Saturday, 1 May 2010

Sticky business


I'm a little bit excited because I made my own stickers.
One thing you might not know about me is when I send my bears off, or just things in the mail ( snail mail) I like to decorate them and make them look cute and pretty so it's a like (hopefully) special package arriving in the mail. The only problem with this is, each one is becoming more and more elaborate,I have to think of new ways to top the last one. After the last one I realised I'm running a bit low on my sticker supply. Previously I have collected cheap stickers I find here and there or used the free downloadable labels and stickies I got from a fabulous Brown Owls last year. But suddenly I thought why not make my own. How I did it was I scanned one of my prints, resized it, opened a new blank doc and copied and pasted it well a lot of times. I bought some sticker paper from the newsagent, you can also get it at Officeworks, and away I went. ( Important, make sure to print your designs on the sticky side). Then I got even more excited as I realised the options are endless, since I have a colour printer and maybe even colour some of my drawings in. I'm sure there is a much easier and more logical and techno way to create such stickers, but considering my computer skills are basic at most, and well it's an achievement for me, and I'm feeling rather proud.


I do plan to share these with you, like a free downloadable thingy so you can print lots of panda stickers and stick them on envelopes, presents, boxes , or wherever you like, I just have to figure out how to do it.
Hope you're having a wonderful Saturday

8 comments:

Kate said...

Oh my goodness Jess!! They are just the cutest stickers I have ever seen. I love them.

CurlyPops said...

Awww so cute!
Let me know if you need a hand Jess.
It should be pretty easy to copy and paste your scanned drawing into a word document which has been set up as an avery template. You can then use Google Sites to host the document for people to download. (Hope that all makes sense)

KellyJo said...

I'd LOVE a downloadable from you! :D

Kickcan and Conkers said...

Great idea!

handmade romance said...

gorgeous jess! i love this little drawing. cant wait to see what other stickers you make : )

Tania said...

Stick 'em loud and proud!

PottyMouthMama said...

Jess you do ALWAYS package your parcels so beautifully. It's always fun being on the receiving end because they are just so super duper hardcore cute.

Loving these stickers.

lyptis said...

Such cute stickers!:)

Love ur creations, they are so cute. I especially like the little chick.