Stop Weeping & Start Keeping
So here we are, less than two months into the school year. Be honest: how much stuff has already disappeared from your kids’ back-to-school stash? So far, my mom friends have complained about lost jackets, headbands in hiding, and even an entire backpack that mysteriously abandoned its owner.
Normally I’m grumbling right along with them, but not this year.
I was super excited to see today’s Mamasource deal for Mabel’s Labels: half off their durable—and adorable—adhesive labels.
As a mom of three, I’ve gotta confess that I’m a label junkie. I’ll slap one on anything that sits still. But I’ve also come to learn that they’re not all created equal. There’s nothing worse than spending time and money on labels only to have them start curling around the edges, or having the name get smeared when your kid gets caught in the rain.
That’s why I was so thrilled when I tried Mabel’s Labels for the first time. I needed a durable label for my daughter’s summer camp duffel, and a friend of mine clued me into their website. It was super easy to personalize the label with my daughter’s name and add a cute picture icon. I also got a few more labels to put on bins in the garage and kitchen, to organize tools and spices and other random stuff.
From the minute I opened the box, I could tell these weren’t run-of-the-mill stick-on labels. They’re tough. Six months later, my daughter’s camp bag label looks exactly like it did the day I put it on. And the kitchen bins have been through the dishwasher countless times—no curling, no peeling, no fading.
You don’t need to tell this mama how annoying it is when kids’ things start vanishing. And today, solving that problem is a lot more affordable. Children love seeing their names on things, and moms love seeing everything make its way home safe and sound. So the way I see it, everyone’s happy.
Melissa Rudy is a Cincinnati-based freelance writer and mother of three girls. When she’s not stringing together Words by Melissa, she’s running, carpooling, or hiding in her closet with a novel.
