Preserving Food ~ Canning Labels!
Last week I was so frustrated by my pantry collapse that I had decided I wasn't going to can anymore for the year. That lasted for about two days... or until I got two boxes of apples from the market. And then bruised peaches for free, and then corn. Sigh. It really is part of the pioneer in me to put up food when it is abundant and put by as much as possible. I just can't refuse amazingly good, organic food.
So this week was dedicated to peaches, and then corn, and now applesauce. But it was also dedicated to falling in love with my pantry again. To being in love with the process of putting food by and stepping back just enough so that I could see the beauty in my pantry that everyone else saw.
This led me to look for pretty labels for the tops of my jars:
Inspired by Bitter Betty and her wonderful canning labels (which are on all of my green beans) I set out to make my own. The process turned out to be MUCH easier than I thought it was. Although to figure that out, took about 3 hours, a Word savvy best friend, and a very patient husband. ;)
I have made up a tutorial in pictures, and because it has quite a few pictures showing how I did this, I decided to make it a Flickr set with instructions: 
It is a simple process, and once you get the hang of it, it becomes quite addictive. All my jars have pretty labels now... even the ones for the applesauce currently simmering in my kitchen. My pantry love is back.
Comments
I was just thinking about doing this, but I didn't know where to start.
Blessed Be
I use No Spray peaches for my canning. Organic peaches are hard to find... even here. But that is because orachards take many years to certify organic instead of the 2 to 3 for farms. The reason they take so long is becuase of the soil. You don't/can't replace the soil trees are grown in and so therefore, the best you can do is not put any new nastys down into it and wait. So you will have a hard time finding organic peaches unless the grower has been growing like that for years and years. No Spray ensures that there is no pesticide *on* the fruit. That is all I look for.
Have a great day!
Val
It helps I take pictures of all my food... lol. :)
Val
I was curious, where did you get your hole punch? I have looked online but they are over $30. I am hoping I just missed the more affordable ones.
I appreciate any information from anyone. Thank you so much and thank you for this blog. I love it!
-Drew
Val
Margot
Hi Margot! There you are. Sorry if that was a broken link. I think there is a glitch in my flickr as I have had a couple of people say that they couldnt' get to things lately. I will look into it... but for now, I also uploaded it to picasa web and just checked and that is working! So enjoy and have a blessed night!
Now to try some of your recipes. :)