Labeling Cigars using Post-Its

[MTBAlex]

Hi guys,

I want to keep track the year of my cigars and was thinking of labeling them using post-it. The only post-its that I found are colored. I understand there are cigar wrappers, but I figure the post-its are cheaper.

My concern is that would the dye on the post-its tain the cigars over a long period of time? I looked at my neigborhood Staples and they did not have plain white post-its.

Am I just too parnoid?

[markem]

If you want cheap, get from white printer paper, scissors and a glue stick. Works just fine.

[RightAJ]

If I want to label something (usually the year on CCs), I cut up index cards, write it out, and then put a small piece of tape around the index card on the bottom of the stick

I wouldn't put the sticky side of a post-it right on the wrapper..

aj

[md4958]

Am I just too parnoid?

Yes

[bobarian]

If you want cheap, get from white printer paper, scissors and a glue stick. Works just fine.

:tpd: Post-Its need more glue to stick well, tried it=fail.

[NCRadioMan]

Notebook paper is even cheaper. I use that with scotch tape when I label a cigar. Or sometimes on the cap with a fine point sharpie.

[md4958]

If you want cheap, get from white printer paper, scissors and a glue stick. Works just fine.

This method works great also because you can print out all the info and then just cut the label to size. A small piece of tape to secure and youre good to go.:tu

[spectrrr]

If you want cheap, get from white printer paper, scissors and a glue stick. Works just fine.

YEP, or sctoch tape. whatever you do, don't put anything sticky on the wrapper, even a post it. ALSO, make sure the band is a little loose, or you'll never be able to slide it off later without VERY careful surgury with a knife. I put a white band with names, dates, origins on EVERY stick I own.

simple stuff, name, date, gifted stick or purchased, year if applicable.

http://cardullophotography.com/images/cigars/label-ex-3.jpg


http://cardullophotography.com/images/cigars/label-ex-2.jpg

[Tripp]

One of the B&Ms I frequent uses yellow Post-Its to put a scan label on uncello'd cigars. They wrap it so the paper side is against the wrapper, and then the sticky part is only in contact with paper.

[Razorhog]

I take a digital pic of stogies when I get them. Then I post to my flickr page with notes as to where they came from. Easily searchable and you don't have to open
the humi. Also, you'll have a record of things long after the sticks are ashes :ss

[tobii3]

Guess I'm the laziest....I just buy THESE (http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Products/Labels/Addressing-Labels/Easy-Peel-White-Mailing-Labels_05267.htm?N=4294967290 4294965677&Ns=Rank|1||Product Number|1&refchannel=b3e659baa4c2a110VgnVCM1000002118140aRCR D) and write on them before stickin' 'em to the cello.

And for those that aren't cello'd, I use the single stick baggies.

[dubs chops]

Notebook paper is even cheaper. I use that with scotch tape when I label a cigar. Or sometimes on the cap with a fine point sharpie.

this /\ is the right idea!

[AlohaStyle]

I take a digital pic of stogies when I get them. Then I post to my flickr page with notes as to where they came from. Easily searchable and you don't have to open
the humi. Also, you'll have a record of things long after the sticks are ashes :ss

So if you have a bunch of the same cigar, how do you know which one is which when going into your humi?

[Razorhog]

So if you have a bunch of the same cigar, how do you know which one is which when going into your humi?

Well that's a problem I've never had, but hope to some day! Good point. I suppose a homemade band would do the trick in that case. In one trade I put the sticks in a ziplock (left open of course) so they stayed separate and put a note inside.

[MTBAlex]

Great advice guys. Thank you for the tip. I'll try the scoth tape and paper method

[spectrrr]

Great advice guys. Thank you for the tip. I'll try the scoth tape and paper method

just remember on non-cello sticks, leave the band nice and LOOSE so it will glide right off the stick later without tearing the wrapper.

[Don Fernando]

http://cardullophotography.com/images/cigars/label-ex-2.jpg

only once cigar bombed by me? Need to change that :r

[sikk50]

I use Mobile Stogie :r

But when I have to its paper and tape

[TXRebel]

Here is a LINK (http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showpost.php?p=714375&postcount=11) to a spreadsheet for making labels posted by T.G .

[neoflex]

Guess I'm the laziest....I just buy THESE (http://www.avery.com/avery/en_us/Products/Labels/Addressing-Labels/Easy-Peel-White-Mailing-Labels_05267.htm?N=4294967290 4294965677&Ns=Rank|1||Product Number|1&refchannel=b3e659baa4c2a110VgnVCM1000002118140aRCR D) and write on them before stickin' 'em to the cello.

