Custom jar labels, lid to base.
Round labels for the lid, a front for the shoulder, a wrap if you want the whole story. Kraft with a little copper foil reads honest and handmade; film stays clean on skincare that gets handled with wet fingers.
Get a price
About 3 weeks after proof approval, an estimate.
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- Fixed-price runs from 250, or quoted to your spec
- About 3 weeks of production after proof approval (estimate)
- Free proof, checked by a person
Lid, front and wrap
Lid: tell us the diameter and we size the round label on the proof. Front: measure the flat area before the shoulder curves away. Wrap: send the circumference and usable height so the ends meet where you want them. Round labels and wraps are quoted.
Kraft, textured paper or film
The kraft-and-copper image is a design exploration, not a stocked label-paper promise. Tell us you want that look and get a price with the stock confirmed first. Our listed paper faces are felt-textured, laid, cotton-look cream or white, smooth uncoated, and black or coloured uncoated.
For skincare handled with wet fingers or oily jars, choose white or clear BOPP film. Paper is not waterproof. On film, use metallic ink or metallised film instead of hot foil.
Small-batch makers
Farmers’ market honey, gift jam and holiday hampers can share a label family across sizes. Send each jar’s measurements and quantity, with the ingredients and other text you want printed. We print what you approve; food labelling and FDA nutrition-panel compliance are yours.
Your label, your spec
2 × 3 in, one foil + CMYK, rolls.
Every foil label run needs its own foil die, and the die, stock and finish all move the price, so we quote foil labels to your spec rather than guess. Tell Peppermint Studio the size, the quantity and where the product lives, and you'll get a price and a stock recommendation before you pay anything.
Custom shapes, wraps, embossing, a second foil, film stocks and sheets: Get a price.
Artwork drawn to the label
Foil is binary: an area is fully foiled or it's bare paper. These rules decide whether your label survives the press:
- Fine detail survives foil. Lines hold to 0.1 mm; we design to 0.15 mm, with internal gaps around 0.25 mm.
- Foil type at 7 pt or larger. 8 pt is safer, type knocked out of a foil shape needs 10 pt, and high-contrast serifs (thin hairline strokes) need 12 pt. Ingredients, legal lines and anything smaller go in ink.
- Foil never sits on top of ink. We knock the ink out under the foil and leave a 1 mm gap between them. Foil and full colour share a label side by side.
- No gradients, shadows or photos in foil. Each foil becomes one solid tone.
- Foil 3 mm inside the cut line, or run it 3 mm past. A foil border that stops 1 mm short of the edge looks crooked once the cut shifts slightly.
- Barcodes and QR codes print in flat dark ink on a light ground, never foil or emboss, with foil kept at least 1 mm clear, so scanners can read them. On a black or dark label, that means a back label on light stock.
- Soft corners on custom shapes. Tight inside corners and narrow necks tear when the label is peeled off its liner, so we soften the radius slightly on the die. Nobody notices it on the shelf; everybody notices it on the applicator.
You don't need to get this perfect yourself. A person checks every file before the die is made, and tells you in one line anything we changed and why. If the label needs drawing to a real container, our label artwork service lays it out against the actual bottle and die, from $450. For the long version of the foil rules, read our foil artwork guide.
How ordering works
1
Tell us the product and the quantity.
Order from the ladder, or ask Peppermint Studio for a price on a custom build.
2
Send your artwork.
We check every file and send a free digital proof. Nothing is stamped until you approve it.
3
Production:
about 3 weeks after you approve the proof.
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Delivered
on rolls wound to your spec, or on sheets. Shipping is free within the continental US.
Lead times are estimates, not guarantees. If you're working to a launch date, tell us when you order and we'll say honestly whether it's realistic before you pay.
Jar labels questions
What size label for a jar lid?
Tell us the lid diameter and we'll size it on the proof.
Kraft or white?
Cotton-look white and cream are on our listed label-stock range. The pictured kraft label is a design exploration; ask for that look and we confirm the stock with your quote rather than promise it as a stocked option.
Can you print ingredients and nutrition panels?
We print the text you supply; compliance is yours. We print what you approve on the proof and do not write or check FDA nutrition panels or regulatory copy.
Waterproof options?
Not ours on paper. Textured and uncoated label papers wick moisture, so a foil label on paper will soften and lift in an ice bucket, a fridge or a shower. For wet or chilled products we use a white or clear BOPP film label with a permanent adhesive. On film we get the shine from metallic ink or a metallised film rather than hot foil, because foil adhesion on some films is unreliable. That gives a satin shimmer, not a mirror.
Minimum?
250 labels. Every run needs its own foil die and press setup, and that work costs the same for 50 labels as for 250, so below 250 the price per label stops making sense. Larger runs are quoted.
How long?
Plan on about 3 weeks of production after you approve the proof, then transit. That's an estimate, not a guarantee. If you're working to a launch, tell us the date when you order and we'll say honestly whether it's realistic.
Samples?
Our sample kit is $8, with a $10 credit toward your first order. It holds samples of our papers and finishes, plus a hot foil swatch card with 40 stamped foils, so you can hold a foil against your own bottle in your own light. It doesn't include label stock today. Every label order also gets a free proof before anything is stamped.
Start with where it lives
Send Peppermint Studio your logo and a photo of the bottle, jar or box, and tell us where it sits and when you need it. You'll get a stock and foil recommendation, a price for your quantity and a straight note on anything that won't stamp cleanly, before you pay.
Want to hold the foils first? The $8 sample kit includes our 40-foil swatch card.