Canning has been a theme the past few weeks so I’m excited to share these free canning labels with you inspired by A Sonoma Garden.
It all started with a canning night from iheartcrafting, a Chicago ladies’ crafting group. Hostess Lisa bought large boxes of lovely blueberries, fresh green tomatoes and flavorful apricots from a local farmer’s market.
We all pitched in jars, lids, pots and labels and canned enough blueberry jam, apricot jam, and pickled dill green tomatoes for each of us to take home five jars.
Next up: Northern Michigan. I brought these labels as a hostess gift for my friend Jennie. She’s been learning all about canning, including raspberry freezer jam that needs no boiling …so much easier and no boiled fruit.
So now that you’re properly in the canning mood, let’s get to the labels! I made these labels based on cute label designs by Kendra at A Sonoma Garden.
My revised design involved scanning in a swatch of Anna Maria Small Gathering fabric in citrus…
…then I cropped in close, changed the colors in Photoshop, and typed in the labels. NOTE: Some of the photos say “Dykens Family” but the free downloadable template says “Yummy Homemade.”
You’re more than welcome to use this canning label template for free with the request that anyone using this template or design post a comment below. And if you’d like to use Kendra’s original canning labels, be sure to check out A Sonoma Garden. Craft and pass it on!
Supplies:
- Kathy’s free canning template (PDF – blueberry jam, strawberry jam, salsa, relish) or Kathy’s free blank canning labels for you to handwrite your own (PDF). I can also personalize the labels for you for a modest fee, just email me.Simply print the pages that you need (or download the source Adobe Illustrator free canning template file to customize yourself – it’s 98MB which is big, alternatively, download this smaller source version which is 23MB; you’ll just want to copy/paste the colors that you would like. Also, I used the Apex family of fonts so if you do not own this font, you’ll want to change it to one that you do own.)
- Full-sheet blank sticker labels
- 2-inch circle punch
or good paper scissors
- Computer
- Color laser printer
Download one of my free canning label templates (pre-typed or blank) and feel free to use Adobe Illustrator (get the 30-day trial version here) to customize with your own creations.
Print onto full-sheet sticker paper using a laser color printer. No laser color printer? FedEx Office can print them for you very cheaply.
Using your 2-inch hole punch or scissors, cut out the labels.
Peel off the label backing and stick on top of the lid of your canned goodness.
COPYRIGHT NOTE: You’re more than welcome to use this project and template for your own personal use. Please post a comment below if you use this project so I can smile when I see that it’s being used. Craft and pass it on!
May 15th, 2013 at 3:18 am
Perfect. These are great! I used the strawberry label as a base to draw some 3D jars for my portfolio here:
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Original-Product-Renders/3216455.
They link back to this site to give proper credit, I hope you don’t mind. Thanks!
January 9th, 2013 at 6:09 pm
Thankyou so much for your very creative jam jar labels. I have searched and searched and finallly found a very funky contemporay label that will suit my needs perfectly. I will be borrowing these for my chilli’s and relishes. Merriment Designs thanks again :)
January 3rd, 2013 at 7:32 am
Great printable, I will be pinning this one.
January 1st, 2013 at 8:22 am
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December 16th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Thanks, Laurie, I’m glad that you could use the canning label template. And if you’re feeling in a sharing mood, feel free to post a photo of your creation on the MerrimentDesign.com facebook page (www.facebook.com/merrimentdesign). Merry Christmas!
December 10th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Thank you, thank you! I just flat ran out of time to design anything myself, and these are SO much prettier than anything I could find in my small town. I am so happy to have these to add to my christmas gift presentation.
PS: Staples copy center may be my new buddy! lol
November 26th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Gorgeous canning labels! Thanks for creating them, they are perfect for my needs
November 25th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
I love this label :)
November 20th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Thanks so much! You made my life so much easier!
October 2nd, 2012 at 4:58 am
Hi ! I love your canning labels , and just downloaded a template to adorn my homemade goods with. Thank you !
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:00 am
These labels are too cute. Thanks so much for the free template. Have a great day!
August 13th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I love these…my canning will look so wonderful as gifts now. Thank you
August 8th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Thank you so much! I’m going to give these out as Christmas gifts this year to the neighbors!
