lovinmylabels to receive 10% off your purchase.  Offer expires August 31, 2010. Click here to order!

Have a “lovable” day!

Karin

Madonna Cramer and Tiffany Howard

Congratulations ladies!

For all those that entered, I do have a coupon code for you to help you with your back to school labeling needs.
At checkout enter lovinmylabels to receive 10% off your order. This coupon code expires August 31, 2010 – Click here to order!

Thanks to all that entered!  We had a great response this year and it will only get better.   Be sure to follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter for more chances to win!

Have a “Lovable” day!

Karin

The Back To School pack contains:
· 15 Sticker Labels
· 40 Slimline Labels
· 72 Press N’ Stick Clothing DOTS™
· 12 Shoe Labels
· 2 Mini-Metal Tags
· 12 Square Labels

As with all the labels from Lovable Labels, the labels in the Back To School pack are dishwasher, microwave and laundry safe.

As always the Back To School pack is available in traditional Radical Red, Nautical Blue, or Classic Black colors.  But this years pack is even better with some new color combinations!  Check these out – Polka dot me, Sporty, Diva, Movin n’ Groovin, Be Bright, Be Girly, or Nature Lover.  So many to choose from!  To see a sample of all the packs – Click Here!

This pack is valued at $44.95, but 2 lucky winners will get it for free!

There are multiple ways you can enter to win one of these great label packs:

1.  Post a comment below and tell me why you want to win.

2.  Sign up to receive our Enews & Updates on the top right side of the page.

3.  Facebook – “Like” Lovable Labels us on Facebook with a post saying t Love To Label sent you.

4.  Twitter- Tweet about our contest with a link to this page. Make sure you add @KarinMagar to the post so I can verify it!

5.  Do you have a blog? – Link our contest page to your blog. Send us an email at k.magar@lovetolabel.com – letting us know you’ve done so, with the link the link to your blog.

No purchase necessary, but you need to enter to win. Contest ends at midnight August 16, 2010 and winners will be chosen randomly.

Good Luck Everyone!

The Label Lady – Karin Magar

Organizational skills.  What?  Yeah – the word skills is in that comment for a reason.  It is a skill, and it is a skill that unless it is relating to my work I am honestly kind of lost.  Growing up my mom was an incredibly determined neat freak but not an organized one.  So that is what I do.  I am the queen of picking up my kids room and putting things away but I always end up forgetting where I put the only doll she ever wants.

So I have been researching some tactics to conquer this habitual problem I have; keeping track of the kids stuff.

Big Plastic Buckets

I know, they sound ugly and can take up some real estate in your little ones room but so can mounds of disorganized toys spread out on their floor.  Try labeling each of the buckets with a picture that represents what goes in it.  Don’t get too detailed here just a simple stick figure for dolls, picture of blocks for blocks, and so on.  This will help teach your child to organize their room themselves (its all about breaking the cycle!)

The Dreaded Drawer of Disaster

Is it just my child who has dresser drawers that looks like a bomb exploded in it?  Every Saturday when we are rushing to get out the door to make it to dance class her leotard and tights can never be found, like clockworks!  I have recently decided to take the idea behind my big plastic buckets and use it with the dresser.  Why not take some scotch tape and magazine cut outs and place them on the drawers to help teach the child to organize and remember where things go.

Now for the slightly older kids:

Homework

If this post was listed by most difficult things to keep track of this would have been the first item on the list!  But how do you keep track of your child’s homework?  It seems the older they get the more difficult and painful (for the child) it becomes.

Lets focus on children in grades K-3.  I have found that an “in box” styled dumping ground works best.  When they come home just have them dump their homework folder and any other hand outs into that inbox.

*Fight the urge to ask for their homework in the car if you pick them up – that may cause a chance for the homework to get lost in the shuffle.  Go through the inbox with your child and go over their homework with them.  Once it is complete move it to the “outbox” and leave it there until they are ready to pack it up for the next day.  No more asking “where’s your homework?” or “did you have homework?”

I know – you think I am passing off the responsibility of keeping track of items on my kids.  Busted!  Kind of!

I have looked at a lot of my friends and fellow WAHM’s and I have found a common denominator with many of them.  Teamwork.  In order for their households to run smoothly and for everything to be accounted for, including each other, there needs to be a good amount of team work and division of the household chores and responsibilities.

The list of things that need to be kept track of when it comes to our sons and daughters is almost limitless.  Homework, School Trips, Grades, Sports, dances, hobbies, etc.  It is highly recommended to have a shared family calendar in a community spot in the house.  Color code each family member’s activities so they can easily be seen.  Starting with these simple little items can really help alleviate the stress and blame with one another when things are not going according to plan!

