Growing up, my parents labelmaker was red and I loved using it to label everything :) When I was 17 and got my first job at McDonalds, they punched out "LEIGH-ANN" in blue and I had to hide my excitement. At my apartment/dorm in bible school, my 121 on the buzzer was yellow and I grinned everyday as I walked in. Nothings changed, I still love punched labels and over the last few years, I've discovered the machine designs are even better than I could of imagined and I feel a new collection coming on... these are the one's I'm keeping my eyes open for (especially the dog)!! :)
from Vintage Avacado (sold)
from Vintage Avacado (sold)
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from Giant Dwarf
from Vintology (sold)
We had a yellow one growing up! IT was a greeny yellow...my parents didn't let us use it...but we did anyway ;)
ReplyDeleteOwwwww I have a TON of regrets of things we sold at my grandparents' estate sale (the piano, most of my gramma's library, records, etc)...but as a young'un I had to listen to the adults that we "couldn't keep everything"...if I could go back in time, I would definitely rescue the label makers! I thought they were SO cool but didn't realize their usefulness.....I remember there being at least the pale blue one, and the red/white one.
ReplyDeleteThese are too cute! :) And so awesome. Makes the label makers of today BORING.
ReplyDeleteHa that dog label maker is absolutely adorable! I love it. So not like the gray label maker I remember using. :)
ReplyDeleteI love label makers, too. I used up all my parents tape all the time to lable everything... even to stick my address on evelopes to send out to my pen pals =) Now I have my own lable maker and still us it a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe dog lable maker is so cute. I want one.
Oh wow, label maker envy!! The dog is amazing! My label maker seems so boring all of a sudden.
ReplyDeleteMy parent's had a label maker with the green tape. I never could figure out how to get the right letter to print. So I'd just make random letter strips. But not too many strips. I didn't want to get in trouble for wasting it!
ReplyDeleteI never knew they came in such awesome packaging! Those are great! I remember when I was little I use to play with my grandma's label maker. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the nostalgia of these too! They just don't make 'em like they used to... I recently bought a newer one and I can't get it to work right... I may have to try some of your links to get a sturdier model.
ReplyDeletei remember my parents having one and not letting us kids use it. The tape was too expensive to play around with. It was only for useful labels! lol They probably still have it, although it isn't as cute as any you have here.. just plain grey, but still...I wonder if they would let me use it now?
ReplyDeleteWow! Those laber makers are amazing! Especially the Dog and the one with the hand-written fond. I want one of each!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe dog label maker is too fab! I've never had a label maker and would love one but can't find a shop that sells them in the UK. If anyone knows where I should be looking I'd be v grateful!
ReplyDeletethats so fun!! i need one of those.
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Wow I love everyone more than the last.
ReplyDeletesimply adorable!!! LOVE the dog one!
ReplyDeleteI have two vintage dymos from the 70's. They were my mom's in highschool. One is avocado green and the other is turquoise. They are my favorite!
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents had one when I was a little girl and everytime I went there I'd label everything I could find! Even my parents got their own labels. There were blue, red and black ones. My little sister and I were always fighting over who could have it first. I totally forgot about them, thank you for reminding me! That was a great time (:
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, having a label maker was The Thing. You simply weren't cool if you didn't have one. I got whole notes from friends on them. So yes, I am a label maker fan!
ReplyDeletexo Erin
haha I LOVE IT! The funny thing is.. is that today I pulled out my old label maker and started using it... without even reading this post! It's funny how things like that happen! hehe
ReplyDeletexo Laura
These are adorable! I can imagine labeling everything in my house with these pretty colors.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the Label Baby jr? :)
ReplyDeleteEeek! :) Love label makers to bits! That puppy one is just too lovely - and totally worthy of starting a collection for! :)
ReplyDeletethose are prettY! and now i want one :)
ReplyDeleteI have the little blue one! That dog one is amazing, I'd have to label everything. And that stash of vintage tape, swoon!
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous! I also love all of the different colored tapes.
ReplyDeleteI love labels!! And I sooo want that dog label maker!!
ReplyDeleteI was enjoying this gorgeous post about label makers (im obsessed!) when my boyfriend peers over my screen and asks me if they're "birth control dispensers". I couldnt stop laughing! I just had to share!
ReplyDeletelol
I have a pink one that I bought at officeworks. Now I'm labeling EVERYTHING.
ReplyDeletei love my dymo's.
ReplyDeletei have a black one, a mustard yellow one, with lots of different colored tapes.
The HOT PINK tape is my current fav :)
These are so cute! And to think, for labels! haha
ReplyDeleteWow! Awesome! I had no idea!!! :) These are neat.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI'll try and cross your fingers ....
Jo
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