Avery Labels for Piece / Color Sorting

[evancelt]

Hi all -

I've long admired @henrysunset's sorting labels and played around with creating some labels that I could print out to 8.5x11 sheets of Avery label paper. I wanted to include color on the labels as well as the color names I am most familiar with.

My storage system is to sort by piece into large divided tupperwares, and then sort by color in polybags within the tupperware. I do this for a number of reasons, but primarily so that my collection is portable and I can build in multiple rooms.

I've found that applying the Avery labels to the top of the polybags makes it so I can easily grab the right color of the right piece at a glance (see pics).

Has anyone else done this before? I'd love to see your results.

Here are some examples from 3023 / 1x2 plates

Adobe Illustrator source file: https://www.evancrouch.com/files/LegoLabels-plates.ai

 

 

 

 

[colleenstrange]

Are these labels available for us to use?

ColleenStrange

[evancelt]

1 hour ago, colleenstrange said:

Are these labels available for us to use?

ColleenStrange

Sure - here is the source file for those part 3023 (1x2 plates) labels (Adobe Illustrator): https://www.evancrouch.com/files/LegoLabels-plates.ai

A similar category source file: https://www.evancrouch.com/files/LegoLabels-categories.ai

 

[Lord_Jaroh]

New member here, I don't know the etiquette about necro-posting on these forums, but I figured since this is the exact topic I am wondering about, figured I'd ask here:

I have a bunch of Akromills bins that I want to put labels on.  I like the ones I found with @henrysunset's site, however, I would like to make some of them in color for my bins as many of my parts are sorted by individual color, as well as elements.  I like the start of the above picture of 1x2's, but am wondering if there is somewhere to obtain the color versions of all the parts that I can download so I can make my own labels for Avery 5267 label sheets? Or do I just find the black and white photos above and color them myself?

Thanks very much for any advice.  :)

[evancelt]

You can find great colored versions of elements on Brickset - that's where I grab them from

[Lord_Jaroh]

Thanks!  I will take a look.  Sounds like my evening might be tied up if they work, heh....  :)

Lotta labelling to do...