Sock Management and Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker Give Away
by PlanningQueen on June 22, 2012 in Planning
Thanks to all those who entered the give away. The winner of the give away was Jules:
“I’d label my husband’s tools “I belong in the garage, not on the kitchen bench”. Come to think about it, I’d probably label his clothes “when dirty, please put me in the laundry” and all the Tupperware “if you’ve used me to carry your lunch, please empty me of any rotting food and rinse me before putting me on the kitchen bench, next to the sink. Please don’t leave me in your van for another week. It makes me sad. And stinky”. As for the kids…Clothing! My 2 boys are 21 months apart but it looks like my eldest takes after my husband (he’s the tallest in his family at 173cm) and the youngest takes after me (I’m the shortest – by far – in my family at 172cm). They are currently sizes 3 and 4 (2 and 4 years old) and whilst 18 months off the eldest starting school I have a feeling the sock problem is looming in my future. OOOOHHH, I could label the (many, many, MANY) toy cars we have here. While the majority of toys are expected to be shared they have a few “special” cars that they can share or keep for themselves. I did really well for a while but now I can’t work out which car belongs to which child and which are the “sharing” cars (mostly hand-me-downs from dad). Although they do pretty well to share all the cars there are blow ups at times and my eldest is a bit of a hunter gatherer (especially the gatherer) and can end up with most of the cars in “his” box. The labels would be an easy and quick reference to separate the special cars when sharing is proving difficult.”
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You may have noticed some of my lovely labels in my post about home office organisation. I was sent the new Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker to try out and I love it. Labelling actually becomes quite addictive!
After my home office, I made my way around other areas of the house.
However I am exceptionally happy with this piece of labelling work. The Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker allows you to print labels which you can iron on as well as traditional stick on labels.
When the Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker arrived I had just purchased a whole bunch of socks. 30 pairs of white sport socks to be precise. To make pairing them up easier, I bought the socks in all the same style and colour. With three different sizes though, I still have the problem of measuring them up to make sure the right size socks are paired together.
And this is where I used the Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker fabric labels for the first time. It is easy to simply switch over the label cartridge.
I printed out the initials of each child and cut them up to small sizes.
Ironed the socks flat in groups.
Placed the labels on the bottom of the socks.
Used the iron again to with a cloth over the labels to adhere them to the socks.
I now had lovely labeled socks!
The kids were all keen to help with the labeling. The younger kids love button pushing etc and the Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker is very easy to use.
Finding two socks to pair together was easy and there can be no more arguments about whose socks are whose!
Nearly two weeks later, the labels are still on and still making it much easier to pair the socks. When I was taking this photo my daughter asked me why I was taking a photo of dirty socks. I explained that these were actually all just freshly laundered, but due the fact that kids run around outside with no shoes on but socks still on their feet, this is what they look like!
Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker Give Away
The Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker is valued at $59 and I have one to give away to readers of Planning With Kids. And if you like a chance to win things be sure to check out the Dymo Australia facebook page for weekly competitions where you can win a $2500 Westfield voucher!
You can see where you can buy the Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker here.
To enter to win the Dymo LetraTag Labelmaker Give Away all you need to do is leave a comment telling me what you would like to label. The following conditions apply to this give away:
- The giveaway is open to Australian residents only.
- You may only enter once.
- Entries close at 5pm Fri 6th July and will be announced on the blog later that day.
- Winners will be notified by email and if a response isn’t received within 24 hours, another winner will be chosen.
- Good luck!
193 comments...read them below or add one
socks i am forever ending up with so many leftovers everytime i do the wash
What a great idea I so need to do all of our socks
I want to label all pantry items as it looks like a bomb site in there.
My new pantry! My storage containers have tacky bits of masking tape scribbled on with permanent marker for labels!
I would love a Dymo Letra Tag Labelmaker to label all of my pantry containers and organise my filing cabinet. That would help to restore some sanity to my chaos. Thanks!
OMG, Iron-on tape!!! I just purchased a bunch of iron-on labels for camp; this would make exactly the correct size and number I need.
Also – it would make my files tidy … right now they are a mishmash of ugly labels and sharpie words scrawled.
Bookshelves! I’m organized by topic, but there aren’t labels so things don’t get back to where they go …
oops – I’m not in Australia … but I’d still do all those things if I had a label maker!!
