DIY Organizing Labels

Download Members-Only Set of Pre-Made Labels

I think you’re going to really enjoy today’s tutorial on creating your own organization labels simply by combining basic shapes together in Inkscape.

Have fun experimenting and creating your own designs and share them with other members! You can cut the finished labels out of vinyl (they even make chalkboard vinyl) and adhere to your glass food canisters or storage containers.

During the holidays, they could also double as gift tags. Add a pattern to them or cut them out of plain sticker paper to create tags in minutes!

Comments

  2. Sue Samara

    Thanks so much, I was able to do this so cool. I have an svg that I want to make an inset of. I thought if I imported an svg file then it would already be a path but it tells me it is just a layer, what am I missing? Please help

    1. Erica Martin Post author

      You’ll know it’s a SVG if there are nodes around it. You actually wouldn’t need to import it you would just go to File > Open and be able to open it in Inkscape. If there are not nodes around it, you’ll need to trace it before using it to create an inset.

  5. Sugardrift

    I am having the same problem as ssamara59 . I hit Ctrl+( and all it does is shrink my gray label. Even if i go to Path/inset nothing happens. I can go to stroke style and add it that way but when i go back to add the white line to it nothing happens. I have watched you over a dozen times and have done exactly as you said but there must be a setting i have different.. <—-baffled

  6. Erica Martin Post author

    Shrinking the grey label is what you are trying to do. The, once you get it shrunk down to the size you want, you add the stroke (hold shift and click white). If this isn’t working, can you record a video of what seems to be happening? You can email me at [email protected]