Do you have any expert suggestions on ways to help keep track of things in the home when it comes to the kids?  Please share!

For more great ideas for family and home be sure to visit Mom’s Resource Blog.

Facebook Love!

Would you like to have the opportunity to win an Ultimate Camp Pack from Lovable Labels?  You can, if you become a fan of us on Facebook!

Here is how to enter…. go to our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/lovable.labels and become a fan by clicking on the “like” button at the top.

Once we have 250 people, I will randomly pick a fan from the group and announce it on the page.  I will also contact the winner via facebook to let them know they have won.

So what do you have to loose?  Except the new jacket you purchased for your child next year?  LOL!

Fan us on FaceBook and have a chance to win an Ultimate Camp Pack from Lovable Labels.

See you on FaceBook!

I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you. My daughters blankie went missing at daycare and after two days of them not finding it in her classroom (or the one above and below hers) I was starting to get frustrated. On day three a teacher in a class several groups younger than hers recognized the label from when my daughter had been in her class. We have been using them since she started at 3 months old. And I think having a consisted label made the difference of finally finding her blanket! Now I just have to figure out how it got in that classroom, but that is next week mission. I now have a happy daughter who won’t let the ‘my pink blanket’ out of her sight.

Thank you again!

I love hearing testimonies like these! It makes me very proud to be apart of such a wonderful company like Lovable Labels.

If you have a story you would like to share – please comment below. I would love to hear them!

Enjoy!
Karin

Polka Dots

All I can say is WOW!

There is something for everyone…Polka dots, Sporty, Diva, Movin n’ Groovin, Be Bright, Be Girly, Nature Lover – So many to choose from!

The Ultimate Camp Pack includes:

Sporty

• 15 Regular Sticker Labels
• 40 Slimline Sticker Labels
• 72 Press n’Stick Clothing DOTS
• 12 Shoe Labels
• 2 Mini-Metal Tags
• 12 Square Labels

As always the labels are:

• Waterproof
• Dishwasher / Microwave Safe
• Laundry and Dryer Safe
  

  Diva

• Sun Safe
• Bleach Safe
• Sunscreen and Temperature Safe

These are sure to be a big hit…and I can’t wait to get mine!  For my girls I got the Polka Dot packs.

Which one do you like best?

Click Here to see all the different packs.

Round Metal Tags - Made from Stainless Steel, these tags are waterproof and weatherproof! Ideal for backpacks, duffle bags, diaper bags, key chains and more. Tag all your bags in style! Personalize your tags with your name and a fun icon!

6 Tags per pack.  Each tag is 1 1/2″ in diameter.

ZipIt! Tags - Tag all your zippers from jackets, sweaters, hoodies to pencil cases and back packs! So cool, everyone will be asking where you got them!  ZipIt! Tags come in either cool or pretty colors.

12 Tags come in a pack.  Each tag is 3/4″ circle.

So whether you like your zippers tags to be more colorful or more traditional – Lovable Labels has a bag tag to suit your preferences. Now the hard part will be choosing an icon to use.

Looking for a unique and useful personalized gift idea this Valentines or just need more labels to stock up?

This limited time only Friendship Pack was designed with the essentials in mind!

Wrapped in a pretty red foil package the recipient will receive:

• 6 adorable heart or star  shaped Fun Stickies
• 30 Regular Stickers
• 30 Slimline Stickers
• 16 Press n’ Stick Clothing Dots (4 Lg., 4 Med., 8 Sm.)
• 8 Shoe Labels
• 2 of our Original “Heart” or “Star” Bag Tags.h

Click Here to see more of the Friendship Packs

Hurry – This offer expires February 28, 2010

Happy Valentines Day!

Teachers get an assortment of gifts from their students every year.  Make your gift unique with Lovable Labels.

Here are some gift ideas for your child’s teacher:

• Sampler/Starter Pack - great if you know the teacher has children and know their names.
• Regular or Slimline Sticker Labels - Put your teachers name on it, so they can label all their personal items they use in the classroom (ie. rulers, staplers, books, videos, etc…) They will never loose a classroom supply again!
• Ultimate Classroom Bundle - The perfect solution to help teachers label and keep everything organized, from files, bins, supplies, and books.
• Personalized Note Cards - Great for all the correspondence teachers send home – especially the notes of praise about your child!

Any gift from Lovable Labels is sure to be a gift your child’s teacher has never gotten!

Enjoy!

Karin