I found some printable labels at Rogeneration. They also go by Rogen Studio. You can get on their website and check out what they have. They were nice enough to send me some samples and I was able to try them out. They offer labels for both inkjet and laser and have different sizes available. Please note that I have an inkjet printer that uses Epson No. 68 high capacity black ink. ” Because of the ink’s instant drying, all pigment formulation, prints are smudge, fade and water resistant, whether you create single or double sided prints.”

This was my experience:
Remar – most inexpensive and you get what you pay for.

Econo- Although I have an inkjet printer, I much preferred the laser labels. They were a little thicker and I am printing on both sides. I’m printing all my info on one side and adding the cpsc info on the back. (This may not work for all injet printers). They also have a pearl coated label that I liked best, but after printing on it, you could hardly read the info. and if my memory serves me, it was much more expensive.

The labels come in sheets that are perforated and quite easy to use. There are 50,000 labels per case. Prices vary by size and quality.

I made a sample, printed both sides, and washed and dried it and it came out fine.

Esther: agreed. But at least they backed off someone being required to list their contractor which would make sourcing by competing interests really easy. kwim? Fwiw, I’ve found that many DEs can’t find a contractor in their own town that is literally five blocks from them. That is a true story btw. Few contractors have yellow page listings or are even listed in the right category.

WH: Is there anything to like about it? I get in trouble for saying this with other parties much more important and powerful than me but I think a beefed up and more inclusive RN system would be a move in the right direction provided notices were sent to manufacturers on matters that affected them -before it became an issue. I’d re-apply if I were you, these are probably more like socks, or maybe slippers. What’s the rule on slippers?

First off, aesthetic judgments are notoriously subjective. If there actually turns out to be a way to attach a label to hand crocheted baby booties and *I* just don’t like how it looks, but CPSC doesn’t care how it looks, how’s that going to play out? What if I can figure out a way (e.g. sewing a label on by hand, with stitching invisible from the outside) but it isn’t practical, and the way that is practical to attach the label (e.g. sewing a label on by machine, with stitching visible from the outside) in my opinion mars the texture? Will my aesthetic opinion hold up in court?

Second, what do you do if the step at which you have to attach the label comes before you can determine with any specificity the date of final assembly which is supposed to be on the label?

Third, is a hand crocheted baby bootie that looks like a shoe a sock or a shoe? I applied for an RN number and was denied because they thought my booties were shoes. But they’re worn like socks (i.e. not as a street shoe, by non-walking babies) even though they look like shoes.

Not that I expect Kathleen to personally provide definitive answers to these questions, of course. Just throwing them out into the ether.