Album Labels-Suggestions?

I have a newly acquired set of Vintage International albums sold by Subway. I am puzzled as to why Subway doesn't offer binder labels for these. I do plan to use my Dymo label maker to create county titles for the contents, to be placed at the bottom of the spine. I'd like a nice looking, professional label to match the green specialty binders, perhaps titled 'Classic International Album' or something like that.

I wonder if a print shop could work up some labels that would look nice- anyone had any experience along this line? Subway does offer custom labels but even in quantity they run $4.50 @. Just thought someone would have ideas, thanks.

Amos has the specialty binder labels that match the green albums, not sure about the blue International's.

Stamps

If you can live without a "Classic International" heading, Lighthouse produces what look like attractive self-adhesive country labels. Six different A4 sheets covering various geographical areas. Catalogue price is £4 per sheet in the UK, but may well be less in the US.

Didn't know Dymo was still going!

Regards.

Geoff

I have been trying to come up with a way to add labels to my Vario G binders, so I sympathize with your question.

I have seen photos of spine labels made with a Brother P-Touch label maker. There is a refill tape available with black background and gold lettering.

I can't say whether they look convincing in person, but the pictures look fairly good.

Another possibility might be to print labels on your printer using clear label stock, which Avery makes and is relatively easy to find. The upside is that you can select a font that would evoke the feeling of "old-timey". I'm not sure how dark-colored those binders are, so the downside is that if they're too dark, you might not be able to print in a color light enough to show a contrast with the binder color.

Yet another option is to print on a color of card stock that you think compliments the binder color, trim them neatly and attach them to the spines. (You could even print in the color of the binder then. Not gold-looking, but could be nice.)

And a couple of other thoughts:

Sometimes now there are nice choices in the scrapbooking world that might work, too. I'm thinking of something like labels or stickers that are designed to look like little frames, in the middle of which you would print your names. I've noticed that Target has some supplies, and Michael's (not sure if you have those where you are) seems to have quite an extensive selection.

Finally, if you have access to a laser printer, years ago I prepared some placecards for a friend's wedding banquet by using a gold foil designed for the heat-transfer process of a laser printer. I bought them online somewhere (from a specialty paper company?) and they worked beautifully. You apply the foil only where you want the gold, then run it through the printer. The placecard, which was printed mostly in black, but with the guest's name in gold. I did this about 20+ years ago, so I don't remember any other details, but that could also work very nicely. Those placecards looked great.

I would think any of these options would look better than Dymo labels, and, honestly, better than P-Touch labels, although I think P-Touch now has a larger selection of fonts than they used to. Otherwise, they can end up looking very utilitarian, which would be a shame, giving the expense you've gone to for the pages and binders.

Just my 2-picas' worth ...

-- Dave

stamps1962- the larger topic- if I may be so bold- is congratulations on becoming a WW classic era collector. I think the Vintage/Browns are one of the great choices for housing a collection.

Lighthouse makes gold-type, self-adhesive country labels for this purpose, although I haven't seen any classic, generic or worldwide labels:

http://www.lighthouse.us/epages/lig...bjectID=4687

I use them on my Vario F and G binders and they look really nice, particularly on the Vario G's. I've had pretty good luck with them, but have had a couple here or there that like to peel off, and the labels are showing wear on my most heavily used albums. These packs of labels also include Roman numeral stickers, so on some albums I've just taken to numbering them and keeping a printed list handy of what's in each numbered binder. I do this for my Germany collection, which is housed in 9 Vario F and 5 Vario G binders, the contents of which can at times shuffle between binders.

I using the "old" spring lock binder labels all my albums - you can hand print or easily print labels via Excel and slide them in. I buy them on Amazon - here is a link: http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000789I6C

I use stickers (the ones used for scrapbooking), the better quality ones of cours. It takes a bit of finness to get them on straight but I'm getting pretty good at it. I usually use gold or black depending on the color of the binder.
Dianne

pk

Sold! I ordered some. Did so from the States as I gasped at the GB price!

Thanks.

Geoff