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Mabel’s Labels Giveaway

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Confession: I like to label things. One might call it an obsessive compulsive tendency but I prefer to think it is because I was a teacher who loved to have an organized classroom. The only part of my first grade classroom that wasn’t orderly were my students’ cubbies. Cubbies were their domain and often a mess of forgotten papers, broken crayons, chewed on pencils, and abandoned clothes. Lots and lots of clothes!

Fast forward to motherhood and the year that Little Miss Techie entered preschool. No one had to tell me to label her stuff. Out came the Sharpie to mark everything with her name. I was determined not to have a stray mitten, lost sweater, or displaced hat in the school’s lost and found bin.

Shop Summer Camp Labels at Mabel's LabelsThanks to Mabel’s Labels you can label your child’s belongings without the worry of using your best teacher handwriting on your kids’ stuff. You can obsessively mark everything by slapping a label on it which will survive the dishwasher, microwave, or washer and dryer. They are also UV resistant.

Win a Camp/School Pack of Mabel’s Labels to use for the rest of the school year, for summer camp, or for next fall. The Mabel’s Labels Camp/School Pack is a $34 value and consists of:

To enter:

  • Leave a comment about how you prevent your child’s belongings from getting lost.
  • For a second entry, subscribe to the Tech Savvy Mama RSS or e-mail feed and leave a comment letting me know you have subscribed.

All comments must be received by Midnight on Tuesday, January 13, 2009.

Special thanks to The Giveaway Connection for providing this giveaway!

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Original post by Tech Savvy Mama ©2012

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  1. De in D.C. says

    I totally fail at labeling. It doesn’t help that we often buy previously owned clothing (especially coats) that already have other names written on the tags. I think the only reason more items haven’t gone missing is that I’m vigilant about checking that my son has his jacket whenever I pick him up from school. If he doesn’t, it’s straight back to the room to get it.

    (Gloves are another matter, and we go through at least two pair a winter.)

  7. Marci says

    My current labeling system does not work so well. I usually just write my daughter’s name in ball point pen on a piece of masking tape and stick it into the coat/hat/mitten because that’s the only thing I can find as I’m rushing out the door.

  8. Danetta says

    for my son’s lunch bag, he didn’t want me to write his name on it with permanent marker…like i do all his other stuff, so i went to the craft store and got a package of those plastic keychains that you can insert a picture into and i printed out his name on some paper and put it in the keychain, then put the keychain on the handle of his lunchbag.

    talonsmom731(at)gmail(dot)com

  10. Smiling Mama says

    I’m probably majorly pushing my luck to even try to win another of your awesome prizes, but I unable to prevent anything from getting lost! Seriously, I’m terrible at labeling Lucas’s things. I always think because it is a small daycare that his stuff won’t get lost. But, that doesn’t take into consideration that all 5 of them seem to have the same Dora or Diego cup, etc. These would be fabulous! I’ve been subscribed to your feed (first RSS now Google Reader) since I found you 🙂

  11. T with Honey says

    Luckily since Princess is almost 4 there isn’t too much I need to worry about her losing at day care. I packed my daughter’s extra clothes in a gallon size zip lock bag that has her name written on it. But her coat and snow pants are labeled with a Sharpie. Legible but not as pretty as these labels.

  13. Elaine A. says

    I have labels that ordered ages ago when my oldest was in daycare that I still use on his stuff but I NEED some for my youngest!

    And sometimes I just break out the ole Sharpie! ; )

  15. The Clever Mom says

    I’ve usually just used a sharpie 🙂 Mostly I ensure my son doesn’t lose his stuff by engendering a high degree of desire for any hats and things – he never lets them out of his sight then! Haha! I would love some real labels, though 🙂

  18. Jodi says

    I use ptouch tags on everything possible but also try to keep track of what he takes where and follow-up immediately if I find something’s missing…great giveaway!

  20. Stimey says

    I love labels too. I personally own two label makers. I keep things from getting lost by obsessively checking on them, AND, more importantly, by not letting them take too many precious toys and things out of the house.

  22. Mrs. Hemphill's Online Classroom says

    Sharpies are a mom of boys’ best friend. Our last name is sharpied in and on almost everything! In addition, all the neighborhood moms are on Facebook so we’re constantly posting our “Missing” items- for example, today I posted “missing silver helmet.” If you have seen it, please label and return.

  23. Candice says

    I have 2 boys and they will be wearing each other’s hand-me-downs. I use a Sharpie to write our last name on things! 🙂

    I can’t stand to lose anything!

    onlycancan at hotmail dot com

  25. MOMFOREVERANDEVER says

    I need to label more, and the irons would make it so its easily looked and and identified as my childs..

    more and more kids swipe others things and really why- so maybe the mom will see the tag and bring it back

  27. windycindy says

    These labels look great and are so useful! Please enter me in your fabulous giveaway drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

  29. redred says

    I’ve just started the process of labelling everything with Mabel’s labels. However even labels don’t work when your child throws their mitts away while in tow…my trick is those mitts with strings and if you don’t have the strings already attached, some strong yarn does the trick!

  32. Sab says

    We LABEL EVERYTHING using MABELS LABELS! (Including my tupperware that leaves my house) We are in need of some more so winning a set would be fantastic!

  34. Julie says

    I have always wrote my children’s names on everything with pen or marker which doesn’t last. Your tag mates sound wonderful and would make the life of a mom with four boys much easier!

  35. Valerie says

    I’m a Sharpie girl too but Sharpie doesn’t work on Stainless Steel bottles used in our quest to elimnate plastic! I bought some Mabel’s Labels for my kids and the little guy I baby sit now I want some for me!!!

    Valerie

  38. Mimi aka pz5wjj says

    Oh boy! How do I keep their things from being lost? I really don’t have an answer… I try to keep their stuff at home and continually remind them to bring stuff home!

    And I’ll be subscribing to your feed as soon as I post this comment!

  41. Susan Smith says

    I use Mabel Labels for all my kids’ items to prevent anything from getting lost. I use them on my daughter’s ballet shoes that way they do not get mixed up with all the other ballet shoes that get taken off when starting the Acro class after the ballet class

  42. Susan Smith says

    I love the shoe labels. My daughter’s ballet shoes never gets mixed up with all the others in her class thanks to her name being on it using the mabel label labels

  43. Kimberly says

    I’ve used the white address labels that I print from home – but they wash off and don’t stick well to cloth items. Thanks for the contest! I hope I win!!!!

  45. Louise says

    I sneaked a sheet of my own labels into the laser printer at work to get some kinda-sorta-permanent name labels for my daughter’s daycare stuff. I also have a special fuschia Sharpie just for labelling the ziploc bags that I send the (always full outfits!) spare clothes to school in. Mabel’s Labels would be a treat to another compulsive labeller!

  47. Anissa Mayhew says

    No kidding! I bought my first set before school this year and they are fantastic..all the clothes still have labels like it’s the first day, laundry every week hasn’t touched ’em. This is the first year that my kids haven’t lost all their stuff at camp as well, it really does work. I put them in their books and inside their backpacks and duffels.. They are so worth the money.

  48. Tracye says

    I use the old-school way: Sharpie markers! On EVERYTHING! It really bugs me when the marker bleeds from the tags to the clothing, though.

  49. julied says

    I use a Sharpie most often, but they just don’t work well on hats, mitten, or dark clothing. Iron on clothing labels would work great.

  51. sunnymum says

    My system (take a mental inventory) doesn’t work too well at preventing lost items, but we haven’t had any major items lost yet. I’d love to try these labels!

  52. Davina says

    I’m horrible at labeling. I’ve been meaning for so long to get label stickers for my kids bottles and sippy cups and am almost at the stage where they need labels in their jackets, so I’d love to win this.
    thanks,
    Davina
    davina (dot) perret (at) gmail (dot) com

  54. Danielle says

    I would love Mabels Labels. I am getting tired of plastering sons school stuff with ugly black Sharpee 🙂 Doesn’t help his stuff from getting lost, but hopefully makes it easier to get returned if/when he does lose it.

  64. Naomi says

    This sounds obvious, but I try to teach my kids to keep track of their things if we’re taking them out of the house. Labels definitely help, but a kid who says “mom, where’s my sippy?” is even better…

  66. alex says

    I love this website. this was a great idea to get people to see what you are doing here. I am definitely going to subscribe. I also am a huge fan of Mabel’s Labels. I write names in things with Sharpies and just NAG NAG NAG. So, these labels would absolutely help my cause. thank you.

  72. Steph says

    I used to be a sharpie girl but I hated how it looked. Then I found Mabel’s on Facebook of all things! I love the Camp Pack. We got it for our son for school (18 mos) but now we have a little girl starting in the next couple of weeks and need to make sure her cute little pink stuff comes home with us!

  75. Miss Vicki says

    Oh, I’m just a Sharpie girl, too, but certainly need a better way! and labels look like THE WAY ! Great offer!

    I joined via e-mail, and thanks! Great site!
    Miss Vic

  78. socmama says

    I’m really bad at keeping my sons’ things from getting lost. Sometimes I use a sharpie, but labels sure would be nicer. Thanks for the entry!

  84. Stephanie S. says

    Hi, I have used another brand of labels (babylabels) for my big kid, but I have no labels yet for the baby. This would be a good test drive to sample a different brand of labels. I’ve put the dishwasher-safe labels on rubbermaid stuff, kid cups, even kid pool toys, and I’ve done iron on clothing labels in the clothes that go to school.

    If I were doing it over, I might just do the last name, so the labels would be accurate for both kids when they become hand-me-downs.

  86. Leah says

    I just keep my eyes wide open! : )))
    Only way I can keep track of my ds’s sweet things….at least most things! : )))

    Thanks so much for this fabulous give~away! : )))

    leahita[at]gmail[dot]com

  88. Jessica says

    I use Mabel’s Labels for most things. I got a set for my daughter when she started daycare last year. I’ll need a new set for her little sister expected soon!

  89. amweeks says

    Up til now, Sharpie markers & I have been best friends for labeling my children’s things. But Mabel’s Labels look like a much better way for me to go!

  91. Xenia says

    I’m not so good at labeling things but I’m definitely a freak about checking to make sure we have everything every time I bring my daughters anywhere. When we get up to leave I always double and triple check to make sure something hasn’t been left behind – using these labels would probably give me some peace of mind that even if something did get left that I would be able to get it back!

    Thanks!
    xpsundell(at)gmail(dot)com