November 3rd, 2011
Written by: Tanna Clark
Christmas is quickly approaching, yes like 7 weeks away! We are starting to get our gift shopping done and preparing for the weeks ahead. When I think of gift giving my thoughts keep going back to those children at the orphanage in Haiti that were just in awe over their labels. I think back to times when I have received personalized gifts. When I was a little girl my Grandparents sent me a set of pencils with my name etched on them. My cousins and I spend time every summer at my Grandfather’s house and he has always had towels embroidered with our names on them, and as we got married and had children had towels made for them as well. Later on we spent Christmas there and all of our children’s stockings had their name embroidered on them. It was really something quite simple to do but that little extra effort just made us all feel so special.
The Mabel’s Labels Loot Bag Combo is a great gift at Christmas if you want to go for that personalized touch. The children’s faces just lit up in Haiti, “that’s me!” they would say. Something undeniably belonging to them. This year why don’t you share a personalized gift!
Instead of using a gift tag you can attach a Loot Bag Combo and write who it’s from on the back. If your kids are in sports or Scouts or anything like that it can be expensive getting individual gifts but these are the perfect size and price! Also, great for giving to teachers. Last but not least this little pack of labels is the perfect size for a stocking stuffer!
Can you think of any other creative ways to give labels?
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March 10th, 2010
Written by: Caitlin Madden
Mabel’s Labels is having a loot bag giveaway to celebrate our 7th birthday. From March 9th – 17th a surprise pack brimming with goodies from Mabel’s Labels will be added free to randomly selected orders!
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July 9th, 2009
Written by: Caitlin Madden
We’re so excited about this year’s Ultimate Back-to-School Combo that we couldn’t wait to tell you about it. With its lovely, limited edition colours and new Teeny Tags, this is an indispensible, can’t-do-without, value-packed deal that you won’t want to miss. 
Available only until September 25th, Mabel’s Labels’ Ultimate Back-to-School Combo includes all you need for quickly identifying backpacks, pencil cases, sports bags, clothes, shoes…in fact, just about everything on our handy Back-to-School Checklist. With over 100 labels and tags for all that new gear (and last year’s “just can’t let ‘em go” items), you’ll be sure everything that goes to school makes it home again. And ordering couldn’t be easier.
Cotton Candy
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Tickled Pink
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Simply sit back with a long, cool drink, click away and your personalized combo will be there before you know it. Just like the end of summer.
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December 21st, 2008
Written by: Julie Cole
As your kids get older, it gets more and more difficult to live the jolly ho-ho lie. They start asking about the logistics of Santa covering so much territory in so little time. There is also the issue of time zones. If you’re not super sneaky, your little detectives soon figure out that mama and Santa have the same handwriting and wrapping paper. Then there are those tough questions around why we have to be charitable when Santa gives gifts to all the children of the world. Your more observant children may inquire as to why there are tags on some toys. Don’t the elves make them?
Since we have big kids followed closely by a handful of little ones in our family, I’m committed to perpetuating the myth. I find it truly obnoxious when big ones blow it for little ones.
Because we are overseas at the moment, I wanted to do the Santa thing before we left. I figured I had to buy stuff to keep them occupied on the plane anyways, so it was a case of two birds, one stone. We wrote to Santa kindly requesting an early present drop off in light of our overseas adventures. Santa obliged and dropped around many maze books, DS games and craft supplies. All went according to plan, but it opened up a whole new kettle of fish in the twenty questions department.
We had a family gathering a couple of days ago and the jolly guy made an appearance. Each child sat on his knee and if their faces could talk, this is what they were saying:
9-year-old: “OK, not exactly sure how you pull this off, but if that present is the latest Captain Underpants book, I’ll believe whatever you want me to.”
7-year-old: “hmmmm……who killed a white rabbit and taped it to your face?”
6-year-old: “I’m confused. I know I’m not supposed to talk to or accept gifts from strangers…..yet here I am sitting on this weird guy’s lap and he’s tickling me and giving me stuff. My parents are taking my picture and look happy. They have serious consistency issues.”
3-year-old: “I’m not going to cry this year, I’m not going to cry this year.”
2-year-old: “get me away from this freak. There is NO way I’m sitting on his lap! AHHHH!”
To add to the excitement, we are staying on a farm so Santa arrived to the party on a tractor. More consistency issues – sled or tractor, which is it folks? OK, so I may not have all the answers but I just pull out the old stand-by: “if you don’t believe, you won’t receive” which usually shuts down any doubters in the crowd.
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November 21st, 2008
Written by: Julie Cole
Congrats to Susan Smith!
Drop a line to caitlin@mabel.ca and she will sort you out with your holiday gift tags!
Looking for a cool teacher’s present? Make your kid the teacher’s pet by giving some cool Mabel products:
1) Mabel’s Classroom Pack….for the teacher who loves an organized classroom. Put a smile on the teacher’s face for only $12.00!
http://www.mabel.ca/mabel.php?n=classroom%20pack
2) Skinny-minis. Teachers love to label their staplers, pens, books and all that other stuff that has a way of walking out of their classrooms.
http://www.mabel.ca/mabel.php?n=skinny-minis
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