DIY Labels vs Shop Bought Labels

Helllooooo! I'm back with a little comparison post. A month or so ago, Dutch Label Shop reached out to me and offered to send me some labels. For free, yes. (mama I made it!). For review, no. They were clear that I didn't have to make one... And this isn't a review, just a comparison with what I have been using this entire time.

Okay, now that ya'll don't think I'm tryna sell ya'll something lol

Over two years ago, I decided to DIY some labels and I figured out a super easy and cheap way to get it done. I printed the labels on cotton fabric sheets and have been cutting them as I go ever since. My best friend made such a great design that I'll probably use forever lol.  The Dutch Label Shop offered me a voucher for some labels and I was sooo happy to see that I could upload my own design! Some of the other places I've been seeing here and there force you to make something out of their own templates and I definitely wanted to keep the design my friend worked hard on.

The labels from DLS obviously look wayyy more professional. I like that they have the space on the sides to stitch them down as opposed to me trying to cut the right amount of space around the ones I printed and not having enough (or having too much). They are also bigger but on the sight, you can make them whatever size you want.

I wanted to show the long-term durability (or lack thereof) of my DIY labels. This is a dress that I wear quite often so it's been washed and dried a good number of times. You can see the label is not only scorched by the dryer but also fraying around the stitching. You can barely see what it says anymore.

I'm glad to have these new labels because I am very confident that they are made to last through laundering adversity lol. Once I use them for a while, I will comment to how they hold up. For now, I will be putting the DLS labels in super successful garments/garments I believe will last for a while.

My ONLY regret is that I didn't think of getting some in black!! *wahhhh!* I didn't think about it until I saw Ping's! It's okay though lol I'll live.

That's all I wanted to say. I have a coupon code for 15% off at Dutch Label Shop until Aug 31st if you want to try out your own custom labels. The code is telltaletasha (all lowercase)!

What do you think?? DIY or Shop Bought??

See you next post!
xoxo, Tasha