practice. . . .
I'm thinking a fresh herb hot glued would be limp by the time I put the
glue gun away, Koko. :-( I like the idea of gluing something to
something else, though. Maybe I'll hit Tuesday Morning to see what they
might have for ideas. Or Michael's.

Thanks, Koko!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
>I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>
> I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
> What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
> Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> rec.food.cooking
> Preserved Fruit Administrator
> "Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

Are they clear? The pic makes them look frosted. That would make a
difference

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:54:07 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:08:32 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
>> >belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>> >
>> >I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
>> >I expect to use a cork stopper.
>> >
>> >What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
>> >appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>> >
>> >Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
>> >I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>>
>> I'd suggest pearls.
>
>Mmmmm, if I thought the judges would 'get it', I'd consider it.

Well, it was a thought.
>
>> Okay, a medal hanging from the neck might not work because the neck is
>> pretty long and the hangy-thingy would droop lower to an
>> indecisive-looking middle.
>
>Understood.

I've changed my mind. Of course. I played around with your photo --
I put some tarragon in it: http://i35.tinypic.com/dwtf13.jpg

That's my suggestion (minimal) on the right. I tried painting in some
red sealing wax on the neck and it looked crummy. I think it's
because the bottle is designed very intelligently to reflect our sense
of gravity: the weight is greatest at the bottom, which gives it a
sense of stability even though it's tall and curvy. Putting lipstick
on the mouth conflicts with the design's sense of steadiness by
irrationally emphasizing the top. The top is already emphasized
enough by virtue of being a moment of physical termination.

So my new suggestion is to use its sense of stability -- go with the
flow, that is.
>
>> I'm one for a fairly radical asymmetry (in
>> terms of the distribution of visual emphasis along the vertical axis
>> in this case -- obviously the bottle is bilaterally symmetrical).
>
>H u h ? ? ?

Sorry, I compressed too much in what I wrote. The left hand image in
the picture I posted is a variation of bilateral symmetry I made by
cutting the bottle in half and switching sides left to right: the
mirror image looks the same in either the original or my
cut-and-paste. The left half is a mirror of the right half. That's
bilateral symmetry.

But the bottle is not symmetrical top-to-bottom. The top is not a
mirror image of the bottom. That's the axis (up and down) I thought
we should consider when we embellish the design and why a light visual
moment that harmonizes with the wider and visually more massive bottom
seems apt. At first, I had it upside down, so to speak.

By the way, I think it's lovely that you're using Pastorio's bottles
for this competition.
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

"Melba's Jammin'" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
>I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>
> I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
> What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
> Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>
> Thanks.

I used to wrap and tie the cork down with raffia and then form a seal using
purple colored wax. I tinted it with sealing wax tablets from the
stationery store.

In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> I've changed my mind. Of course. I played around with your photo --
> I put some tarragon in it: http://i35.tinypic.com/dwtf13.jpg

> modom

Link doesn't work, Modom. Hal-l-l-p. I'm itching to look at what
you've done. If you want to email me, just put a dot between my first
and last names on the earthlink address to bypass the spam filter.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:08:32 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
>belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>
>I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
>I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
>What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
>appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
>Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
>I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>
>Thanks.


Find or take pictures of each herb used and put them on a label.

In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
> > I've changed my mind. Of course. I played around with your photo --
> > I put some tarragon in it: http://i35.tinypic.com/dwtf13.jpg
>
> > modom
>
> Link doesn't work, Modom. Hal-l-l-p. I'm itching to look at what
> you've done. If you want to email me, just put a dot between my first
> and last names on the earthlink address to bypass the spam filter.

I tried the link again and it works. And I'm starting to wonder if
trying to do too much fancifying on those bottles would be gilding a
lily. They're pretty cool all by themselves.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

In article >,
"Woolstitcher" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...

> >I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear.
(snipped)
>
> Are they clear? The pic makes them look frosted. That would make a
> difference

They are clear.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

In article >,
The Cook > wrote:

> Find or take pictures of each herb used and put them on a label.

Yes, that's sounding good to me, too. I have to dig for some pics I've
made of previous years' winners so you can see what's won in the past.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Woolstitcher" > wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>> >I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear.
> (snipped)
>>
>> Are they clear? The pic makes them look frosted. That would make a
>> difference
>
> They are clear.
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> rec.food.cooking
> Preserved Fruit Administrator
> "Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

ok, your going to say that this is too hard. It's not. Chemical etching.
Really, it's VERY simple.
LMK, if you want more info.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>
> I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
> What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
> Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ


Any good at painting on glass? That always goes over well at fairs. Have
printed up fancy labels with copyright-free art on them for our own use.
Could do raffia but most people do that...add beads or crystals if
that's not done routinely where you live.

