Simply Brilliant Canning Labels
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One of my brilliant readers sent me the neatest idea for canning labels and I just absolutely love them. They even gave me permission to share them with you so that you can love them, too! These are so much nicer than sticker labels and there is no residue to deal with. I just know you’ll think this idea is as neat as I do!
From Lee:
These canning jar “lid labels” are made from card stock and they are very simple. The best part is that they are not glued or stuck onto to the jars. If you want, they could even be re-used or laminated. With a little digging on the internet for clip art you can find something for just about anything you want to can.
I have attached my word files I used to print the labels, feel free to have them and share them at will. After you have edited the document, use one of your jar rings to make everything can bee seen in the ring opening. I then print them out on both sides of the card-stock. If you use both documents they will line up when you flip the card stock over. However, I do suggest a quick test print on plain paper to see if it is all set and looks good first.
After you have them printed, use the jar ring and a sharp pencil to trace the outside of the ring while trying to get as close to the “underside” of the curve as you can. The closer you can trace the ring, the easier it is to simply cut along the edges of the pencil line and have it fit inside the canning ring perfectly. If you wish to laminate the labels, print them out, trace the circles and then have your local office store laminate the whole sheet before cutting them out.
Here are the ones I made for my Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam that I am canning tomorrow.
As you see, there is plenty of room for what ever you wish to print inside the lid.
There should be more than enough room for a full ingredient list too!
To download these labels which can be easily personalized to suit your needs, please click the files below.
Download Labels front
Download Labels Back
Thank you so very much to Lee for sending this in to me! Here are the results!
I’ll never use stickers again!
Gratefully,
Christy 🙂
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What a great idea! 2-sided, who knew? I especially love the “please return” reminder 🙂
That is a really nice touch!
VERY CLEVER!! thanks for sharing!
I watched Alton Brown’s Good Eats canning episode yesterday, and he strongly urges you to remove the ring prior to storing your canned goods. The lid stays in place without it, and the ring may make it harder to notice if the contents have gone bad. He goes on to say that once a seal is good, it’s very rare that a can goes bad, but it was still an interesting tip!
Removing the rings also allows you to only buy the lids and keep reusing the rings 🙂
I always store jars without their rings for the reasons mentioned. If they are jars I’ll be using at home I just write on the lid with permanent marker. I also can jams/jellies, etc. for sale at our Farmers’ Market. I could use this idea, adding the ingredient information we are required to include, and only add the label and ring when I’m offering them for sale.
I’ve been printing my own labels on full-sheet self-stick address label stock, but I hate sticking the labels on the jar – they are always hard to remove. Plus the ink runs if it gets damp with the rain, or even with our humidity. This way I’ll avoid both problems! Thanks you so much for the idea! (To make it even easier, I have a ‘Crikut’ cutter with a round template that should be able to cut round circles the perfect size!)
We have never removed them, leaving them on is a great place to store them for next time. When my jars are empty, I wash them and put the ring back on without the lid so I know I have a ring for every jar. Those without rings are because their ring got old and dented so I need to buy new ones.
But I have also read in the newer canning books that it is a good idea to remove them once the canning process is complete. The older canning recipes never says a word about the rings and I learned to can from watching my mom who did it the old way. She even did it with the wax for sealing sometimes. That wa when the lids came in 3 pieces. Ring, gasket and glass lid. Wish I had some of her old jars but they went the way of her recipe book. Hope whoever has them makes good use of them.
Rhubarb? Explain why you added it? What does it taste like?
Strawberries needed company?
I’m surprised there’s someone out there who’s never had strawberry-rhubarb something or other. The strawberries give it the sweetness and the rhubarb gives it just the slightest zing that gets ya right in the jaw. My husband loves strawberry-rhubarb everything!
It’s too bad I don’t can anymore!
Fabulous idea! And, it would be an excuse for me to drag out some of my scrapbooking goodies to use to cut these… hmmmm….. thanks for sharing!