Just confused and dead in the water - help?

[Former_Member]

Please visit my shop and look in my sold items http://www.etsy.com/shop/willyandnilly

I sell some children's toys that I hand create from found and upcycled fabrics like wool. they're stuffed with new bamboo or other pillow fill. New cotton thread for sewing. Sometimes they have ribbon or buttons or yarn.

I keep trying to get caught up on this but seriously I just do not have the brain power, energy or time to slog through it all.

What the heck do I do? I have BUCKETS of fabrics/wool and no idea where they came from or how old. Some of the wool and shirts I recycle still have fabric tags from the stores, but mostly it's just scraps.

What are the tags you're all talking about, where do I get them and what to put on them? Thanks!

[Former_Member]

To add to this, they're all one of a kind things. I guess I could sit down and do 10 wool camels from one sweater, but how do I get a label with the exact date and materials? I mean, most everything is seriously a one of a kind item. How do I print something like that for each OOAK item?? I am dizzy over this...

[woodponddesigns]

Wool is exempt from testing as it's a natural fiber. The tags people are referring to are the ones that should say

company name
location (city/state)
date of manufacture
contents: (in your case wool, bamboo, cotton)
care instructions

These should be attached to each of your items.

[Former_Member]

Many are using a laundry pen and handwriting in the Date Of Manufacture

[woodponddesigns]

You can buy labels from other Etsy seller or online (http://www.nwtag.com/ for example, but you have to order in large quantities). Or for smaller quantities, you can print out labels on iron-on sheets (print in reverse) and then cut them out and adhere to ribbon or whatever you want.