Comments on: Beware monogrammed & personalized gifts

By: Kdrake

Kdrake — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:41:46 +0000

Our oldest is Lidia and our youngest is Eliza. I figured out if I put her first initial with part of our last name (it’s too long to put the whole thing), I can turn the L into an E when our youngest uses it.

By: Giveaway: Stuck on You personalized stuff for kids

Giveaway: Stuck on You personalized stuff for kids — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:06:45 +0000

[...] and all the stages in between, kids need their stuff labeled. (This is not intended to negate my feelings about personalized kids furniture.) This morning, I stuck a personalized label with my son’s full name on it on the back of his [...]

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:28:47 +0000

Great tips, thanks!

We have twin boys, and they share pretty much everything right now (they are 2). So I’m looking for alternatives for name labels because I’m just not prepared to have them squabbling over which plastic container belongs to which brother!

Last name only is good – but spare a thought for those like us, whose last name is also many other people’s first name, like James, Edward, Mackenzie etc!

By: Amber @ Backwards Life

Amber @ Backwards Life — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:52:41 +0000

Love the last name advice. We just started a day camp this Summer and will do preschool in the Fall. Of course they want all clothes labeled. I was wondering how to do hand-me-downs if everything had Alexa’s name on it.

I was thinking of doing some sew in tags so I can give them away to other kids once both of mine grown out of things, but the last name thing will work while the items stay in our family.

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:05:25 +0000

Ha!! I have a similar stool that says HOLDEN and I can’t decide whether to try to squeeze in a few more boys’ names crossword-style or just paint it orange.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:34:09 +0000

This is great advice. Right now my daughter wants to do what my son does, so anything ninja still has a place in her heart. However, she’s quickly developing her own sense of self and the Hulk t-shirts just aren’t going to fly.

That said, our last name is Sanchez. Marking stuff with just Sanchez is like putting Smith on something and sending it out into the world. I need to figure this out soon because my son starts Kindergarten this year and I have to get labels this summer…so….any other advice? I’m thinking of going Mexican style and doing Paternal Surname Maternal Surname but that might confuse the teachers :-/

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:30:08 +0000

Also, I feel uncomfortable with my kid’s name on the outside of their backpack, because I don’t want a “stranger danger” person able to walk up and call my kid by their first name. Just in case.

By: jordana

jordana — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:00:33 +0000

Funny you should mention tattoos. I have my son’s name on my rib cage. But I did leave room for it to be expanded to include an additional name or two if that is what is in our future. Another way to go is just with the first letter if you are a family like mine. We all have names that start with a “J” and all of our children will have “J” names so we can put a “J” on anything and it can be passed down.

By: Felicity

Felicity — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:10:46 +0000

Great advice! I see this stuff on freecycle, “there must be a Joshua out there who would like our Joshua puzzle.” I love the last name and tag ideas for things that need labels.

By: Wendy Copley

Wendy Copley — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:46:05 +0000

Such good advice! At least half the clothes my 3yo has worn in his life previously belonged to his brother. It wasn’t such a big deal to have the wrong name on his jacket as a toddler (though it did occasionally cause some confusion at day care), but he already recognizes the first letter of his name, so he knows it’s wrong when he sees his brother’s name written in sharpie inside his clothes. I wised up early on and ordered a bunch of labels with our last name on them.