I would absolutely use this for everything. I have three boys so would label their clothes, socks, school items, bags, lunches, water bottles. It would be amazing to be so organised. Also use it to organise home filing system and anything else I can get my hands on:) Thanks
Hi, wow I had never thought of labelling socks I would definately do that, with six children, four close in age, that would help me immensely. Socks would just be the start, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING for me! We live in chaos and I am always late for everything, always trying to find stuff, my mother thinks I do a bad job so maybe labelling to organise my pantry, paperwork, toys and clothes could help me! Thanks
I’d label this and I’d label that but most of all I’d label the cat. The label would say “no snacks” because he is fat.
The bathroom floor next to the dirty clothes basket. The label would read ” Don’t even think about it!!!!! DIRTY clothes belong in the basket NOT HERE”
All the containers in the pantry
So many things to label, but something that I would label first would be the huge assortment of Barbie dolls. Always a fight over which daughter owns which one!
I would label my sons school uniform
I would love to label my pens so they know where their home is and come back to me.
All my herbs and spices
OMG i didnt realise Dymo had fabric labels :O
I label everything lol – its freakish really
Hubby thinks I’m obessed – I think I probably am too (but never admit that to him )
I would most definitely label my sons reading glasses (lost a couple of pairs at school already this year) as well as all his lunchboxes, containers and drink bottles. That stuff gets so expensive to replace after the third and fourth time!
my clothes, I’ve lost almost 40 kilos and now wear the same size as my mum, so we are forever mixing up our clothes
School clothes, boys undies and socks. All the things I get mixed up as my sons are the same size and I get very confused.
The toothbrushes in the house as I’m wondering why mine is wet in the morning, obviously colour is not enough!
all the leftovers and what date they were put in the fridge so I know when to throw them out
I would label everything! Much better than Post-its!
Slices of cheesecake from the cheesecake shop – I know there are 4 slices when i put it in the fridge – but never when it comes out – I must find where they go at night
I’d love to label my tea towels! Somehow, after all these years, my husband still can’t understand which ones are old (read: rags) and which ones he should be gentle with. Maybe a label would help!
I would label my toddler because I keep losing him at the shops.
i would l;abel the linen closet so my husband could know where to put things
All my pens that dissappear all the time and I would love to label school clothes too.
Wow where do I start, a Dymo Letra Tag Labelmaker would be kept very busy in my home.
Light switches,so man of the house doesn’t switch on every switch till he gets the right 1,phone,iPad,iPod , camera chargers so no time wasted looking for the right one.
Remotes, no more cursing when trying to turn on TV with stereo remote.
All containers in the pantry so I’m not constantly putting lids back on after man of the house can’t find what he’s looking for.
The filing cabinet needs a good sorting so would be a great help there.
My daughter is about to start day care so would be great to label everything she needs to take with her.
I am an organizational freak when it comes to labeling everything!! I would use it for my Tickler files, filing of papers and for my home business.
Recently, I had hubby put all his miniature electronic components into numerous containers but no labelling, so this DYMO will come in handy!
having 3 boys all close in age I get all the underwear mixed up so that would be my first job to stop the arguments of “he’s weraing my undies”
I will attempt to label my sons new ‘Beyblades’ that he is going to take to school (because all the other kids do!!) against my wishes, otherwise I just know that I will probably never see them again.
Just on a year ago, I became a mum. Life before ‘mum’ used to be so organised and planned, and well…now…I can’t believe how unorganised my house & life has become! This little machine could well be the start of getting my ‘old organised self’ back on track with sorting, boxing and labelling stuff around the house.
My pens! Why can’t I have a single pen at my desk? It seems grossly unfair.
My herbs and spice rack, it is a nightmare trying to find what I want
There’s so many things I would label. I’m currently having a huge clear out in our house and trying to organize things better. I also really love the sock idea as my boys are 14months apart so it is often hard to tell whose is whose.
A sneaky little label, added to my bosses back, simply stating ‘Knob’ would be good! I’d mix it up daily, sneakily adding a different yet appropriate word.
Every place, space, container and cabinet in this house of ours. This way there is no excuse what so ever, for things to not be put back where they belong.
The garage, so we can find what we need when we need it & not spend hours looking through boxes and containers in the hope ‘I think I saw it there last time’.
7 of us I would label my things because they seem to always become my siblings things
I have folders for a bunch of things and never seem to put my hand on the right one when I need it. So that would be a good place to start using this Dymo.