Good Country Candle Label Finds

I thought I’d share a couple good resources for candle labels after searching for reasonably priced products.

First there’s Kountry Expressions. They specialize in creating labels for crafters and candle makers with prices beginning as low as $1.50 for a sheet of 30.

You can either pick a premade label with a graphic or have a custom made one. The custom labels are the same price! There’s a wide variety of products to choose from and you can have your business cards, bag toppers, labels and matchbooks all match.

Then there’s Just Country Designs. They specialize in small quantity orders, which is a rare find! Everyone has to start somewhere, so it’s nice that they let you try smaller samples.

Their set-up is a little different because there are only 3 different labels to choose from. You then choose one of the available candle graphics to personalize it further. Of course you also pick the font and color that you like. They cost only $2.50 for a sheet of 30.

It might be worth checking out because I certainly couldn’t print candle labels myself for that price! The ink is expensive and these labels are done on a laser printer, which is better quality than my ink jet anyway.

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier.

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project.

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible.

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge.

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects.

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy.

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project.

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Xandy Peters]

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