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Are Your Label Projects Summer Ready?

Timing is Everything (Even for Label Printing!)

The Spring season is well underway, and it will be Summer again before we know it! And, because time flies and planning is key, it is never too early to start working on the product labels and marketing labels for your summer-themed goods and services. It is important to consider how and where your products might be used, in order to make the right decisions on the size, style, and materials for your labels and decals. Here at SixB Labels, we manufacture labels for a wide variety of items that make it possible for consumers to enjoy summer fun and adventures with ease and enthusiasm!

[fa icon="clock-o"] 5/21/19, 3:24 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Cosmetic Labels, Outdoor Decals, Sun-Screen Labels, Summer Product Labels

Some good news for companies and consumers looking to use eco-friendly materials in print production — Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper and environmentally responsible water-based inks have become readily available and economically viable! In this post, we will look at both the benefits of using water-based instead of solvent-based inks in label printing, and the benefits of choosing FSC-certified paper over conventional paper.

[fa icon="clock-o"] 4/11/19, 3:35 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Labels, Stock Inks, Biodegradable, Repulpable

A Client Story— Over the years, it has been a real delight to help our client Sandy Korem with her label projects. Sandy is the owner/operator of our client company Festive Kitchen, a thriving catering and food-prep business. Her company has been praised by such publications as D Magazine and Park Cities People, and also won a number of awards, including the White House Food Service Medallion.

Since we started working with her, Sandy has shared with us a number of milestones in her career path in food prep and catering. She has also told us how her work with SixB Labels has made it easier for her to sell her products.

[fa icon="clock-o"] 3/28/19, 12:57 PM [fa icon="user"] SixB Team [fa icon="folder-open'] Product Labels, Barcodes On Food Packaging, Food Catering Labels, Food Packaging Labels

Client Chats Series — Our client company, Dallas Distilleries, maker of the Herman Marshall brand of Texas whiskies, hides in plain sight off the main road in Garland, Texas, amid sprawling warehouses in a business park. Behind an unassuming façade, fronted by a shop selling whiskey by the bottle, sits a cavernous space full of open-top cypress fermentation tanks and white oak casks, where a big gleaming pot still, like an engine from a steampunk movie, holds pride of place.

I participated in one of their weekend tours, full of history, chemistry, and fun. We listened to an account of how the whiskey is made, sampled bottled products, including bourbon and rye, and tasted the sour mash as well as the white dog — the new whiskey before it is aged. Along with other customers, I got to fill, cork, and label the bottle of bourbon I bought. Then Herman Beckley, who leads the tours, sat down with me to share some more details of their company’s history and explain how their experience working with SixB Labels has helped them to showcase and sell their products.

What Makes A Good Logo Design?

In this blog post, we’re going to look at what makes a good logo design to help you get everything right before you go to print your labels. Here at SixB Labels, using my college degrees in graphic design as well as print engineering, I’ve printed more product labels in nearly four decades than you probably could imagine. In that process, I have learned more than a little about what makes a successful logo design, and what the perfect logo should look like.

Easily Recognizable Logos

[fa icon="clock-o"] 1/31/19, 6:21 PM [fa icon="user"] Fari Bakhshian [fa icon="folder-open'] Product Labels, Labels, Art Guidelines

Client Chats Series — Talking with Erin Freeman from our client company, Good Vapes, a supplier of hand-crafted e Liquids and vaping hardware, gave her an opportunity to share her vision and passion for her company. As she filled us in on its past, its current growth, and its prospects for the future, two important points emerged from her company story. These are the impact on her business of a fast-moving, ever-changing regulatory environment for her product lines, and the significant role that SixB Labels has played in the growth and success of her business.

[fa icon="clock-o"] 11/15/18, 10:04 AM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Client Chats, Product Labels, Digital Labels, E-Liquid Bottle Labels, Vape Product Labels

Have you heard the phrase, "Outdoor Label" or "Outdoor Decal" and wondered what that meant beyond the literal meaning? As you might have already considered, labels are used in many environments, and SixB Labels provides custom products designed for the various needs of extreme indoor and outdoor situations. Our variety of labeling solutions meets the requirements of the business, industry, and private consumers. This post provides more in-depth information on labels and decals for outside use.

