Canning Jar Label and Cloth Topper Size Chart

We often get asked what label size will fit a certain ounce canning jar. If you're adding the label to your lid, you need to know the lid size and not the jar volume. Mason canning jars have either regular mouth or wide mouth lids. Please refer to the chart below to determine what label size you need for your lids.

When adding to the FRONT of the glass, 2" or 2.5" round labels will work on regular 8 oz half pint jelly jars or larger jars. A 1.5" label will fit the FRONT of a 4 oz Ball jar or the LID of a 1.5 oz favor jar. The 1.5" label will NOT work on the front of the small 1.5 oz favor jars because it will be too large.

There are different styles and brands of canning jars, so sizes vary on height and width of the glass. There are also many jars available that aren't specifically for canning food. Please measure your jars to know which label size you need.

Our adhesive peel and stick labels are sold by the sheet in a variety of sizes and shapes. The total number of labels on each sheet will depend on the label size chosen.

ROUND LABEL SIZES

• 1.5 inch (30 labels per sheet) for small 1 oz favor jars lids
• 2 inch (20 labels per sheet) for regular mouth jar lids
• 2.5 inch (12 labels per sheet) for wide mouth jar lids

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Find the right size label for your jar by downloading our printable size chart. 

Shop all of our custom honey labels. 

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OTHER LABEL SIZES

In addition to the standard round labels, we also have oval and heart shaped labels in several sizes. Large ovals are great for custom honey labels. Hearts are beautiful for weddings and showers.

• Small ovals 2.5" x 1.375" (21 labels per sheet) ––– for 4oz & 8oz quilted style jam jars
• Large ovals 3.25" x 2" (10 labels per sheet) ––– for 16oz & larger honey jars
• Large hearts 2.275" x 1.9" (15 labels per sheet) ––– for fronts of pint & larger jars, envelope seals
• Small hearts .75" x .75" (108 labels per sheet) ––– for favor jars, honey lids, Kiss candy bottoms

Shop all of our oval canning labels and heart labels.

RECTANGLE LABEL SIZES

Rectangle labels fit on mason jars, wine bottles, or candles. These larger labels can accommodate more text, so they work well for cottage food industry labels.

• 8 rectangle canning labels are on each sheet.
• Size is 3.5” x 2” (8.26 cm x 5.08 cm). Orientation can be vertical or horizontal.
• Vertical labels do NOT fit on 8oz half pint or 16oz pint jars! Vertical labels only fit 32oz QUART jars. See size chart photo.
• Labels look best on smooth sided jars.

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CLOTH JAM JAR COVER SIZES

Our fabric cloth toppers are pre-cut to 6" circles since that works on most canning jar sizes. The 6" cloth covers fit on regular mouth or wide mouth jars. About half of the fabric will show around the edges of a wide mouth jar compared to a regular mouth jar. Please refer to the chart below showing how jam jar covers look on various sized jars.

Since 4 oz jars are short, a lot of the jar's contents will get covered up with the 6" fabric cloth. Some people prefer to have a 5" cloth cover for the shorter jars so they can see more of the jam. A 4" cloth cover works well on the 1.5 oz favor jars.

We're sometimes able to fulfill special orders for smaller or larger cloth covers. Availability will depend on which fabric you need and how soon you need it. If you need a custom size cloth cover order, please contact us for availability.

Please note, cloth covers won't work on hermetic jars (jars with glass lids with hinges).

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Our Desert Rose Dragon print will be in the Pinchflat Bike Poster Show in Columbus!

Our second print, "Desert Rose Dragon" will be at the 2014 Columbus Pinchflat show in May. Pinchflat now spans four months and will have posters on display at Paradise Garage, Roll: Bicycles, Baer Wheels, and Cafe Brioso in Columbus, Ohio. The opening party is at Wild Goose Creative on May 3, 2014.  Pinchflat is an original bike poster show in Columbus that chooses 30 artists who create 30 prints each that sell for $30 a pop. We're excited that we made it into the show again this year.

"Desert Rose Dragon" is a 12" x 24", 3-color silkscreen print on French paper. This year we had Shout Out Loud Prints silkscreen them for us. We're really happy with how much of the detail was retained on the printed piece. Thanks for the awesome print job Pat!!

The bicycle in the print was my first bike as a kid, a Huffy Desert Rose with a super cool and comfy banana seat. My sister and I got the same bike that year for Christmas. My parents had this weird notion that if we got the same exact toys that we wouldn't fight over who got the coolest doll, game, or bike. That plan ultimately backfired on them when one of the identical items would break & we fought over which one of us it belonged to :D To this day I still put my name on everything I own :)

I had to wait until Spring to ride my pretty pink Desert Rose bike, which felt like an excruciatingly long time since I was a kid. I had never ridden a bike before, so I thought my parents would give me more of a lessen than they did. They pretty much said "Get on and peddle." That seemed simple enough. I managed to spin the wheels once before I fell off into the ditch in front of our house. That wouldn't have been so bad except for the fact that we lived in the country where everyone had septic tanks and smelly ditches that were quickly dug by backhoes. So I had to crawl out of a 3 foot deep ditch, covered in black gunk. My parents found this surprisingly hilarious, so I stormed off and said I was never getting on my bike again. After soaking in our retro pink bathtub with my clothes on, I put on a clean pair of pants and went back out to give it another go. So "never again" lasted about 10 minutes! I hopped on and rode all the way down the street without falling off (my parents skimped on training wheels). I think I was determined to not have my parents snicker at me again. 

I recently recounted that story to my dad who not surprisingly didn't remember it at all. Maybe he would've remembered it if he fell into a ditch and had someone laugh at him?

So why the dragon? We thought it would be neat to have a dragon doing a BMX style bike trick. I didn't think about how long it would take to draw the scales on the dragon. It was exhausting. And 42 hours later, our second print was completed :)

Keep up to date on the show with our art blog:

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"Desert Rose Dragon" silkscreen print 

Alison's initial sketch... I got tired of sketching the dragon's scales too!

Jason did a sketch too. I ended up combining elements from each sketch for the final print. I create the art digitally in Illustrator using a 10-year old mouse instead of a tablet ('cause I'm old skool and stoopid).

Lavender Cloth toppers and Paper Raffia Ribbons

If you have an award winning jam or jelly, show it off in style with lavender purple gingham fancy cloth toppers. These toppers are great for baby shower favors and for dressing up your canned goods to share with friends and family! I just added some sets to Etsy! You can get 12 round 6" gingham fabric tops to put under or over the jar rings. 

I also have 2 colors of Paper Raffia Ribbon—Pink & Natural.  This ribbon is a perfect partner for the cloth toppers and is great for wedding favors, showers, or gifts. There are 12 precut pieces of ribbon measuring 21" long, the perfect size for tying bows around your mason jars. 

Lavender Gingham Canning Jar cloth covers

Natural and Pink Paper Raffia Ribbon for canning jar decorations.