And for those that aren't cello'd, I use the single stick baggies.

I got ya beat on the lazy dept, I just use a sharpie on the little cello flap at the end of the cigar. No cello, unfortunately it doesn't get marked although I do have a bunch of the single stick baggies and that's a good idea that I never even thought of before. May have to start doing that in the future.

[Razorhog]

I use Mobile Stogie :r

But when I have to its paper and tape

Ahh yes forgot about mobile stogie - should be perfect for this.

[G G]

I do it like Francis, just use whatever paper is handy write all the info and then tape with a small piece of tape. Works for me.:tu

[spectrrr]

only once cigar bombed by me? Need to change that :r

SHUSH YOU! there's more, just not in the pic :tg

[Don Fernando]

I don't believe you!

[spectrrr]

play nice or I won't bother writing my sig in invisible ink. :tg

[Don Fernando]

Going to the post office on Monday

[spectrrr]

Better not be anything heading to Cambridge or you'll regret it! :su

[G G]

Children, play nice.

[MTBAlex]

haha. you guys are amusing that's for sure.

I'm still not sure what this whole bomb thing is, but it sounds painful.

[spectrrr]

Children, play nice.

but daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad, he pushed me!

haha. you guys are amusing that's for sure.

I'm still not sure what this whole bomb thing is, but it sounds painful.

something tells me you'll learn that one the hard way before too long :rolleyes::r

[pitbulljimmy]

Maybe my mind works a little weird.... but I know roughly when-abouts I put my cigars into the humis, and when-abouts they are good to smoke. Mind you, my collection is a little bit small right now, at under 100 sticks. I could see it getting to be a bit much to keep track of at 5 or 6 hundred smokes... But my Habanos boxes all have a date code on 'em anyways.

[Savor the Stick]

Here is a LINK (http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showpost.php?p=714375&postcount=11) to a spreadsheet for making labels posted by T.G .

I have been using this and I have to say it is very easy for me to know what is what in the Humi.
Kudos to T. G.

[Don Fernando]

Better not be anything heading to Cambridge or you'll regret it! :su

:fu2

[spectrrr]

:fu2

You just started smoking pipes, and I have pipes to spare. FINAL WARNING :fu2

[Don Fernando]

I already have 12 pipes and more tobacco then I can smoke in a year.

[NeuRon]

do you guys know how to PM?

keep threads on topic....

[kenstogie]

I almost always putmy stix in celo then I use the mini address labels and stickem ti the celo. Works great for me.
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[Don Fernando]

do you guys know how to PM?


Yes, do you?

[pnoon]

Take it to PM. The point was made and it was a GOOD one.

[Don Fernando]

a point he could have made with a pm too Peter! And that is my point.

[pnoon]

And my point is that, regardless of how it was delivered, you were given sound advice. If you had a problem with how the message was delivered, you should have taken the high road and PM'd him. (Lead by example, maybe?) Instead, you chose to do just what you criticized him for.

[spectrrr]

do you guys know how to PM?

keep threads on topic....

sorry for the threadjack....

[spectrrr]

I almost always putmy stix in celo then I use the mini address labels and stickem ti the celo. Works great for me.
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Cello? you can buy empty cello? or do you never buy sticks that come without cello?

[NeuRon]

One thing i do is use the plain white labels, and then cover it with P-Touch labels.

http://www.chicaandjo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/brother_ptouch_label_maker.jpg

I do this because i find that the regular labels aren't strong enough, and i have horrible handwriting... The labelmaker was onsale at Staples for $15.. i think its a good touch. Beautiful cigars should have beautiful labels..


This pic is from a MAW i sent BlackIrish (sorry for the picture jack, hehe)

http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo227/ejnaughton/IMG_3691-1.jpg

[Don Fernando]

Instead, you chose to do just what you criticized him for.

No Peter, he did what he criticized me for.

But no problem, I will stay strict on topic from now on.

[spectrrr]

One thing i do is use the plain white labels, and then cover it with P-Touch labels.

http://www.chicaandjo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/brother_ptouch_label_maker.jpg

I do this because i find that the regular labels aren't strong enough, and i have horrible handwriting... The labelmaker was onsale at Staples for $15.. i think its a good touch. Beautiful cigars should have beautiful labels..


This pic is from a MAW i sent BlackIrish (sorry for the picture jack, hehe)

http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo227/ejnaughton/IMG_3691-1.jpg


oO, very pretty, looks damned classy! :tu