31 May 2011

Review: StickerYou

Remember back in the 80's, the sticker craze? There were scratch n sniff stickers, animal stickers, Garbage Pail Kid stickers... and the most sought after, the ones with your name. (Yeah, I seethed in jealousy over y'all with normal names who could find those with your name on it. Totally not fair!!) You'd sit back and trade with all your friends out of your handy dandy sticker book. Well, there's a company out there that will bring you some nostalgia - it's called StickerYou.


StickerYou is a Toronto-based startup that developed the Sticker Maker, a simple web-interface that allows people to order custom vinyl diecut stickers. Via their site, you can create stickers using their stock photos, add personalized goodness (My 8 year old self wants to know where this was back then?! LOL) - honestly, you can do just about anything your little heart desires - even using your own photos and graphics. Have a logo you want to share? You can use that. Your child is obsessed with dinosaurs? You can use their graphics and add in your child's name for a fun, personalized gift. Don't like the size of the graphic? You can make it bigger or smaller. You can add as many stickers as you want to each 8.5"x10.5" page. You can even make address labels!

Since canning season is around the horizon, I decided to make these fun labels that totally scream ME. Take a look:



Aren't they fun? I know half of y'all are rolling your eyes at me, but it was a blast making stickers with my name on it! They are going to look great on the mason jars of salsa and jams when I give them as gifts. They are a good quality too, not thin like some of the personalized stickers I've seen out of the kiosks at the malls and such. You also don't have to worry if some water gets on these stickers, unlike most home-printed labels that would run.

Now I will warn that a single sheet does cost $8.99 plus shipping, but the more sheets you purchase (in one order), the cheaper they do get. If you sign up for the email list, you'll receive exclusive offers and discounts. You can follow StickerYou over on Twitter, or "like" StickerYou over on Facebook.

Full disclosure: I received a personalized sample sheet in exchange for my thoughts on the product. All opinions are my own.

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