July 27th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
Thank you for the labels! I love, love, love them. They are the perfect finish to my jams and make great gifts.
July 14th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Yeah! Finally, beautiful preserves, with beautiful labels! Thank you for generously sharing your talent.
July 8th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Thank you. These look perfect.
July 2nd, 2012 at 7:21 pm
THANK YOU! Was on the quest for some blank, pretty labels :)
June 21st, 2012 at 1:32 pm
LOVE these! I will definitely be using them, thanks so much!
June 17th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Hello! Thanks so much for creating these for us! They’re lovely! Now, I just have to learn to make my own design! Wish I knew how to us Photoshop as well as you do! I am a serious novice! Any tips on how you created yours would be greatly appreciated! Thanks again!
June 16th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Great ! Thanks appreciate it alot! Beauties!
June 4th, 2012 at 11:33 am
Thank you very much for sharing your beautiful design! I am in the midst of learning to make and can jam for the very first time and the idea of coming up with cute labels was overwhelming me. Now, with your graciousness in sharing your designs, my lovely creations will also have pretty little labels on them all ready for holiday gift giving. Thank you!
May 13th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Thanks, Becca! I really appreciate it and am now following you on twitter – your breakfast bears are adorable.
May 8th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
awesome site! i just wanted to thank you for the suggestion of adobe illustrator! My printshop software finally crashed and ive been looking for something to be able to design all my invites and labels…youre a savior! downloading the free trial now :-)
April 24th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
SMILE! I am totally going to use this ;)
April 5th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
appreciate it :) thanks! :)
February 18th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Thanks, Cheryl, I totally appreciate it!
February 15th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
Finally, some good looking canning labels. Love them!
January 20th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Thanks for these beautiful labels. My Lemon curd and strawberry rhubarb sauce will look even more beautiful dressed up with these.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:22 am
Any woman who cans and makes her own labels in a soul sister of mine! Thanks for sharing these templates – I can’t wait till canning season!! Again, thanks.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
@R.Kennedy Great! I’m glad that you could use them and I bet your canning turned out yummy.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Thanks, Koy, I love that you could use it!
December 25th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
thanks a lot for sharing such a wonderful stuff :)
December 20th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
First-time labels for a first-time canner. Thanks!
December 12th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
@hope thanks for stopping by! Glad you could use them.
December 9th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
thank you!
November 1st, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Superb design! Thank you!
October 31st, 2011 at 9:38 am
Love these!! Thank you for sharing–my canned goods will look so much “fancier” with these labels!
October 25th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Hey Christina, sorry missed your comment earlier. I made them with Adobe Illustrator and you can use the “clipping mask” feature to make a circle with your pattern. But honestly, if you are using a 2″ hole punch it wouldn’t matter if you made a square in PowerPoint if it was easier because you can just punch it into a circle in the end. Would love to see what you make on our flickr pool! http://www.flickr.com/groups/merrimentdesign/
October 6th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
I have a question how did you fill in your shape with your pattern ? and what software did you use I’m trying to make a label as well! thank you so much for your help!
September 23rd, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Staci, that plum sauce sounds delicious. Glad that the fabric scanning sparked some ideas – that’s great!
September 17th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Thank you so much for the great canning labels! My husband likes to make spicy plum sauce and give it away for Christmas. I was tired of tape and sharpie labels so I went web surfing. Your design was a perfect fit! I am also inspired to spend some time designing now. Of course I didn’t think about scanning a favorite piece of fabric and building from there! Thanks again for your designs and inspiration!
September 6th, 2011 at 10:16 am
I used this template last night to label some watermelon jelly I made for a brunch party favor. Thank you so much!
September 5th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
I love these! I am attempting to figure out how to edit these with my mac. (Sometimes I miss my PC and MS publisher) Thank you so much for Sharing these. I have been canning a ton, and now my jars can look cute!
September 2nd, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Hi Valeri, you can use the blank ones and write on them if you want a quick label, or you can download a trial version of Adobe Illustrator and make your own. Hardest part will be adjusting the font size and placement if you don’t have the font I used installed. I can always help too – just let me know if you need it.
