Choosing labels
A simple but brilliant marketing tool
Whatever line of business you are in, custom stickers are a versatile solution to many of your professional needs. Plain labels, suitable for inkjet printers and photocopiers, are…
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Lee Skelton
Lee Skelton writes the Sticky Labels blog, covering label choices, design, packaging and practical uses for businesses and makers.
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Craft & seasonal
A Sticky Label for Everything
Sticky labels are so useful, for so many reasons around the house and in everyday life. They can help you get organised, help you organise your family, and they can just cheer…
Materials & durability
Removal of sticky label residue: 10 tips
The safest way to remove sticky label residue is to start gently and match the method to the surface. A glass jar, painted cupboard and plastic case will not react in the same…
Materials & durability
10 Great uses for Waterproof Labels
Waterproof labels are hugely underrated in our honest opinion. They have a wide range of uses, from highly practical to entirely pointless (but fun), which we’d like to share with…
Choosing labels
6 Reasons to Have Your Stickers Professionally Printed
The internet is saturated with lots guides (or “life hacks” as they seem to be called these days) that encourage you to create things, make stuff and generally have a crack at…
Materials & durability
6 Uses For Waterproof Vinyl Labels
Of the hundreds of labels we print, if we had to pick a favourite, it would probably be the waterproof vinyl stickers. We say this because they are so versatile and long lasting…
Design & branding
5 Novel Uses Of Labels
Guerrilla marketing is big business – and although you hear stories of companies such as Microsoft having been fined for illegally putting up stickers, there are a number of…
Stories & history
Would you Eat a Watermelon that Smiled at You?
It might seem like a strange question, but actually, it is rather topical. On June 23, 2013, the European Union formally gave its backing to the use of iron oxides and hydroxides…