In article >,
"Woolstitcher" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Woolstitcher" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >
> >> >I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear.
> > (snipped)
> >>
> >> Are they clear? The pic makes them look frosted. That would make a
> >> difference
> >
> > They are clear.
> >
> > --
> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> > rec.food.cooking
> > Preserved Fruit Administrator
> > "Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene
>
> ok, your going to say that this is too hard. It's not. Chemical etching.
> Really, it's VERY simple.
> LMK, if you want more info.


Whoa!!! Now, THAT would rock!!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:59:31 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> wrote:

>> I'd use Raffia wrapped a couple of times around the neck of the bottle
>> down where it starts to flare out. Before I made the final tie I'd hot
>> glue on some of the fresh herb used in the vinegar.
>>

>Man, I gotta practice. . . .
>I'm thinking a fresh herb hot glued would be limp by the time I put the
>glue gun away, Koko. :-( I like the idea of gluing something to
>something else, though.

Maybe you could make a leaf rubbing imprint of the herb onto some
attractive paper and use that in your label.

Tara

In article >, Arri London >
wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >
> > I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> > belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
> >
> > I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> > I expect to use a cork stopper.
> >
> > What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> > appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
> >
> > Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> > I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
>
>
> Any good at painting on glass? That always goes over well at fairs. Have
> printed up fancy labels with copyright-free art on them for our own use.
> Could do raffia but most people do that...add beads or crystals if
> that's not done routinely where you live.


I'm walking a fine line, Arri. I'd like to have something really cool
without going over the top and beads and crystals might be over the top.
:-) I found a couple pics of displays at the Fair and will post them
to my jamlady.eboard.com site in a couple minutes.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

In article >, Arri London >
wrote:

> Any good at painting on glass? That always goes over well at fairs. Have
> printed up fancy labels with copyright-free art on them for our own use.
> Could do raffia but most people do that...add beads or crystals if
> that's not done routinely where you live.

I posted a couple pictures from the 2002 Fair -- the lot is for a
display of herbed or flavored vinegars. Now they've split it into two
lots, one for herbed, one for flavored. http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

In article >,
Tara > wrote:
> Maybe you could make a leaf rubbing imprint of the herb onto some
> attractive paper and use that in your label.
>
> Tara
Ooooh, I'm liking that idea, Tara -- thanks.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
rec.food.cooking
Preserved Fruit Administrator
"Always in a jam. Never in a stew." - Evergene

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
>> Any good at painting on glass? That always goes over well at fairs. Have
>> printed up fancy labels with copyright-free art on them for our own use.
>> Could do raffia but most people do that...add beads or crystals if
>> that's not done routinely where you live.
>
> I posted a couple pictures from the 2002 Fair -- the lot is for a
> display of herbed or flavored vinegars. Now they've split it into two
> lots, one for herbed, one for flavored. http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
>
They look rather plain to my eye. A few with a small tie of raffia on
the neck but otherwise plain.

If you are able to label them with contents only I would make a fancy
label for that purpose, otherwise go with plain like everyone else.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:47:43 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>>
>> > I've changed my mind. Of course. I played around with your photo --
>> > I put some tarragon in it: http://i35.tinypic.com/dwtf13.jpg
>>
>> > modom
>>
>> Link doesn't work, Modom. Hal-l-l-p. I'm itching to look at what
>> you've done. If you want to email me, just put a dot between my first
>> and last names on the earthlink address to bypass the spam filter.
>
>I tried the link again and it works. And I'm starting to wonder if
>trying to do too much fancifying on those bottles would be gilding a
>lily. They're pretty cool all by themselves.

I totally agree. If you can get the herbs in the vinegar to look
beautiful, you've won.
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On Mon 14 Jul 2008 01:10:16p, Melba's Jammin' told us...

> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
>> Any good at painting on glass? That always goes over well at fairs. Have
>> printed up fancy labels with copyright-free art on them for our own use.
>> Could do raffia but most people do that...add beads or crystals if
>> that's not done routinely where you live.
>
> I posted a couple pictures from the 2002 Fair -- the lot is for a
> display of herbed or flavored vinegars. Now they've split it into two
> lots, one for herbed, one for flavored. http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
>

Barb, I paersonally think that less is more. I do like the idea that
someone mentioned, of sealing the cork with rafia and wax. I wouldn't do
too much to the bottles, so as to let the contents speak for themselves.
Herbal vinegars in particular.

