Is it considered slovenly to write names on everything or do I have to sew labels on like a saddo?

[oliveoil]

I have written names on so far for dd1 but she only had coat/gloves/scarf combo for playgroup

School 'strongly recommend sewn in labels'

will my card be marked as Sloth if I send her in with marker pen tags on her cardigan?

.... j o i n u s....

My Mum was either a complete genius at naming us or this was an accident (the latter I suspect). My eldest brother is Matthew John, and my 2nd brother Jamie, so she got Matthew J [surname] labels and cut off Matthew for Jamie's clothes. It worked again for me and db3 - Nicholas Andrew and me, Abi - snip off Nicholas and you're left with A [surname].

Good eh?

This doesn't help AT ALL, it just always makes me smile.

Incidentally, I will be using pen! One of those marvellous new Sharpies that are always on the ads, perhaps

I'm not too brilliant at sewing, but I do sew names on the 'big' things like blazers which will last years. The ordinary things like socks and white t-shirts I write on or do iron-on labels.

Ohhoho snow, you may have just converted me! That website is a bit exciting, and dd would love to choose her own

Yet again I use the as a kind of rubs chin ponderously hmm, not a sceptical hmm, but it comes across wrong. I wasn't being sarky

yes I have just put stuff in a basket on that site

fgs

anyone got a discount code?

i use easy2name.com

easy peasy

and the white iron ons look sooo nice in a pale blue shirt

Sewed all labels in for reception, but now in Year 1 and am writing name in biro.
Even better, DS wrote his own name on the label the other day, so I don't even have to do that now.
Minilables are great, have used the self adhesive ones on shoes and they stayed put. Also seems that shoes are most likely to get mixed up cos there only seem to be about 4 different styles taht all the kids are wearing, and they take them on and off a lot.
Unluckily Ds has just joined Beavers and i have got a world of sewing to do to get all his badges on his uniform.

oliveoil - I am a self confessed saddo! Go on - they l-o-v-e their own labels! I've still got most of them left and ds1 is nearly 14!

do you have cash's ones?

the real thing - nametape porn if you like

there was an old thread where we found a photo of the girl whose name was on one of the labels as an example LOL

SOLD!!

Can I point dh in this direction when he queries the madness of labels and me moaning about sewing them on and huffing in a few weeks?

which style/colour combo are you getting oliveoil?

Storm Findley Cooper in Black

(Storm ffs)

Cash's for me, too!

I have Ms findlay-coopers too - nice choice ((she's the one you can google btw!!)

What about 'Gold lurex' writing?

I ordered ours from simply stuck

They haven;t arrivede yet but they look good and came recommended

link didn't work try again

lurex could be a bit scratchy

wiritng NEVER stays on

i told oyu that storm findlay cooper wnet to my old shcool didn it?

oah dn btw w jsut have CODLAND on ours no initials
all the same red caps

teachers hasve said they are VERY easy to spot

monsters - ooooh they look good