August 26th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
great site! and i hope to use the labels (and make jam). is it hard to make templates?
August 26th, 2011 at 9:48 am
Thank you very much for your beautiful labels! I love them: I’m going to use them for my homemade peach jam. Giulia…from Sardinia, Italy
August 21st, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Hi Connie, so glad that it worked for you! And congrats to your friend.
August 19th, 2011 at 10:16 am
I used these to decorate jams for a friend’s wedding. She wanted jam for her guest’s favors. They were really cute. Thanks so much. It made it much easier having something I could just print off.
August 11th, 2011 at 10:11 am
Thanks for the adorable canning labels! I used them on my fireweed jelly and they look great. Here’s a link to my blog post.
http://thealaskanhuberts.blogspot.com/2011/08/we-be-jammin.html
Thanks again!
Paula
August 8th, 2011 at 12:51 pm
Thank you so much! These are awesome! I just made my first batch of pepper jelly with the abundance from the garden. Can’t wait to label them!!
July 18th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Thank you so much for sharing these great labels! They really express the joy I feel in preserving the glorious fruits of summer.
July 14th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
thank you! these labels are quite classy looking compared to others….you are very talented….thank you again.
July 2nd, 2011 at 8:45 am
So thrilled that I learned how to edit pdf’s with my mac’s preview…( yeah I am slow and my 65 year old mom had to show me…LOL) Off to print labels for my peach butter and peach peel jelly!
June 20th, 2011 at 5:39 am
Hi there! Excited to use your great labels for several canning projects. Could not successfully download the large file – it just was not there. Any suggestions? Thanks!
June 5th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Wow, a Ball Canning party? How do I sign up?? :) Have a great time and I’d love to see your pics on our flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/merrimentdesign/
June 5th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Hi Jill, thanks for letting me know. I just emailed you a copy. How’d the peaches turn out?
June 3rd, 2011 at 6:41 pm
could not for the life of me get these to download! I ended up with 2 pages (one with printed works on them as shown and another with blank labels which is what I wanted!) was not able to print anything or copy and paste it in any way :( they are so cute and I am sitting here with 10 lbs of peaches ready to be canned!
May 27th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Thank you for sharing these! I have been looking for modern labels and could not believe no one had made any. I will be using these for a Ball Canning party I won. I can’t thank you enough!!!!
May 12th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
I used the blanks to make labels for my homemade syrup. You can see them here if you want!
http://curiouslytranquil.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/how-to-dandelion-syrup/
Thanks so much for having this up for use!!
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:33 am
Hi,
I love ur design for the Jams, I am making homemade Mango, Tamarind and Mint/Coriander Chutney, wanted to know how I can custom make with my own logo and name, I liked ur idea of using Sonoma;s designs and re-designing them, Would you be able to share yours with me.
Let me know
Nams
April 1st, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Hi Amy, did you ever get the template to download? Let me know!
March 23rd, 2011 at 9:50 am
Supper cute! Having a little trouble getting some of the links to open. Hope I can get it to work soon, I really want these!
January 10th, 2011 at 11:20 am
I LOVE these!! Thank you so much for sharing!
December 21st, 2010 at 3:39 pm
These are so adorable. Thank you so much for sharing them so freely. I am hoping to use these for my canning next year. :)
December 15th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
These are gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing them. I’m using them on my first canning projects: lemon chutney, and mince pie filling.
December 8th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
These are absolutely stunning! They are so classy and sophisticated and don’t at all have that “clip art” appearance. Thanks for making these for us that are computer graphically challenged!
December 1st, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Hi Tracy, sorry that you were disappointed. The free labels are listed and I have sent you a treat in your email. Please take a look and enjoy!
November 21st, 2010 at 1:45 pm
I spent absolutely ages trying to download your Free Printable Canning Jar Labels as yours was the only one that I could find that had apricot jam. When the download came through there wasnt one. Rather dissappointing. Maybe you should list the free lables there are so time isnt wasted downloading
Thanks
November 11th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Hi Jen, no problem! I can make that printable sheet for your pomegranate jam. I’ll send you an email with details.
November 11th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Thanks for the great template. How would I go about ordering a printable sheet w/ the multi-color circles that say “Couderc Family Pomegranate Jam”?
