Organized: A Label For Everything

We moved twice in the last year, and one of my biggest regrets during our first move was that I didn’t label everything properly when I boxed our lives up for storage. While applying for a mortgage for our new home, I needed documents that were somewhere, and I had no idea where. I had about 20 boxes stored everywhere with a scribbled general description in pen on one side of each, and I could not find anything when I needed it. I had to run around getting new copies of important documents mailed to us so we could complete the application process.

I recall packing everything up and thinking I’d remember what was where, but months later I can’t believe I ever thought that, and I knew when we moved for the final time, I just couldn’t afford to make the same mistake again. I needed to properly label everything.

Enter the Brother P-Touch Labeler, my first labeler and an incredibly handy gadget. I was offered the opportunity to try it, and knew I needed one. With it I could label a box, file, containers, shelves. It’s a huge time saver because this labeler lets you make multiple copies of a label, for each side of a box, it’s black text on a white label (much clearer than pen on a brown box) and the text can be written on the labels horizontally or vertically, depending on your needs.

The Brother P-Touch Labeler lets you select the type of font (bold, italic, shadow and more options), decorate the text a bit with flowers or heart or leaves or whatever strikes you, change the size, and more. The labels stick to various surfaces without leaving any residue and can be removed and readjusted. The most handy use was when I realized I could create two lines of text, and use these to label cables. If you want to refer to and recreate old label dimensions and options, there is an option to save label files, and holiday graphics, pets, and symbols for those who like to get a little more creative.

Of course, I needed to be able to find my coffee maker once we moved in, so that box was labeled first (priorities, priorities). And with everything we had going on, at least unpacking at our new home was a breeze.

Find Brother P-Touch on facebook here…happy labeling!

I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Brother P-Touch and received a product sample to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation.