Can AI design your next product label?
Recently, our team of label geeks spent several hours debating whether Canva’s AI designer could really cut the mustard and produce a professional-looking label for small business owners. The debate raged with an intensity not seen since the Great Doughnut Debate of 2023 — and honestly, who does believe custard beats jam?!
Without diving back into the whole raspberry vs. strawberry situation (let’s be honest, everything is better with lemon), we decided to put the theory to the test:
Can you really use AI to design a professional label for your small business?
Our tool of choice was Canva's AI label design feature. It’s hugely popular, even among those new to AI, and at first glance, it looked pretty straightforward to use. Most of us spend our days in Adobe Creative Cloud, so this was a bit of a shift — but to Canva’s credit, the interface is clean, intuitive, and super beginner-friendly.
We started by logging in and selecting the AI image generator. When prompted to describe what we wanted, there was the usual flurry of ideas about who the label should be for. In the end, we went with something fruity: a label for a mango smoothie bar.
After a few prompt tweaks, we landed on:
“Please design us a circular label for our mango smoothie bar called Where The Man-Goes.”
And wow… the results were seriously impressive.
We resized the image to fit the full canvas, downloaded a copy faster than Taylor Swift sells out a stadium tour, and uploaded it into the Lemon Labels Custom Label Design tool — choosing our custom printed circle labels option, picking the material, size and quantity required.
After a quick preview, we had a print-ready label — designed by Canva’s AI — in under 90 seconds.
The team was so impressed, we spent the rest of the afternoon creating more labels, testing Canva’s AI with different styles and themes. Whether you’re designing juice bar stickers or artisan product tags, it turns out AI label design can be a seriously powerful tool.
So, can you use AI to design a professional label for your small business?
Absolutely — especially when paired with our high-quality custom printed labels. If you’ve designed your label using Canva (or any other tool), upload it here and we’ll print it to perfection.
If you'd like some help with your next custom printed label project or you'd like to work with one of our label designers please give us a call on 01892 300737 and we'll be happy to help!
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