October 28th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Cute idea, Beeba. I love it!
October 28th, 2010 at 2:29 am
I am going to adapt your template to use it as a label in the inside of some aprons that I am making for my nieces for Christmas – I know it isn’t jam or preserves but I think it will look fantastic and just what I am after.
October 19th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Prettiest I found online! Thanks for sharing!
I’ll be using mine for my Apple Chipotle Chutney.
October 5th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
i love these & can’t wait to use them for my pepper jelly jars! thanks for posting :o)
September 29th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Thank you so much. How beautiful they are and so versatile. May you be blessed for sharing your talent…
September 15th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Soooo pretty!
September 7th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Just wanted to say thanks for the free download. I love it that I can personalize my salsa and jam!
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:52 pm
I printed these to label my brother’s pepper jelly jars and everyone loved them! Thanks so much for posting them, they’re so vibrant and wonderful!
August 25th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Hi Melody, yeah, you can hire me to make you a set. I’ll email you…
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:29 am
Sure thing, Melody. Email me what you’d like the labels to say and I’ll make you a customized set.
August 23rd, 2010 at 8:47 am
I absolutely love these. I have just made about 50 jars of jams. Can I hire you to make me some? My computer skills are lacking.
August 11th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Thanks for the labels! I love the design you chose. Can’t wait to use them to label some peach jam and kosher dills.
August 9th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Thanks for these labels! I’m going to use them on the peach-raspberry jam I made last week! :)
July 27th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Hi Michelle, your message just got cut off but if you want to hire me to customize the labels for you just email me with what you want and I’ll send you an estimate. It will be cheap :)
July 27th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Love the lables! Want to dress up my jars for the fair. Can’t get the, downloaded. Bummer.
July 17th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Whoa! That Jean’s Jam sounds like a Grand Champion if I do say so myself. Keep me posted :)
July 16th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Thanks so much! I love the colors and design. I needed something for my jars that I’m entering in the local fair. I’ve got dill and bread & butter pickles, apricot pineapple, sweet cherry, mixed berry, raspberry jalapeno, and Jean’s Jam, a family favorite consisting of pear, pineapple, orange, and maraschino cherry
July 13th, 2010 at 9:26 am
Thanks, Stephanie! I was kind of in the same situation which is why I ended up making these myself, so I’m glad that you could use them too!
July 13th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Hi Jennifer, glad that you could use them! And thanks for telling me about Mary Jane’s Farm. That’s a new one for me. I live in the city but would love to grow food!
July 7th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Such elegant labels – thanks so much for offering these. I’ve used them to label jams and sauces I’ve canned so far, & am waiting until the tomatoes are in season when I will no doubt have to print dozens. I’ve also shared this link with myFarmgirl friends over at Maryjanesfarm. Thanks again.
July 3rd, 2010 at 11:25 am
Thank you! I’ve spent the better part of the afternoon Googling for canning labels and being disappointed at all the country/kitschy options. These are lovely, sophisticated and exactly what I’m looking for. Bravo!
June 24th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Thanks for the inspiration! I can’t imagine why I’ve never thought of scanning in an image to use on my labels. I’m going out to take photos of my raspberry bushes. They’ll be the perfect background for my raspberry jam label. Too bad I didn’t see this before I spent the afternoon stripping the bushes of all the ripe berries. Oh well, there will be more in a few days.
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Ah, Linda, the salsa sounds great. I’m jealous about your tomatoes. Sadly, our tomatoes this year are about 2 feet high. Here’s hoping for warmer Chicago days ahead …we’ve certainly been getting plenty of rain!
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Nice, Jamie! Let me know if you need to borrow any sticker paper.
June 22nd, 2010 at 10:54 am
Thanks! I’m going to use these for canning salsa later this summer. My tomato plants are already 5 feet tall and growing. It looks like I’ll have a really good harvest this year!!
June 20th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
I’m going to print them for my fresh batch of rhubarb jam! Thanks!
June 20th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Thanks, Chari! How did the personalization work out?
June 17th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Love these! Now I have to figure out how to personalize them…
June 14th, 2010 at 10:36 am
These are perfect for my freshly filled jam jars! Thanks!