--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Monday, 07(VII)/14(XIV)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
It's better to trip and end up on the
floor, than to not trip and end up on
the floor for no particular reason.
-------------------------------------------

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>
> I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
> What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.

Not herb vinegar, *beetroot* vinegar! See, for example,
<https://secure.inforum.at/essigladen/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=84>.

As to jazzin' 'em up, apply some pysanki-like ornaments on the bottles
in a few places - they'll be unique. Also put some greenery, etc. in
the bottles, something like this:
<http://terrahsdawn.blogspot.com/2008/01/3-uses-for-vinegar.html>.

Bubba

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> I expect to use a cork stopper.
>
> What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
> Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.

A little red, yellow, or green food coloring will
greatly enhance their visual appeal without affecting
the recipe. It may enhance the sensory evaluation,
if any, through placebo effect. It give the impression
of having a high load of flavoring extractives.

If you insist on all-natural ingrediants, colors
can be extracted from various materials, such as
tumeric (curcumin), spinach (chlorophyll), or the
dreaded beets (betalain). These sources are not
flavor-neutral.

"Tara" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:59:31 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> wrote:
>
>>> I'd use Raffia wrapped a couple of times around the neck of the bottle
>>> down where it starts to flare out. Before I made the final tie I'd hot
>>> glue on some of the fresh herb used in the vinegar.
>>>
>
>>Man, I gotta practice. . . .
>>I'm thinking a fresh herb hot glued would be limp by the time I put the
>>glue gun away, Koko. :-( I like the idea of gluing something to
>>something else, though.
>
> Maybe you could make a leaf rubbing imprint of the herb onto some
> attractive paper and use that in your label.
>
> Tara

Get Becky and Sam to help. Let Sam do the rubbing, and you could state
'darling granddaughter' did the label during drop off....hey, a little of
the 'aaawwww, ain't that sweet' factor wouldn't hurt.
-ginny

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > >
> > > I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
> > > belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
> > >
> > > I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
> > > I expect to use a cork stopper.
> > >
> > > What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
> > > appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
> > >
> > > Labels? Tags? Seal? Fwoofy stuff? Raffia? Metal?
> > > I'm open to suggestions and looking for help.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > --
> > > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> >
> >
> > Any good at painting on glass? That always goes over well at fairs. Have
> > printed up fancy labels with copyright-free art on them for our own use.
> > Could do raffia but most people do that...add beads or crystals if
> > that's not done routinely where you live.
>
> I'm walking a fine line, Arri. I'd like to have something really cool
> without going over the top and beads and crystals might be over the top.
> :-) I found a couple pics of displays at the Fair and will post them
> to my jamlady.eboard.com site in a couple minutes.
> --
>

LOL around here beads and crystals would be de rigeur and not the least
bit OTT.
Pics wouldn't download for me but that's not your fault.

Perhaps a little 'rustic' braided cord around the necks a la Chianti
bottles?

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> > Any good at painting on glass? That always goes over well at fairs. Have
> > printed up fancy labels with copyright-free art on them for our own use.
> > Could do raffia but most people do that...add beads or crystals if
> > that's not done routinely where you live.
>
> I posted a couple pictures from the 2002 Fair -- the lot is for a
> display of herbed or flavored vinegars. Now they've split it into two
> lots, one for herbed, one for flavored. http://www.jamlady.eboard.com
>
> --


OK used a different browser so it downloaded this time. Not a lot to
choose from really. Can you layer herbs, lemon slices, chiles etc in the
bottles like the commercial producers do?

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:55:04 +0200, (Victor Sack)
wrote:

>Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
>> I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They
>> belonged to Row-behr-to Pastorio. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9
>>
>> I want to put herb vinegar in them and enter them in the Fair.
>> I expect to use a cork stopper.
>>
>> What can I do to jazz them up? They will be judged solely on their
>> appearance as a group of five bottles. I'm not good at this stuff.
>
>Not herb vinegar, *beetroot* vinegar! See, for example,
><https://secure.inforum.at/essigladen/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=84>.
>

'Try it and you will never miss it.'?

your pal,
blake
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

blake murphy > wrote:

> (Victor Sack) wrote:
> >
> >Not herb vinegar, *beetroot* vinegar! See, for example,
><https://secure.inforum.at/essigladen...o.php?products
> _id=84>.
>
> 'Try it and you will never miss it.'?

Some of those öde Ösis will say anything to try and keep really good
stuff to themselves...

Victor