I am especially partial to products that have been developed by moms. Canadian company Mabel’s Labels was founded in 2002 by four moms with eleven children among them. Last fall the company received the SavvyMom Mompreneur™ of the Year Award, so you know this is an up and coming company.

Mabel’s Labels are cute personalized adhesive labels that are dishwasher and microwave proof. With a two girl household it’s sometimes tough to determine what random pink plastic object belongs to which daughter and trust me, these are the Hallmark moments that sometimes snowball into Cat Fight Central. So far I’ve used them on sports cups, lunch boxes, wallets, you name it.

Mabel’s Labels are also great for all those million and one things you send to school or daycare. The lost and found moshpit is growing by leaps and bounds at my daugher’s elementary school. Trust me, a Hobbit could be living in the lost and found bin.

Mabel’s Labels’ product line also includes allergy alert labels, classroom labels for school teachers, bag tags, clothing labels (summer camp season will be here before you know it), personalized stationery, and a line of household labels that includes a neat freak pack. Oh, be still my beating anal-retentive heart.