June 9th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
So beautiful! I made pickles for the first time ever from some cukes my in-laws grew this week. Your labels are perfect for pickles!
May 31st, 2010 at 8:35 am
Hi Ash, you can edit the text by clicking the text tool …it looks like a “T”. Then click on the text you want to edit and go from there. If you need to move anything around, click the solid arrow tool, then click what you want to move to activate it, and you can either move it with your mouse or arrow keys. Does that help? Thanks for visiting!
May 30th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Thanks for these cute labels! I just made the first jam of the season-strawberry and strawberry-lemon marmalade.
May 26th, 2010 at 2:02 am
Hi there
I have downloaded Adobe Illustrator but I am not competent at using it to say the least! Are you able to let me know how you go about editing the text within Adobe Illustrator.
Wonderful template by the way – I am using them for my wedding favours and I think they’re going to look fabulous!
Many thanks
May 15th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
This is just what I’ve been looking for! Thanks for the tips on how to create my own. I love the colors you choose – you could easily match the color to the content.
May 11th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Thank you! I am going to use these if I can ever get the download to work. I think have it figured out!! Thank you, they are beautiful!
March 20th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
These labels are really great! I’m attempting to download and use for summer canning missions. Many thanks!
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:04 pm
@Ellie, glad you can use it. Jam sounds great right about now… :)
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:31 am
Thank you! Just perfect especially for all the jam I make!!
January 30th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Hi, just letting you know I will be borrowing these for my own personal use! Thanks, they’re beautiful!
January 30th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Saving this for summer when fruit will be plentiful and I can make some gifts. The labels will make them all the more special. Thank you!
January 26th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Thank alot! These are adorable and it saved me alot of headache:))
December 7th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Hi Monica, the source file is a biggie – 98mb. I have the fabric in there at very high resolution/quality. You can try to download it again, knowing that it’s big. I’ll also email you a smaller file that has everything on one page. You’ll just want to delete out the colors you don’t want and copy/paste the colors that you do. Also, I used the Apex family of fonts. If you don’t already own that font, you’ll want to select the type and change it to a font that you do have. Thanks for visiting and commenting! :)
December 5th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I love your design! I downloaded adobe illustrator and signed up for the one month trial, so I can customize the labels as you said. However I cannot download the source file…I have tried several times and it just hangs up and will not load. Do you have any suggestions, or can you email it to me?
Monica (Winters, CA)
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 am
thank you for sharing! I’m using the file to create labels for my Christmas presents- raspberry jam. My very first canning project!
November 5th, 2009 at 4:44 am
Thank You!
October 30th, 2009 at 8:43 am
These are beautiful! I’ll link to you in my new blog post about great sites to get free downloadables.
October 25th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I love these labels! I’ve been fighting with the Avery site designing my own with its clip-art, but these look more modern and unique. Beautiful!
October 19th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Thanks — these are great and I am using them. My husband is an avid gardener and we preserve many different items and use as gifts especially during the upcoming holidays. These labels will give our gifts a “snazzier” image. thanks again
October 6th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Thank you! These are great.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Thank you very much! I love these labels, and will be using these soon. :)
October 6th, 2009 at 9:15 am
these labels are great. thanks!!!!!
October 6th, 2009 at 8:55 am
These are great! thank you so much!
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I only do one canning project per year, but I am SO excited to have found these. Thank oyu for your creativity- I will definitely be using them :o)
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:17 am
Hello! Just wanted to let you know that we linked to this post on Apartment Therapy: The Kitchn. Thanks!
September 20th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Thanks a lot!! I am going to use these labels too!
September 15th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
What a great idea!! I’m hoping to use these on my wide-mouth jars – I keep spices, popcorn, cookies, etc. in them. Thanks for sharing! :)
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
These are darling! Thanks so much for this, I’ll be linking.
August 30th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
These are beautiful! Makes me want to can, just so I can use the labels. I may just label a bunch of other things, too.
August 25th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Super Cute! I love them!
August 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I was lucky enough to receive a few cans of this delicious jam. And I mean delicious!
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Love it! A friend of mine is doing jam as part of a wedding favor so I’ll be sure to send this to her! Thanks.