SixB Labels Outdoor Label Solutions

Five Important Questions About Asset Tags

We all live, work, and move within what has aptly been labeled the Universe of Things.

These things include an overwhelming amount of items that let us perform a vast array of different tasks. In the workplace, they are valuable to us, based not only on their original cost but on their utility in our work processes.

We are called on to track their movements, know their actual market value, maintain, repair, and ultimately replace them, and keep them secure from damage and theft. Enter the universal solution to this multiplicity of tasks: Asset Labels! (Or, as they are also known, Asset Tags.) Here is a look at five noteworthy questions in understanding this type of property label.

A Look At Our 7 Cosmetic Labeling Requirements White Paper

SixB Labels can offer many years of experience in the production of Cosmetic Labels. Part of the expertise we have acquired in our years in the label printing industry lies in making clients aware of necessary labeling regulations in order to help them comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Guidelines while simplifying the intricacies of clients’ Cosmetic Labels. To further meet our goal of Simplifying Labeling for our clients, we have composed a white paper on the Food and Drug Administration's current requirements for cosmetic labeling.

In the United States, the packaging and labeling of cosmetic products has been regulated since 1938, when Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act and the Fair Packaging and Labeling (FP&L) Act. The goal of these Acts was to protect consumers from cosmetics that contained harmful substances; bore labels that were false, misleading, or lacked required information; or were sold in containers made or filled in a deceptive manner. In this white paper, we offer you an overview of Cosmetic Labeling requirements.

[fa icon="clock-o"] 5/29/18, 12:12 PM [fa icon="user"] Michelle Feldman [fa icon="folder-open'] Product Labels, Digital Labels, Cosmetic Labels

According to Merriam-Webster, "a slip (as of paper or cloth) inscribed and affixed to something for identification or description" and " written or printed matter accompanying an article to furnish identification or other information" are just a couple of definitions for the word "label." But SixB Labels takes those definitions steps further, to identify multiple ways those in a variety of industries, from Food and Beverage to Health and Beauty, Automotive, Luxury, Technology, and beyond, could utilize our business to produce their labeling program. Here are basic and then deep dive looks at 7 Ways to Label With SixB.*

Blank and Foil-Stamped Labels for Inkjet Printers, such as the Epson C3500 and C7500
Blank Labels for Sheet-Fed Inkjet or Laser Printers
Digital, Flexo-Printed, Foil Stamped and Embossed Labels, in Rolls or Sheets, Line or Process Work
Labels For Single Color Thermal Transfer or Direct Thermal Printers
Combinations of Digital, Flexo, Foil Stamped and Thermal Transfer Printed Labels
Producing Digitally Printed Labels In Your Custom Set-up Until Ready To Purchase Applicable Products
"Labeling Add-Ons," Such As Applicators, Dispensers and PremiumWax/Resin Ribbons

*Note: Many, if not a majority, of our Labels are available in various Sizes, Shapes, Materials and Adhesives.

[fa icon="clock-o"] 5/3/18, 11:42 AM [fa icon="user"] Sara Shereen Bakhshian [fa icon="folder-open'] Labeling Products, Labels, Hotstamp, Flexo, Digital Printing, Foil Stamped, Embossed

Are Your Label Projects Summer Ready?

Timing is Everything (Even for Label Printing!)

Why Print Your Labels With FSC-Certified Paper and Water-Based Inks?

Festive Kitchen Catering: A Client Story

Client Chat With Dallas Distilleries

What Makes A Good Logo Design?

Good Vapes Client Chat

What Is An Outdoor Label?

SixB Labels Outdoor Label Solutions

Five Important Questions About Asset Tags

A Look At Our 7 Cosmetic Labeling Requirements White Paper

7 Ways To Label With SixB

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