Hmmm...Matching Buckets, Similar Looking Doughs...

I found out fairly quickly a slight downside of using matching buckets for my pizza and bread doughs, instead of using dissimilar bowls...Which is which?!  I actually had to refer back to my photos in the post, "The Mail Truck is in the Driveway!", to make sure I was remembering correctly.  In the photo, the bread dough had just been stirred, while the pizza dough had had time to rise.  By the next day, they looked identical.                                                                                                                            
My solution was Prince Inventive's label maker.  I remember the manual label makers from my childhood.  We had fun making the tacky, neon-colored labels, or whatever choice of color, but the makers were far from efficient and the product was much less than perfect.  After cranking to each letter, one at a time, the tool pressed the shape into the narrow tape, turning it white in the shape of the letter...IF you pressed hard enough.  If you had a long name or word to print out, this process took awhile. Then you had the little strip with the word...that curled and sometimes stuck to things, and sometimes didn't.  They actually might POP off at any unforeseen moment.  Also, beware the corners, as they were sharp and scratched skin!                                                                                                                                                                        
None if this describes today's label maker.  I was very pleasantly surprised.  

Problem solved

The tape in this one is very thin and pliable, so sharp corners and popping off should never be a problem.  It is available in transparent, as well as colors, so the label itself can blend in with or be in contrast to the surface onto which you're applying it.  (There is even a cartridge of tape that will print black labels with white lettering.) 

This tool offers a choice of lettering styles and sizes to suit your fancy or need.                                                                                                          
Best of all, you type in the whole word or phrase you want, on a full QWERTY keyboard, and it prints it out while the user sits back and watches.  

Another lettering size and style
for another helpful label

Much neater looking than this one!